Event Details
In order to understand and articulate the concepts of racism and inequity, one must be able to address confusion and misinformation. In this session, leaders will examine vocabulary words and concepts that help push the thinking about the often misunderstood idea of white privilege. The content in this PD is pulled from The Catalyst Approach's more comprehensive 12-hour course: Foundational Vocabulary for Understanding and Articulating Racism & Inequity.
For those who are knowledgeable about the concept, or have attended either the full Catalyst course or the March 1 Catalyst MESPA session of the same name, this course will include added time for discussion with colleagues in breakout rooms as well as framework to support articulation of the content.
Who can attend? This training is open to all MESPA members! Space is limited, so register today!
The Catalyst Approach is a comprehensive professional development and implementation model developed by creative partners Nancy Burns and Jacki Brickman, and is based on their observations in more than 50,000 classrooms and school-wide common spaces. It includes a suite of courses, coaching components, leadership development, and systems support that accelerates deep implementation of skills that lead to the creation of improved classroom and school leadership, relationships, and culture.
Their Mission: Empower others to view themselves as leaders with a responsibility to learn and grow while purposefully contributing to a culture where everyone is a catalyst to developing relationships and disrupting inequity.
Their Vision: Every student is surrounded by leaders who understand, nurture, inspire, and support them.
About the presenters:
Nancy Burns is driven to find a way to appreciate and to advocate for every teacher and student she works with. Her passion for increasing student learning aligns with her capacity for discovering and implementing communication strategies that stabilize classrooms and accelerate learning. Nancy has an intuitive ability to read a situation and know the next steps to take. Based in part on her own 22 years of classroom experience, Nancy developed the Catalyst Approach with creative partner Jacki Brickman.
An award-winning teacher with a passion for helping everyone become better at what they do, Jacki Brickman is a pro at relating to people. She has a reputation for empowering people through her keen observations and insightful feedback. Be prepared for hilarious reenactments of her personal and professional experiences. Her ability to captivate diverse audiences suggests that she might just practice the communication skills she teaches.
Jamie Tam is known and appreciated by friends and colleagues for her positive energy, warm smile, and low breathing- even in the most stressful situations. Jamie is licensed as a K-12 Visual Arts teacher and started her career in North Minneapolis at Elizabeth Hall International. She most recently taught in Roseville. Jamie is the model of healthy living for our team, but homemade chocolate chip cookies get her almost every time.
With a background of more than twenty years of experience in education as a Master Reading Teacher, teacher coach, and trainer, Lorena Donnellan has had an opportunity to work with a variety of audiences. She understands how factors such as culture, motivation, engagement, and prior experience play a major role in learning. Lorena is committed to building on the strengths of educators to create schools where all students and adults are valued and successful. She loves the way Catalyst Approach strategies align with her beliefs that respect and trust are the foundation for success and developing meaningful relationships. In her spare time, Lorena enjoys traveling, and has been fortunate enough to experience more than fifty countries and their cultures.
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