Shift, Impact, Build Podcast

Learn about using improvement science to shift mindsets, impact student outcomes, and build equitable systems.

Episode 1: Why A.R.T? Why Now?

ABOUT THIS EPISODEToday we will introduce you to a new team in the New York City Department of Education, the Academic Response Team (ART). We will look back on educational reforms that have shifted the educational culture in NYC allowing for the creation of the ART. During the episode we discuss The importance of building trust to move practice, building leadership capacity, and how we use improvement science to provide targeted support, especially around issues of equity. We also have an engaging interview with Dr. Dia Bryant, the Deputy Director and Chief of Partnerships at The Education Trust in NYC.

Episode 2: Shifting to a Culture of Learning

ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn today's episode we are joined by Dr. Terry Orr, associate professor of Educational Leadership, Administration and Policy at Fordham University and Kris DeFilippis, Director of the Bronx Academic Response Team. We talk about what improvement science is and how schools across the country have begun using improvement science to make systems changes. Listen to hear about how improvement science is being used to address inequities and questions to ask to get started. Dr. Orr will share with us the creation of partnerships with iLEAD, the Carnegie Foundation, and New York City.

Bonus Episode: Leading Change in a Changing Time

ABOUT THIS EPISODEThis is a special bonus episode of Shift Impact Build where we sit down with Dr. Dia Bryant, Deputy Director and Chief of Partnerships at The Education Trust in New York City and talk about her role with the Academic Response Team and leading change in a changing system! In the interview we talk about being a visionary while needing to execute plans, processing and acknowledging change as loss, creating a sense of urgency so that status quo is more dangerous than unknown, and skydiving as a metaphor for educational leadership!

Episode 3: Leaders as Levers for Change

ABOUT THIS EPISODEJoin us today as we talk with Executive Superintendent Meisha Ross Porter about changing the Bronx Narrative, seeing the possibilities and potential in our students, and developing transformational leaders! Learn more about using improvement science to get to the root cause of issues schools face and what it means to be Bronx Strong!

Episode 4: It's Time to Get Comfortable being Uncomfortable

ABOUT THIS EPISODEJoin us as we have a very real conversation with Dr. Shannon Waite about systemic racism, anti-blackness, and the work that needs to happen to disrupt and dismantle inequitable systems. We will discuss how school leaders need to be social justice and equity oriented leaders and how that work starts within, how to our core values show up in words, and actions, and how we all need to get in the work together to make meaningful changes to to the inequitable systems that exist today.

Episode 5: Improvement Science is Only as Good as the Mindset You Bring to the Work

ABOUT THIS EPISODEToday, we talk with Dr. Shawn Joseph about looking within ourselves and accepting that we, as educators contribute to students not making progress and how if we want to fix organizations we need to fix ourselves. We will discuss how important student voice is when using improvement science to get to the root cause of problems within school communities. We will also chat about how true equity work begins when you see who is in front of you.

Episode 6: Using Improvement Science in Remote Learning

ABOUT THIS EPISODEToday, we wanted to give the listeners' an opportunity to learn more about using improvement science to tackle challenges of remote learning. We are joined by New York City Department of Education experts from the Central Academic Response Team and the Continuous Learning Team. We will also be joined by two schools who have used improvement science to get to the root cause of problems their community has experienced since transition to remote learning. We will discuss the importance of developing the mindset to take risks and think outside the box!

Episode 7: We have to Name the Thing

ABOUT THIS EPISODEToday, we are joined by Dr. Mahaliel Bethea, the Director of My Brother's Keeper (MBK) in New York City. Learn more about the role of MBK at both a local and national level. We discuss how MBK provides specific support to each district based on the needs of the schools and communities that district serves. We also talk about reimagining school, changing hearts and minds, and the idea that Black boy success, joy, and achievement should be the norm not the exception.

Episode 8: We Need the Will and the Skill to Make Meaningful Change

ABOUT THIS EPISODEToday, we are joined by Dr. Louis Gomez, senior fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and professor of education and information studies at UCLA. Dr. Gomez addresses the topics of Networked Improvement Communities (NICs) and the mindset shift that is necessary in order to promote equity in education. Join our conversation about how compliance can prevent initiatives from being implemented, the necessity of having a common aim and narrative when discussing improvement science as part of NICs, and that equity without the will to change or the respect for the community will not bring about social justice.

Episode 9: Be Revolutionary

ABOUT THIS EPISODEToday, we are joined by Dr. Jamaal Bowman, who was recently elected as the Democratic candidate for Congress for District 16 in New York and is a former Bronx principal. Join us for a conversation with Dr. Bowman where we discuss how his experience as a principal using restorative justice practices, building community by connecting with students and families, and advocating for better student outcomes where there is space for real world learning, led him to running for Congress and the creation of the New Deal for Education and Reconstruction Agenda. We also talk about how it is the time for people who are really about change to step up and be leaders in this moment of revolution.

Bonus: Remote learning in Depth from the Perspective of Principal Teron

ABOUT THIS EPISODEEpisode 6 “Using Improvement Science in Remote Learning” describes how the Academic Response Team uses Improvement Science to address challenges that occur during remote learning and features highlights from an interview with Principal Teron who leads PS 76- The Bennington School. This bonus episode provides listeners with the opportunity to hear a more in-depth interview with Principal Teron to gain a better understanding of how she led her team and school community through a successful transition to remote learning.The highlight of this episode is hearing one school leader’s perspective on making the transition to remote learning amidst a great deal of uncertainty.

Bonus: Reflecting on Episode 1 with Dr. Dia Bryant

ABOUT THIS EPISODEOn this bonus episode, we will reflect on what we learned from Episode 1 where we introduced the Bronx Academic Response Team, discussed our use improvement science to guide our work to address disproportionality and inequities that exist in schools, and had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Dia Bryant, the Deputy Director and Chief of Partnerships at the Education Trust in NYC.

Bonus: Reflecting on Episode 4 with Dr. Shannon Waite

ABOUT THIS EPISODEOn this bonus episode, Kaitlyn Reilley and Lizette Aguilar will reflect on what we learned from Episode 4 where we sat down to talk with Dr. Shannon Waite about systemic racism, anti-blackness, and the work school leaders need to do to ensure that our Black and Brown students receive an exceptional education. Dr. Waite is a clinical assistant professor of Educational Leadership at Fordham University. Prior to coming to Fordham, Dr. Waite worked in various positions in the NYC Department of Education (NYCDOE). She has two daughters attending NYC public schools and is an active member of the PTA and School Leadership Team (SLT). In March of 2018, Dr. Waite was appointed to the Panel for Educational Policy as a Mayoral appointee.

Bonus: Reflecting on Episode 3 With Bronx Executive Superintendent Meisha Ross Porter

ABOUT THIS EPISODEOn this bonus episode, Adelia Gibson, Rachal Nugent, and Kaitlyn Reilley reflect on what we learned from Episode 3 where we talked with Bronx Executive Superintendent Meisha Ross Porter about the gains Bronx students had made in the 2018-2019 school year, the adult work that is necessary to improve student learning and student experience, and how we are all involved with shifting the Bronx Narrative.

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