Are you interested in learning how to implement social-emotional and mental health supports for your students and staff? Attend the webinar “SEL & Mental Health in Distance Learning: District Leaders Share Best Practices” on September 15 to hear best practices from education leaders.
About
In this webinar, presenters will share:
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- how to connect and build trust with students, laying the groundwork for engagement and learning;
- best practices for supporting students in special education in distance learning;
- how to ensure staff feels safe and supported;
- how to implement SEL that supports anti-racism and equity in distance learning; and
- how to implement digital tools in an MTSS for efficacy and sustainability.
School and district administrators will learn concrete steps they can take to deliver effective, trauma-informed SEL and mental health supports to students and staff as schools and communities continue to grapple with the challenges of COVID-19.
This recorded webinar will be of interest to school and district leaders of pre-k through high school grade levels, federal program coordinators, and those involved in student mental health.
Registration
To register and learn more, visit the event webpage.
Join Allegheny Partners for Out-of-School-Time (APOST) from August 24–September 10, 2020 for their Virtual Back to Out-of-School-Time Conference!
About
Over a period of three weeks, the Virtual Back to Out-of-School-Time Conference will offer relevant workshops to assist professionals in continuing to provide high-quality programming for youth during this challenging time. This Conference is open to any youth practitioner who desires to increase their skills in working with youth in out-of-school-time programs or mentoring relationships.
If there is a workshop that you would like to attend but are not able to due to schedule conflicts, recordings and resources for all workshop offerings will be available for at least one month after all of the workshops have concluded.
Available Workshops
Registration
To view all workshop descriptions and register, visit the full Conference Agenda. Registration links will be included at the bottom of each event description.
More Information
For questions, contact Jaron Paul via email at jaron.paul@unitedwayswpa.org.
Join EmbraceRace on July 28 for “Raising Multiracial Children, Part 2: Dismantling Anti-Blackness in Multiracial Families” as they explore how to actively reject white supremacy and anti-Blackness in multiracial families.
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During the second webinar of this two-part series on anti-racist parenting and multiracial children, presenters will discuss anti-Blackness and how anti-Black messaging shows up in multiracial families (including non-Black families). Referencing recent examples from social media, presenters breakdown three common myths that perpetuate anti-Blackness within multiracial families and describe how these myths negatively impact the identity development of multiracial Black children specifically.
To conclude the series, presenters will offer tangible steps that parents and caregivers can take now to actively reject white supremacy and anti-Blackness and build resilience as a multiracial family. Questions and comments are welcome.
Registration
To register and learn more, visit the event webpage.
Are you interested in learning, sharing knowledge, and working together with fellow changemakers to dismantle racism and injustice? Join ELIE Circle on August 12 for “Antiracist Dialogues for Action: Antiracist Out-of-School Time Programs.”
About
On August 12, ELIE Circle will hold the second virtual meeting of the Antiracist Dialogues for Action – convenings for out-of-school time educators (e.g., afterschool staff, librarians, teaching artists, researchers) to learn, share knowledge, and work together to dismantle racism and injustice.
The dialogues consist of the following:
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- a 30-minute presentation providing context, research, and historical perspectives on main dialogue topics;
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- a 45-minute small group dialogue on a related subtopic for participants to a) share collective knowledge and b) work with other educators to determine goals and next steps; and
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- a 15-minute closing and larger group share out.
All dialogues are designed for educators which includes those that are working directly with young people in any capacity and those at out-of-school-time organizations without direct contact. These dialogues are categorized in two categories: Educators and Youth Work.
Registration
To register and learn more, visit the event webpage.
Are you interested in learning how institutional racism becomes present in early childhood environments? Sign up to receive a recording of the live webinar “Embracing Anti-Bias Classrooms: A Response to Racism in America” on July 8.
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In this webinar, the lead authors of the newly released book, Don’t Look Away, Embracing Anti-Bias Classrooms, will participate in a roundtable discussion on how to explore and address issues of bias, equity, low expectations, and family engagement to ensure culturally responsive experiences. Equipped with the tools and strategies to promote classroom change, educators will be empowered to do the following:
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- learn how institutional racism becomes present in early childhood environments;
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- discover how implicit bias, microaggression, and white privilege can play a role in undermining the learning experiences of marginalized Black and brown children and those who teach them;
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- embrace anti-bias and anti-racist teaching approaches; and
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- implement best practices for creating culturally-rich and supportive classroom environments that protect children from social-emotional and psychological trauma by affirming personal healing.
