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Culturally Affirming Strategies For Black and Brown Parents

Michael Lowe
Culturally Affirming Strategies For Black and Brown Parents
FormatSelf-Paced | On-Demand
Sessions3
Per session60 Minutes
CertificateIncluded

Are You Actually Listening to the Black and Brown Parents at Your School? Leverage Cultural Wisdom to Affirm Children.

As you strive to support students in the new school year, you can take advantage of one of your school’s most insightful resources: black and brown parents. These stakeholders can provide valuable information about how to support their children while sharing personal cultural wisdom from which the entire school can benefit.

Equity expert Michael Lowe will share specific strategies you can use to engage black and brown parents to improve your school. You will learn how to help all students benefit from the cultural insights parents provide.

What We'll Cover

Course Outline

  • What are the cultural differences in your school and community?
  • How should you survey parents about diversity and equity?
  • What steps can you take to empower and engage black and brown parents?
  • How can cultural wisdom affirm children?
  • What antidotes to systemic racism can schools provide to students?

Meet the Expert

Michael Lowe

Michael Lowe

Michael Lowe is the chief equity officer for Shelby County Schools in Tennessee. He has also served as a regional superintendent and middle school principal in Memphis, Tennessee. His work focuses on culturally responsive teaching and equity in student work. Michael holds a B.S. in elementary education from the University of Memphis, and an education specialist and doctorate degree in leadership and instruction from Union University in Jackson, TN. Michael’s daily mantra (mon-tra) is to think systemically, but always act locally on behalf of our most underserved students in education.

Who Should Attend?

  • Superintendents
  • Deputy, associate, and assistant superintendents
  • Diversity and equity officers
  • Directors of curriculum and instruction
  • School board members
  • Principals
  • Vice principals and assistant principals
  • Special education directors and coordinators
  • Community engagement professionals
  • Social workers
  • Counselors
  • Department chairs
  • Clinical staff
  • Student services staff
  • Teachers

Training Includes

The Culturally Affirming Strategies For Black and Brown Parents course includes the following:

Two Year Course Access

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  • Course access for 2 full years
  • All live sessions include access to the on-demand recording post live session

Class Experience

Live sessions are small and focused to support questions and discussion. Self-paced on-demand courses allow you to move through the material on your own schedule.

Resources

Downloadable course materials to support learning

Attendance Certificate

All sessions include an Attendance Certificate

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