The Convening 3-day Agenda

During each session block, registrants can choose between programming for leaders, teachers or combined settings.

Friday, October 7, 2022

We look forward to getting you all setup for an amazing three days of connecting and learning!
 Co-founder and Executive Director Trish Millines Dziko and the Network for EdWork team will welcome and invite participants to share in the collective vision for the Convening, the work we will be doing in community and how all of us will be catalysts for change in the future

This mixer is an opportunity to connect in community on a more human level, engage with vulnerability, and share visions and aspirations for how we can actualize future liberated educational landscapes. Light refreshments will be provided.

Saturday, October 8, 2022

This morning’s purpose is to center BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) wellness and reclaim mindfulness. Oftentimes, the word “mindfulness” is centered around white bodies and spaces when in reality, wellness is for all of us. This session will serve to ground us before we enter deep conversation and work centered on liberation.

Dr Bettina Love
We Gon’ Be Alright, But That Ain’t Alright:
Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

Dr. Love’s talk will discuss the struggles and the possibilities of committing ourselves to an abolitionist goal of educational freedom, as opposed to reform, and moving beyond what she calls the educational survival complex. Abolitionist Teaching is built on the creativity, imagination, boldness, ingenuity, and rebellious spirit and methods of abolitionists to demand and fight for an educational system where all students are thriving, not simply surviving.

These Salons are a chance to come together and process your experiences with those who have a shared racial identity to unpack the unique ways that racism and oppression impact and unfold in your varied lived experiences. Affinity Salons are also an intentional form of heart work and community aimed at centering BIPoC needs and pushing back the White Supremacy Culture norms of isolation and self-questioning.

 

Lunch will be provided

 Designing Our Own Learning (DOOL): Disrupting power dynamics of hierarchy and invigorating student voice and powerWHO IT’S FOR
SYLVIA HADNOT
ALAN WONG
Sylvia HadnotAlan Wong

As youth and adult educators (middle and high school) creatively share their stories, attendees will engage in an immersive experience trying out some of the tools, strategies and activities that have brought about profound transformation in the presenters and their schools. Participants will have a new understanding of the power of building a learning community and what it looks like when youth and adults truly share power.

All
Karina SchulerEquity through Restorative Practice/ Pedagogy of LiberationWHO IT’S FOR
Karina Schuler

Restorative Practice is an emerging social science that studies how to strengthen relationships between individuals as well as social connections within communities. In this experiential workshop, participants will learn about Restorative Practice framework, and how to facilitate Restorative Circles in their classroom and school. These processes can create a positive, safe-brave learning environment for all members.

All BIPOC
Saara KamalLiberation Pedagogy for BIPOC EducatorsWHO IT’S FOR
Saara Kamal

What does it mean to be a liberated educator? During this workshop, BIPOC educators will engage with the Network for Edwork’s (NWEW) “Liberation Pedagogy” framework for racial justice in education. In learning about the key pillars: recognize, undo, replace, and engage – participants will engage with how as BIPOC educators, we must confront the ways that the dominant culture lives both within and around us. By providing tools and strategies to support the headwork (professional), heartwork (interpersonal), and community that is critical to understanding the impact of racial traumas, BIPOC educators can transition from surviving in their roles as educators for liberation within their schools, to thriving.

BIPOC Educators
David GoldenkranzLiberation Pedagogy For White Leaders in EducationWHO IT’S FOR
David Goldenkranz

What does it mean to be a leader for liberation? In this session, participants will explore the Network for Edwork’s (NWEW) “Liberation Pedagogy” framework for racial justice in education. In learning about the key pillars of Liberation Pedagogy: recognize, undo, replace, and engage – participants will be given tools and strategies to support the headwork, heartwork, and community that is critical to understanding their role as leaders in anti-oppression work within schools.

White Leaders
Christina TaylorLiberation Pedagogy for BIPOC Leaders in EducationWHO IT’S FOR
Christina Taylor

What does it mean to be a BIPOC leader for liberation? In this session, BIPOC leaders will explore the Network for Edwork’s (NWEW) “Liberation Pedagogy” framework for racial justice in education. In learning about the key pillars of Liberation Pedagogy: recognize, undo, replace, and engage – participants will be provided with tools and strategies to support the headwork (professional), heartwork (interpersonal), and community that is critical to understanding the impact of racial traumas and their roles as leaders for liberation within their schools and organizations.

BIPOC Leaders
 Disrupting white supremacy cultureWHO IT’S FOR
Renee ShankK.O. Wilson

“This panel of Educators (Mary Beth Canty, Marisa Bier, Renee Shank, and KO Wilson) will discuss on-going challenges and successes in one teacher preparation program, the Seattle Teacher Residency. Using Picower’s (2021) framework of the 4 I’s of Oppression as a springboard, we will critically examine the effects of institutionalized racism on BIPOC preservice teachers, and focus on disrupting the Whiteness in teacher preparation.

