What participants
are saying...
The Teaching and Leading process in Kirkwood has provided teachers
an opportunity to discover powerful insights into teaching, learning
and relationships with all children. When, as adults in schools, we
find we are a different race, culture, or religion from our students
we may not understand the significance of these differences from our
students' experiences or points of view. These differences, although
frequently invisible and sometimes uncomfortable, can detract from student
learning even when we have the best intentions. Teaching and Leading
helps make the invisible more visible, and the uncomfortable
more comfortable, so our insights and teaching tools are strengthened
and our best intentions for students can be realized with powerful instructional
strategies anchored in deep understandings of individual learning experiences.
—Deborah Holmes, Asst. Supt, Kirkwood R-7 School District
"The Teaching and Leading experience gave me not only a
new set of eyes with which to see the world, but a new way
of seeing my purpose within it as well. I have been privileged to work
with a wonderful group of fifth graders who have started a Civil Rights
Team at our school. Our mission states that all members of our learning
community will be safe, respected, and accepted for who they are. —Florence
Borman, Teacher, Keysor School, Kirkwood R-7 School District
The workshop conducted by Educational Equity Consultants facilitators
Drs Phil Hunsberger and Billie Mayo for the Hunter College Campus Schools
faculty in March 2008 exceeded our expectations. They
established instant credibility with a very large group, engaged everyone
in the discussion, kept the energy level and enthusiasm very high throughout
the day, made discussion of differing perspectives on social justice
and equity issues non-threatening and whetted the appetite of participants
for more. The day ended with a heightened awareness of the need to identify
new ways to provide an identity affirming student-centered learning
environment and the desire to explore possibilities as a faculty community.
—John Rose, Dean, School of Education, Hunter College
The social justice training provided by ECC has been life changing
for myself and for our district. The trainers are wonderfully caring
people who stretch us and help us confront difficult issues while providing
strong support all along our journey. They help us move forward as individuals
and as an organization. Webster Groves School District is now able to
have courageous conversations about racism and oppression that we never
would have been able to have had before. We know each other better and
we trust each other enough to talk about the hard things and to work
together to find solutions that make our schools and our community a
better place for children and adults. Social justice training by ECC
is transforming our district and our community to be more social just
for all. —Sarah Riss, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum
and Instruction, Webster Groves School District
“Great presentation of the subject matter!! Facilitators shared
high quality information in a comprehensive and thought provoking approach."
—Linda Hayes Holliday, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources,
Webster Groves School District |
