Our goal at the Center is to provide transformational learning opportunities to educators who want to build their capacity to interrupt predictable patterns of disparities. While the Center offers week-long and year-long learning for educators, we are excited to introduce topic-specific, education-focused courses in a virtual setting throughout the school year!

All courses are ideal for PreK-12 educators and youth workers. Dates and times can be found on the registration page. Descriptions and learning objectives for each VIRTUAL course are as follows (Ideal for PreK-12 educators and youth workers):

Developing Culturally Responsive Practice

Learn how to effectively incorporate impactful, cultural responsiveness into your practice.

Learn the history of Culturally Responsiveness in education
Clarify the need for Cultural Responsiveness in and out of the classroom
Dissect your own cultural preferences and examine the ways in which this impacts your practice
Unpack strategies to engage with your curriculum and students differently by interpreting the 5Rs in Cultural Responsiveness

Reimagining Family Partnership

Explore strategies for building strong, supportive relationships with families.

Briefly unpack the role of Culturally Responsive Teaching in developing family partnerships
Engage in an internal and external process of understanding and redesigning cultural frames around family partnership
Identify inclusive family partnership practice
Investigate ways of implementing policy that centers families

Asset-Based Communication

Discover techniques for powerful communication that centers students’ strengths.

Identify the ways in which schooling has historically viewed students from a deficit perspective
Study the power of language and the impact of cultural frames
Learn redirection strategies that are culturally responsive and restorative
Understand the difference between exclusionary discipline and inclusive practice

Interested in registering for multiple courses?

Register for more than one course for an automatic 10% off a second course at checkout!

Virtual Courses for Educators & Youth Workers

Choose your tickets

3/14/2025 (9am-12pm) Reimagining Family Partnership ticket

3/19/2025 (4-7pm) Reimagining Family Partnership ticket

4/11/2025 (9am-12pm) Asset-Based Communication ticket