This webinar will be of interest to pre-k through elementary teachers; school and district leaders; coaches; trainers; and child care providers, owners, and administrators.
Registration
Live access to this event is sold out. Sign up to receive the event recording by visiting edWeb.net.
Are you interested in connecting with school leaders to discuss strategies for integrating justice and anti-racist systems into your school? Attend “Transform for Tomorrow,” a three-part virtual series for school leaders that explores how educational organizations can make plans for what comes next.
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As a Superintendent or school leader, you are already preparing for what will be a very different 2020-21 school year. You are adjusting to new ways of preparing your teachers, educating your students, and supporting your parents. Have you also integrated matters of justice? Are you constructing anti-racist systems?
This three-part virtual series presents opportunities to share and learn from one another about how our schools might, together, make plans for what comes next, no matter what tomorrow brings.
Webinar Dates
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- Justice: Learning and Leading
July 14, 2020 | 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Register
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- Justice: Teaching in STEM
July 16, 2020 | 1 – 2 p.m. | Register
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- Justice: Learning and Strategizing
July 21, 2020 | 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Register
Registration
To register, visit the event webpage.
Are you interested in learning how to embed racial equity into your early learning program? Join the Pennsylvania Child Care Association (PACCA) on Fridays from July 10 – 24 for their Zoom Series, “Racial Equity in Early Learning.”
About
This three-part professional development series is designed to help early learning and school-age programs embed racial equity from recruiting, hiring, and on-going training offerings for staff to interactions with children of color. After defining key racial justice terminology such as implicit bias, cultural competency, race, racism, antiracist ally, etc., participants are encouraged to identify concrete ways to embrace racial equity personally and professionally.
These Zoom meetings will be informative and interactive, and will provide participants with real resources and supports for classroom situations. Individuals who participate in all three meetings will receive 4.5 hours of PQAS credits and/or 4.5 Act 48 hours.
Cost
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- PACCA Members: $20 for all three meetings
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- Non-Members: $45 for all three meetings
Registration
To register and learn more, visit the event webpage.
Zoom links will be sent in a confirmation email when your registration is received. If you do not receive confirmation, please check your Junk inbox or contact maureen.murphy@pacca.org.
Are you interested in hearing practical, how-to advice for talking about race and inspiring kids to fight for racial equity? Join Common Sense and the Inforum of the Commonwealth Club on June 18 for their webinar, “Parenting in Support of Black Lives: How to Build a Just Future for Kids (and How Media Can Help).”
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Through 400 years of systemic oppression and racism, our nation has failed to protect and value Black children and families. How do we support a future where all children are valued? And when we’re parenting amid crisis and trauma, how can we find support for ourselves and our kids? This conversation will center on these important questions and provide practical, how-to advice for talking about race and inspiring kids to fight for racial equity.
The event will feature Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, leading scholar on race in America, in conversation with child psychologist Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith, moderated by Julie Lythcott-Haims, New York Times bestselling author and activist.
Registration
To register and learn more, visit Common Sense Media’s website.
This event will be recorded and will be available on the Conversations with Common Sense YouTube page.
As caregivers, community members, and early childhood educators, we have a responsibility to ensure each child, family, and caregiver is safe from racism and discrimination and has equitable opportunities to thrive.
To do this, we must begin with ourselves. With the correct anti-racism tools, a community can continue to grow and learn. Set aside time in your day to do a personal inventory. What thoughts, feelings, and behaviors have you contributed to upholding systems of racism? Are you making assumptions? What actions or inactions have you taken that contribute to systems of oppression?
Next, consider your family and your friends—which behaviors, statements, or jokes have gone unchecked? What actions or inactions have you taken within your interpersonal relationships that have contributed to an unsafe community for our Black and Brown children, neighbors, and colleagues? How might you begin to lead by example within your own family or community?
Anti-racism work is something that has to be attended to in an ongoing way. To support this work, we have compiled the following anti-racism tools. Note that this list is not exhaustive.
