Dr. Jinger Gustafson and I presented to the Owatonna School Board to outline the year-long racial equity professional development we were providing the district's leadership.
Starting in August of 2018, we conducted monthly 90-minute professional development trainings for Owatonna Public Schools' district leadership comprised of the superintendent, directors, building principals, assistant principals, managers and supervisors. On January 21st, 2019 we also provided several sessions for a district professional development day for Owatonna teachers. |
The Institute for Courageous Teacher Leadership
I, along with Dr. Jinger Gustafson, Dr. Bernadeia Johnson, and Ms. Pam MacKinnon launched the inaugural cohort of this Institute designed to develop the racial equity lens of teachers whose principals had completed the Institute for Courageous Principal Leadership. Topics addressed in the teacher institute echoed those learned by their principals but with more of a classroom pedagogical emphasis. Participants were challenged to use the Courageous Conversations protocol when wrestling with issues of race, bias, and white privilege & supremacy. |
Speaker, Justice Page Middle School
I was invited to do a presentation to the 8th grade Junior Page Scholars, a group of students of color who will be the first in their families to go to college. Justice Alan Page was in attendance and participated in the presentation. Students were asked to vision about what their high school years could look like and how best to position themselves for success. Below is the slide presentation: |