Co-create a clear and compelling vision and goals with your class/school. What will be accomplished by the end of this school year and what will that enable students to do, say, believe, become and overcome in their futures? So often I ask teachers what they are working toward and I hear back very general and
By Jessie Cordova, Senior Associate, Bright Morning You’ve defined equity (my previous blog post or Elena’s definition). Now ask yourself: Would your students characterize their classroom as an equitable learning space? Would you? No matter how you answer these questions, there is likely an opportunity to reset, restart or refine. Here’s how. Step 1: Let’s
Co-Written by: Lori Cohen, Bright Morning Associate; Juna Kim McDaid director of K-12 academics and English teacher at The Potomac School in McLean, VA; Shoba Farrell is a teacher and administrator at San Francisco University High School; Tamisha Williams is the Dean of Adult Equity & Inclusion at Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco, California Feminism
by Jessie Cordova, Senior Associate, Bright Morning Defining Equity, For A Start To explore creating equitable classrooms, let’s start by establishing a working definition of equity. ‘Equity’ can be complex and nuanced and yet simple all at once. To prevent myself from drowning in a sea of confusion and complication I have boiled it down
By Janet Baird, Bright Morning Senior Associate What is Neurodivergence? My journey with neurodivergence started about 15 years ago when my oldest son, J.T., was born. He is neurodiverse, which simply means his brain is wired differently. At three years old he was diagnosed with a variety of processing disabilities: auditory, sensory, visual, motor planning.
By Patrick Britton On December 5, 2019, Bright Morning President, Elena Aguilar and Senior Associate Jessie Cordova discussed steps to building equitable schools and classrooms. During the course of this powerful discussion, framed as a question and answer session, Elena and Jessie shared insights on ways to more deeply engage in the work of dismantling
By Lori Cohen To be changed by ideas was pure pleasure. But to learn ideas that ran counter to values and beliefs learned at home was to place oneself at risk, to enter the danger zone. Home was the place where I was forced to conform to someone else’s image of who and what I
In December, the blogs on our site will focus on how we can build equitable schools. I’m deep into my first draft of Coaching for Equity, which will be in your hands in September 2020, and so this topic is on my mind now more than ever. Equity has become a word that’s far too
This year, for the first time, we’ve compiled some of our favorite things in the first edition of the Bright Morning Gift Guide. We hope you find some new delights for yourself, your co-workers and your loved ones. This gift guide contains several affiliate links (on the books and products recommended through Amazon) where, if
When coaching someone, have you ever thought, “Oh, I’m done here”? You know, the feeling of just wanting to be done with a conversation, being ‘over it’? I’ve been there. I heard a participant in a recent workshop say this during the coaching practice portion. Even though the scenario was just an exercise for practice,