All
Christina TaylorQuestion Formulation TechniqueWHO IT’S FOR
Christina Taylor

Liberation Pedagogy asks each of us to consistently reflect with our minds, our hearts, and within community to recognize manifestations of colonialist pedagogy, white supremacy, and oppression. Once we recognize them, we then can undo and dismantle those practices, replace them with a collaborative model and engage in ongoing conversations to continue this process in order to build a liberated world. First, we must recognize systems of oppression and colonialist pedagogy, but how? The question formulation technique and asking good questions are one tool that can be useful towards this purpose.

In this session, BIPOC leaders will experience a different tool and manner to create and push forward social justice. The radical person who engages in liberatory pedagogy is not afraid to confront, to listen, to see the world and its possibilities unveiled. The Question Formulation Technique will be explored and practices to advance social justice initiatives and ideas at your school, departments, divisions, and/or organizations. .

BIPOC Leaders
Yutaka TamuraCultivate and (Re)Claim Your (and Your Students’) Purpose & Foster Identity, SEL, Social Capital, & Career ExplorationWHO IT’S FOR
David Goldenkranz

During this interactive session, participants will experience how nXu cultivates students’ and educators’ sense of purpose while also learning about nXu’s purpose development curriculum and the ways in which the nXu team is supporting a growing number of educators/schools to integrate nXu’s curriculum and assessment system into the fabric of their schools. More specifically, participants will engage with and explore how nXu’s lessons strategically integrate the often disparate constructs of purpose, social-emotional learning, identity development, relationship/social capital development, and career exploration. Attendees will explore strategies to both foster their own sense of purpose and to support students in developing theirs; will gain an understanding of research-backed benefits of purpose development for youth and adults, and the role it plays in career exploration; and learn strategies to cultivate a sense of purpose.

All BIPOC
David GoldenkranzRe-humanizing EducationWHO IT’S FOR
David Goldenkranz

This workshop is designed to support white-identifying leaders in education to further explore the subtle and insidious ways in which racism, toxic patriarchy, and colonial culture impact our ability to experience compassion, empathy, and humility – stunting our growth and hindering our ability to be a part of a more collective society. By exploring ways to redefine, rediscover, and rehumanize both ourselves and the systems in which we operate, participants will begin to develop a more personalized and actionable practice of leading for liberation.

White Leaders
 Voices of the Formerly Incarcerated: How to Identify, Disrupt, and Dismantle the School to Prison PipelineWHO IT’S FOR 
MARK  PERRY

Mark Perry

ADRIANNA TAYLOR

Adrianna Taylor

EUGENE YOUNGBLOOD

Eugene Youngblood

This panel features three presenters (Mark Perry, Adrianna Taylor and Eugene Youngblood) who were formally incarcerated. They will discuss and address their own lived experiences with public education, an analysis of how anti-Black racism (and other oppressions) have destroyed the soul of learning, along with solutions to disrupt and dismantle the school to prison pipeline and to support youth in understanding how to self-advocate and question their own learning and schooling experiences.

All
 Challenging and Reimagining White-Centered Recruiting, PD and Retention for New BIPOC EducatorsWHO IT’S FOR
JILL HEINEY-SMITH
JOAN KING
Jill Heiney-SmithJoan King

This workshop will surface the ways that university teacher prep programs and district leaders can work together with community partners to better prepare BIPOC graduates for the job search and induction into their first teaching jobs. Participants will walk away with a toolkit for leading a revised and liberated process in their own roles, whether that be within preparation programs, schools or district leadership.

All
 Introduction to Project Based Learning: Why, How, and Getting StartedWHO IT’S FOR
ADRIANNA CATON
ALEJANDRA SORIA
Adrianna CatonhAlejandra Soria

This interactive workshop will be geared towards teachers and education leaders who are interested in learning what project based learning is, why it’s a valuable model and how they can get started at their schools. Led by TAF experts, there will be opportunities to work with peers to unpack how students learn best through experiential learning and project based learning pedagogy.

BIPOC Educators
Christina TaylorLiberation Pedagogy for BIPOC Leaders in EducationWHO IT’S FOR
Christina Taylor

What does it mean to be a BIPOC leader for liberation? In this session, BIPOC leaders will explore the Network for Edwork’s (NWEW) “Liberation Pedagogy” framework for racial justice in education. In learning about the key pillars of Liberation Pedagogy: recognize, undo, replace, and engage – participants will be provided with tools and strategies to support the headwork (professional), heartwork (interpersonal), and community that is critical to understanding the impact of racial traumas and their roles as leaders for liberation within their schools and organizations.

BIPOC Leaders

This convening mixer will provide an opportunity to reflect, connect, and engage in headwork, as well as share ideas among leaders and educators who are passionate about disrupting systems of oppresion within education.

