As many schools are grappling with the continued challenges presented by COVID-19, it is crucial to solicit timely, actionable feedback from students.

Engaging in informal, semi-structured conversations with students enables educators to learn more about the successes and opportunities that contribute to positive learning environments at school, whether in-person, remote, or any combination of the two. Consider the tips presented in the following blog post to guide planning, facilitation, and reflection when collecting students’ feedback on their experiences.

America’s Promise & AllState Foundation | Youth Leading Racial Healing

This Challenge will advance positive youth development, encourage youth civic engagement, and strengthen young people’s career skills by activating youth-led efforts to promote racial equity and address systemic racism. The Power of Youth Challenge provides young people (ages 13-19) across the U.S. with the opportunity to identify a need in their communities related to racial healing and apply for a $250 grant to support a (COVID-safe) youth-designed and youth-led service project.

Three Strategies for Helping Students Discuss Controversial Topics
(Fullmer, L. & Bond, L., Greater Good Magazine, 3/29/21)

Long-time Leaders Learning to Build Bridges to Their Students with Learning and Thinking Needs
(Achievement Network, 3/28/21)

Pandemic Pedagogy: One Year in
(Learning for Justice, 3/10/21)

Confronting New and Persistent Equity Challenges
(The BELE Network, 3/11/21)

Webinar: Evidence-Based Practices in for Equity in Social and Emotional Learning
The National Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety (CISELSS) at WestEd
April 27 | 12:00 PM PT / 3:00 PM ET

The CISELSS released a compendium of evidence-based resources to support the integration of social and emotional learning in school systems last year. This webinar will build from that compendium, with panelists Eric Moore, Dr. Rose Prejean-Harris, and our own Dr. Angela Ward, sharing their insights and expertise as district leaders who implement evidence-based practices and data-driven continuous improvement processes for social and emotional learning, school climate, and other whole person initiatives in their districts. The session will specifically delve into effective practices for using data to advance equitable outcomes.

Free Events
FuelEd Schools
April 2021

Radical Empathy: A Bridge from Burnout to Belonging (4/15): Learn how educator Jorge Cardenas embodied radical empathy in his personal and professional realms to create inclusive school environments that support equity.

Leading Through Crisis (4/21): Being an education leader is stressful, overwhelming, and challenging—but leading through a global pandemic and national unrest can be downright paralyzing. This 60-minute, free interactive webinar will provide you, and your fellow school and district leaders, with resources and strategies to ensure you and your staff feel equipped, clear, supported, and strong as leaders in the year to come.

View all FuelEd events here.

TransformEd partners with districts to help develop a whole child strategy that ensures each student is supported by a robust set of systems and practices that foster whole child development and that drive towards equitable outcomes for all students.

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Contact us if you’d like to discuss potential partnerships: info@transformingeducation.org

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