| Transform your approach to racial inequity in your school, district, or community. Efforts to close achievement gaps too often fail because they attempt to change school or district structures without addressing individual, social, or political dimensions of change. For school systems to change, the people in the system must be ready and willing to change. BayCES Leading for Equity programs transform participants into leaders with renewed commitment and will to make dramatic changes to advance educational equity.
Leading for Equity program participants will:
• Deepen their knowledge of the impact of racism and other biases, and the ways they manifest in school policies and practices.
• Transform their will and skill for leading change in challenging contexts.
• Develop skills for listening and understanding across race and role.
• Improve relationships, and build teams and partnerships.
• Obtain research, tools, and other resources for leadership and relationship development.
• Create a theory of action to take leadership for equity and build a socially intelligent, collaborative culture. How does Leading for Equity Work?
BayCES Leading for Equity programs build will and skill, providing knowledge and concrete strategies for making immediate improvements in your school community. Leading for Equity is designed to help students, teachers, school and district leaders understand and discuss the issues related to race and culture that impede the success of change efforts and perpetuate inequities at the classroom, school, and district level. Topics covered include: Community building
Facilitation techniques for more productive meetings and discussions
Building trust and relationships
Importance of emotional and social intelligence
The effects of racism and other biases on teaching and learning
Building a collaborative culture
Education, oppression, and leadership
Actions you can take to close the achievement gap and improve equity in your school, community or district Client Testimonials
"The topic of inequity is incredibly hard but truly essential to address. I feel this workshop not only changed the way I will teach, but changed me." "I found the workshop very helpful, challenging and inspiring. The BayCES facilitators are effective, authentic models of equitable practice." Working with BayCES Customized LFE Engagement
BayCES will work with you to customize a Leading for Equity engagement to build the leadership capacity of your team to make dramatic improvements in your school, district, or community. The engagement will involve a series of 2-5 day institutes, typically designed for 30-60 participants. We work closely with your leadership team to assess current organizational strengths and assets, identify learning needs, and ensure institute relevance for all participants. BayCES also provides follow-up coaching and consultation to your leadership team to integrate learning from the institutes into ongoing progress to reach your equity goals. Annual LFE Institute
BayCES holds an annual Leading for Equity Institute in Sonoma, CA, with open registration. This year's institute takes place Feb 5-8, 2009. Teams of administrators, teachers, parents, and community members come to the Institute prepared to address an equity challenge they have been facing. Although the Institute is typically attended by schools and organizations previously or currently coached by BayCES, we can also accommodate new organizations. See our web site for details: www.bayces.org. For more information about Leading for Equity programs or contracting with BayCES, please contact Kathleen Osta, Associate Director, at 510-208-0160 x320 or email kathleen (at) bayces.org.
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