Sunday, October 9, 2022

This morning’s purpose is to center BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) wellness and reclaim mindfulness. This Mindfulness in Affinity Salon emphasizes the Engage component of our Liberation Pedagogy framework and provides a chance for participants to discuss problems of practice and strategies for mindfulness and intentional next steps.

Lindsey Kaiser Multiracial Coalition Building: Everyday Acts of (micro) Resistance WHO IT’S FOR
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Oftentimes when folks think acts of resistance, they think of macro forms of resistance such as rallies, marches, and protests. However, challenging the racial status quo requires both macro and micro forms of resistance. This workshop will take participants on a deep dive into everyday acts of (micro) resistance.

White Leaders
David Goldenkranz Liberation Pedagogy For White Leaders in Education WHO IT’S FOR
David Godenkranz

What does it mean to be a leader for liberation? In this session, participants will explore the Network for Edwork’s (NWEW) “Liberation Pedagogy” framework for racial justice in education. In learning about the key pillars of Liberation Pedagogy: recognize, undo, replace, and engage – participants will be given tools and strategies to support the headwork, heartwork, and community that is critical to understanding their role as leaders in anti-oppression work within schools.

White Leaders
Julie Ismael Redefining Professionalism WHO IT’S FOR
Julie Ismael

In this session, participants will recognize one’s ability to accept others’ humanity through story uninterrupted; the connections between individual imagination and collective future; and walk away with necessary practice for better communication, problem solving, and healing for self and the common good, specifically as we radically re-imagine the terms under which we work together (f.k.a. “professionalism”).

BIPOC Leaders
Mentoring as a Liberatory Practice Strand WHO IT’S FOR
JULIA AGUIRRE
RACHEL ENDO
Rachel Endo
ELIZABETH RANGEL
Elizabeth Rangel

The workshop invites participants to re/imagine what revolutionary mentoring for BIPOC professionals might look like with/in their building and district context. In contrast to dominant White-framed mentoring models that tend to focus on assimilating and integrating BIPOC professionals to attain narrow definitions of success, a revolutionary model centers collaboration, equity, and explicitly links identity and professional development. The facilitators, who are women of color faculty and staff in the School of Education at UW Tacoma, briefly describe the structures of field-tested mentoring-partnership models for BIPOC professionals from the levels of teacher preparation to university faculty teaching in these programs before inviting participants to discuss applications to their institutional contexts.

BIPOC leaders
Saara Kamal Racial Justice Persona WHO IT’S FOR
Saara Kamal

In this session we will use the power of storytelling as a tool to disrupt oppressive norms and standards that persist in education. Stories are a key component of education as they teach, illuminate, and model our aspirations for the culture we want to create in our schools and our classrooms. By taking time to reflect on how our identities, skills, and values manifest in the broader antiracist narrative, our racial justice personas can serve as guides for how best to show up for those we impact.

All BIPOC
Emijah Smith Centering Liberation and Family WHO IT’S FOR
Emijah Smith

Using storytelling as a form of education for school leaders, policy makers, funders, and educators, this workshop highlights the obstacles and barriers student and families must overcome, and how education practices push families into the courts and kid prisons. At the end of the workshop, partcipants will learn how to engage the liberated spirit to overcome existing harmful process for students and their families.

All
Ainsley Carry Confronting controversial monuments, honorees, and symbols in schools WHO IT’S FOR
Ainsley Carry

American schools and universities are facing increased pressure to confront controversial monuments, honorees, and symbols on campus. Hundreds of schools commemorate colonizers, Confederate imagery and KKK leaders in their school’s name, mascots, and fight songs. These images demoralize many students. Schools and school systems need an unbiased, evidence-based approach to examining disputed school landscapes and mascots. In this workshop, participants will learn about the detrimental impact of school memorial landscapes and four essential frameworks for confronting memorial disputes.”

All leaders
Decolonial Healing WHO IT’S FOR
MARIBEL GONZALEZ
SAARA KAMAL
Maribel Gonzalez Saara Kamal

Decolonial Healing is a workshop for Black, brown, Indigenous, and Asian educators. Participants will engage in an Indigenous-based healing practice to liberate our minds and hearts from colonial programming, to prepare us to dismantle oppressive systems, and to learn to be our most authentic self.

All BIPOC
Christina Taylor Liberation Pedagogy WHO IT’S FOR
Christina Taylor

What does it mean to be a BIPOC leader for liberation? In this session, BIPOC leaders will explore the Network for Edwork’s (NWEW) “Liberation Pedagogy” framework for racial justice in education. In learning about the key pillars of Liberation Pedagogy: recognize, undo, replace, and engage – participants will be provided with tools and strategies to support the headwork (professional), heartwork (interpersonal), and community that is critical to understanding the impact of racial traumas and their roles as leaders for liberation within their schools and organizations.

All BIPOC

Together we will celebrate and honor the collective work and learning we have done and call in the intentions we each have in continuing to the work of liberation.