Creating Culturally Affirming Spaces Webinar Series
Date:
October 13, 2021
In this two-part series, presenters and practitioners discussed the practical knowledge and leadership skills necessary to begin creating culturally affirming spaces to make schools more safe and supportive environments for culturally, linguistically, and gender-diverse students.
- Webinar 1: Creating Culturally Affirming Spaces: School and Classroom Practices
- Webinar 2: Creating Culturally Affirming Spaces: A Systems Orientation
Webinar 1: Creating Culturally Affirming Spaces: School and Classroom Practices
October 13, 2021
The webinar kicked off a two-part series that explored the practical knowledge and leadership skills necessary to begin making schools safer and more supportive environments for all students.
The first webinar expanded knowledge and provided practical, evidence-based examples of systems, policies, and practices that are culturally affirming—what they are and what they are not—to inform instruction, school climate-related practices, and everyday decisions that shape the academic and social-emotional well-being of students and their families.
Panelists:
Ayanna Cooper
Author and Consultant
Marco Cenabre
Teacher Leader, New Haven Academy
Brian Knowles
Manager, Office of African, African American, Latino, Holocaust, and Gender Studies, School District of Palm Beach County
Alexis Patterson Williams
Assistant Professor, Science Education, University of California, Davis
Presenters:
- Erin Browder, Senior Program Associate, REL West at WestEd
- David Lopez, Senior Technical Assistance Specialist, WestEd
- Rawlin Rosario, Program Associate II, WestEd
- Lori Van Houten, Senior Program Associate, REL West at WestEd
Audience
District and site leaders who are the drivers and stewards of equity-centered efforts in their district.
Resources
Webinar 2: Creating Culturally Affirming Spaces: A Systems Orientation
October 27, 2021
The second webinar expanded on how culturally responsive strategies can be used to support academic and social and emotional development, and participants learned about evidence-based systemic leadership approaches and strategies for implementing culturally affirming environments.
Panelists:
Ayana Allen-Handy
Associate Professor of Urban Education, Drexel University
Ayanna Cooper
Author and Consultant
Jabari Lyles
LGBTQ Inclusion Training and Consulting
Rosa Perez-Isiah
Director of Elementary Education, Equity, and Access in Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District
Reed Swier
Associate Director of Training and Development, NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools
Presenters:
- Erin Browder, Senior Program Associate, REL West at WestEd
- David Lopez, Senior Technical Assistance Specialist, WestEd
- Rawlin Rosario, Program Associate II, WestEd
- Lori Van Houten, Senior Program Associate, REL West at WestEd
Audience
District and site leaders who are the drivers and stewards of equity-centered efforts in their district.
Resources
Details
Speakers
Panelists:
- Ayanna Cooper – Author and Consultant
- Marco Cenabre – Teacher Leader, New Haven Academy
- Brian Knowles – Manager, Office of African, African American, Latino, Holocaust, and Gender Studies, School District of Palm Beach County
- Alexis Patterson Williams – Assistant Professor, Science Education, University of California, Davis
- Ayana Allen-Handy – Associate Professor of Urban Education, Drexel University
- Jabari Lyles – LGBTQ Inclusion Training and Consulting
- Rosa Perez-Isiah – Director of Elementary Education, Equity, and Access in Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District
- Reed Swier – Associate Director of Training and Development, NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools
Presenters:
- Erin Browder – Senior Program Associate, REL West at WestEd
- David Lopez – Senior Technical Assistance Specialist, WestEd
- Rawlin Rosario – Program Associate II, WestEd
- Lori Van Houten – Senior Program Associate, REL West at WestEd