Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education
Alex Shevrin Venet talks about her book, Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Family & Community Partnership
Family Engagement Framework for All
Framework around how to prioritize effective relationships to drive learning at every level. Includes information on the Dual Capacity-Building Framework so leaders can use family engagement plans in their schools and districts.
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain
Website of Dr. Zaretta Hammond that offers insight/answers to our collective and individual questions about how to help students become confident and competent learners. Highlights lessons learned in schools and classrooms with teachers who are successful with diverse students, focusing on how to take everyday strategies and practices and put them to work in classrooms to be more culturally responsive.
Discussing Race, Racism and Police Violence
The resources below can help spur much-needed discussion around implicit bias and systemic racism, but they can also help inspire us all to enact the changes that will create a more just society.These resources can help spur much-needed discussion around implicit bias and systemic racism, but they can also help inspire us all to enact the changes that will create a more just society.
Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework
The CR-S framework helps educators create student-centered learning environments that: affirm racial, linguistic and cultural identities; prepare students for rigor and independent learning, develop students’ abilities to connect across lines of difference; elevate historically marginalized voices; and empower students as agents of social change.
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Creating a School Peace Room
This tool describes how Peace Rooms can be used in secondary school settings and ways to include students in the process of creating one. Includes examples of peace rooms in high schools, and info on how to include students in creation of peace rooms.
Commuity Toolbox
Millions of people use the Community Tool Box each year to get help taking action, teaching, and training others in organizing for community development. Dive in to find help assessing community needs and resources, addressing social determinants of health, engaging collaborators, action planning, building leadership, improving cultural competency, planning an evaluation, and sustaining your efforts over time.
Community Engagement and Change: 4 Steps to Effective Engagement During Strategic Planning
Guide to Strategic Planning identifies the key steps and variety of methods schools and districts can use to get input and facilitate buy-in from students, teachers, staff, parents, and other community members.
Building Strong Community Partnerships and Schools: A roadmap for finding champions and collaborators
This article describes a social-emotional learning approach shared by Dr. Shawn Genwright that shows some early reflections of success in supporting school communities.
Building Trauma Informed Schools
A resource collection compiled by and for Parent Centers. Coordinated by the Region 2 Parent Technical Assistance Center.