Anti-Racism Tools for Adults
Videos & Podcasts:
Tools & Reading Lists:
Health-Related:
Take Action:
Family-Related:
- How to raise anti-racist kids: 20 resources for parents, Motherly
- Why Raising Kids to ‘Not See Color’ Doesn’t Help Fight Racism, HuffPost
- Our Family’s Commitment to Being Anti-Racist, PBS Kids
- Black Boys Matter: Cultivating Their Identity, Agency, and Voice, NAEYC
- Things to Know If You Love a Multiracial Child, Embrace Race
- “Love is not enough”: Supports for Transracial Adoptive Families, Embrace Race
- Nurturing Resistance & Joy in Black Children, Embrace Race
- Raising Muslim American Children Who Thrive, Embrace Race
Observance-Related:
Anti-Racism Tools for Educators
Personal/Professional Development:
- Talking to Kids About Racism and Justice: a list for parents, caregivers & educators, Oakland Library
- Video: Identity, Challenge and Dismantle: A Few Sociocultural Strategies for Teaching About Racism, SPSSI
- An Essential Reading Guide for Fighting Racism, BuzzFeed News
- Teacher’s Corner, University of Pittsburgh School of Education
- Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education Position Statement, NAEYC
- Becoming Upended: Teaching and Learning About Race and Racism with Young Children and Their Families, NAEYC
- Teaching #BlackLivesMatter, Teaching for Change
- A Guide to Equity and Antiracism for Educators, Edutopia
- NEA activists launch series of video “primers” for anti-racist white educators, NEA
- A Simple Way to Self-Monitor for Bias, Edutopia
- What White Colleagues Need to Understand, Teaching Tolerance
- Building Antiracist White Educators
Classroom/Community Development:
- ‘All we are asking for is change!’ How schools are taking steps toward justice-centered learning, Kidsburgh
- Black Students Are Not ‘Marginalized,’ They Are the Center of Our Work, Education Post
- Asian Americans K-12 Education Curriculum, Asian Americans Advancing Justice
- The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health, The American Academy of Pediatrics
- Talking About Race, National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Understanding Anti-Bias Education: Bringing the Four Core Goals to Every Facet of Your Curriculum, NAEYC
- How to Root Out Anti-Black Racism From Your School, EdWeek
- How Indigenous, Black, and POC Educators Envision a Better School Experience, KQED
- Racial inequities in education can start as early as preschool, AXIOS
- How to create anti-racist virtual classrooms: Strategies for teachers and families, Kidsburgh
- How do you teach antiracism to the youngest students?, The Hechinger Report
- How to Better Support Your Black Colleagues, Edutopia
- Building Anti-Racist Early Childhood Programs with Implicit Bias Trainings & Resources, HiMama
- Inclusion of All Children in Early Childhood Education Programs in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning
- One School’s Commitment to Equity Using Student-Centered Learning, Students at the Center Hub
- Mere Engagement: Reflections about the Connections Between Online Learning, Student Agency, and Student Engagement, Aurora Institute
- How to Provide a Multicultural Education, Baylor University
Resources:
- Black Lives Matter Resources, Writix
- Early Childhood Education
- Elementary Education
- Positive Racial Identity Development in Early Education (P.R.I.D.E) – Understanding PRIDE in Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Education
- P.R.I.D.E. Speaker Series, University of Pittsburgh School of Education
- In My Skin: A P.R.I.D.E Podcast, University of Pittsburgh School of Education
- What is Race?, Flocabulary
- Tools for Anti-Racist Teaching, PBS Teachers Lounge
- Advancing Equity Initiative, NAEYC
- Race & Ethnicity Resources, Teaching Tolerance
- My Racial Journey, University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development
- Equity Services, Pennsylvania School Boards Association
- The Cultural Proficiency Framework, The Robbins Group
- Learning for Justice
- Public Health Resources for Understanding Environmental Racism, Public Health Degrees
- 135 Racial Equity Resources For Education, Professional & Community Development, Health, And Civil Rights, College Consensus
Anti-Racism Tools for Children
Discussing Racism with Children
- Video: A Clinical Perspective on Talking to Kids About Racism, Child Mind Institute
- ‘Raising White Kids’ Author On How White Parents Can Talk About Race, NPR
- They’re not too young to talk about race! The Children’s Community School
- Talking to Children About Racial Bias, HealthyChildren
- Talking Race with Young Children, NPR
- How to Talk to Kids about Race and Racism, Parent Toolkit
- 10 tips for teaching and talking to kids about race, Embrace Race
- Talking about Race with Kids and Teens, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
- How to talk to kids about racism, explained by a psychologist, Vox
- 21 Anti-Racism Videos to Share With Kids, We Are Teachers
- Experts answer your kids’ tough questions about race and racism, The Hechinger Report
- Talking to Children Authentically about Race and Racism, PBS Kids
- Video – PBS KIDS Talk About Race & Racism, PBS Kids
- Talking to Young Children About Race and Racism: A Discussion Guide, PDB Kids
- Raising Kids Who Embrace Race, National PTA
- So You Want to Raise a Young White Ally? Embrace Race
- Supporting Children’s Leadership & Activism, Embrace Race
- Supporting Healthy Racial Learning in Early Childhood, Embrace Race
Discussing Racism, Violence, and Protests with Children
- Racism and Violence: How to Help Kids Handle the News, Child Mind Institute
- Talking to Children About Race, Policing and Violence, The New York Times
- Addressing Race and Trauma in the Classroom: A Resource for Educators, The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- Resources for Talking about Race, Racism and Racialized Violence with Kids, Center for Racial Justice in Education
- George Floyd. Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. What do we tell our children?, USA Today
- Video: “How do I make sure I’m not raising the next Amy Cooper?” with Jennifer Harvey, Embrace Race
- How to Talk with Kids About Racism and Racial Violence, Common Sense Media
- Resources for Talking About Race, Racism and Racialized Violence with Kids, Center for Racial Justice in Education
- How to Talk to Your Children About the Protests, The Wall Street Journal
- Talking with Children About Racism, Police Brutality and Protests, Aha! Parenting
- How To Talk To Your Kids About Race, Racism And Police Violence, WBUR
- How To Talk About Race And Protests With Your Kids, Explained By A Child Psychologist, WBUR
- Talking to Kids About Racism and Violence, Child Mind Institute
Children’s Books
- I Too Am America, by Langston Hughes, ages 5+
- Baby Blessings: A Prayer For The Day You Were Born, by Deloris Jordan, ages 0-6
- Lullaby, A Poem, by Langston Hughes, ages 0-6
- Welcome, Precious, by Nikki Grimes, ages 0-5
- Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grow Up to Become Malcolm X, by IIyasha Shabazz, ages 6+
- CROWN: An Ode To A Fresh Cut, by Derrick Barnes, ages 3-10
- Turning 15 On The Road To Freedom: My Story of 1965 Selma Voting Right March, by Lynda Blackmon, ages 12+
- A Child’s Introduction To AA History, by Jabari Asim, ages 5+
- 10 Children’s Books About Racism And Activism To Help Parents Educate Their Kids, HuffPost
- 31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance, Embrace Race
- These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids, The New York Times
- Books About Racism and Social Justice, Common Sense Media
- Books on race and racism, by age, recommended by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Kidsburgh
- Reading Race in Picture Books with Children, Embrace Race
Anti-Racism Tools for Social/Emotional Development
- Helping Children Cope With Frightening News, Child Mind Institute
- How to Foster Resilience in Kids, Child Mind Institute
- What to Do (and Not Do) When Children Are Anxious, Child Mind Institute
- NASP: Managing Strong Emotional Reactions to Trauma, National Association of School Psychologists
- Supporting Young Children after Crisis Events, NAEYC
- Coping with Grief After Community Violence, SAMHSA
- The Brown Mama Blueprint Podcast, Pittsburgh Brown Mamas
- Resources to Support Children’s Emotional Well-Being Amid Anti-Black Racism, Racial Violence, and Trauma, Child Trends
- Asian Mental Health Collective
As caregivers, community members, and early childhood educators, we have a responsibility to ensure each child, family and caregiver is safe from racism and discrimination and has equitable opportunities to thrive.
In order to do this, we must begin with ourselves. Set aside time in your day to do a personal inventory. What thoughts, feelings, and behaviors have you contributed to upholding systems of racism? What assumptions are you making? What actions or inactions have you taken that contribute to systems of oppression?
Next, consider your family and your friends—what behaviors, statements, or jokes have gone unchecked? What actions or inactions have you taken within your interpersonal relationships that have contributed to an unsafe community for our black and brown children, neighbors and colleagues? How might you begin to lead by example within your own family or community?
Anti-racism work is something that has to be attended to an ongoing way. In order to support you in this work, we have compiled a new webpage of resources to combat racism.
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