"Courageous conversations" refers to discussions where people are able to openly and honestly communicate about difficult or sensitive topics, even though it may be uncomfortable or challenging. It implies having the bravery to address and explore issues that are usually avoided, in order to achieve better understanding, growth, and resolution.
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They engage in
courageous conversations about race to become more aware of implicit and explicit barriers to creating an equitable learning environment for all young people.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II was interviewed by MaryAnne Howland during Social Venture Network's
Courageous Conversations series at Business for the Greatest Good: SVN's 30th Anniversary Conference & Gala (December 8, 2017).
Paul will discuss How Children Succeed as part of «The Forum:
Courageous Conversations on America's Future,» a conference sponsored by the Hilton Head Institute.
Glenn Singleton offers four agreements
for Courageous Conversations, which can provide a starting point before venturing into a conversation about what you expect from your school leaders, what they expect from you as their supervisor, and what you expect from each other.
«C3 is an event and an ongoing resource that teaches Christians of all denominations and the unchurched how to
create courageous conversations that do not ruin relationships.
Click here to access my Optimus Webinar on Improving Performance through Courageous Conversations
These programs address an urgent challenge or priority — from narrowing achievement gaps and postsecondary success to
modeling courageous conversations and leading inclusive schools — and provide educators with important context and data, as well as concrete solutions for expanding opportunity and achieving excellence with equity.
Additional equity work has included encouraging more involvement from African American families,
facilitating courageous conversations among parents, and encouraging the PTA to become more diverse.
We use Voxer for topics ranging from the mundane to those that
spark courageous conversations around equity, diversity, and cultural responsible pedagogy.
A panel session
titled Courageous Conversations and featuring Dr Jaquelyne Hughes, Dr Ray Lovett, Prof Alex Brown, Dr Chelsea Bond and Dr Cass Hunter will look at how Indigenous health research still takes place within «an overarching system that is still inherently colonial», Mackean said.
In this module, you will embark on a journey of self - examination about your own beliefs, gain a deeper understanding of the blind spots we all hold, and learn to
lead courageous conversations about difference.
By spreading social and emotional learning and restorative practices school - wide — and
through courageous conversations that build the cultural awareness of everyone in the school community — we can make our schools more caring, productive and equitable.
Thomas Tremblay and Soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division had
courageous conversations about how the perpetrator targets their victim, the trauma sexual violence causes and the importance leadership plays in the prevention of sexual assault, domestic violence and dating violence at Joint Base Lewis McChord April 25.
recently began a series called «
Courageous Conversations,» where artists, writers, and activists help queer community members build resilience in the post-Trump era.
Here, she covers a plethora of revealing relationship topics, including the Monogamy Detox, Honest Non-Monogamy,
Courageous Conversations, Diving Into Desire, and The Healing of Intimacy.
Summit uses
the Courageous Conversation protocol created by Glenn E. Singleton when discussing race.
But the commitment to make the promise of diversity a paramount intellectual and, more importantly, human concern, means that
these courageous conversations start to look less like rare acts of bravery and more like responsibilities.
Instead, the forging of these close personal connections enabled us to develop trust, engage openly and honestly, and have «
courageous conversations» that advanced our understanding of our roles in the hypercomplex interdependent social structures that we encounter as we strive for systemic transformation.
Teachers need leaders willing to have
courageous conversations about how to modernize and improve retirement security for all of our nation's teachers.
Rather than cast aspersions and demagogue the issue, teachers need leaders willing to have
courageous conversations about how to modernize and improve retirement security for all of our nation's teachers.
You will embark on a journey of self - examination about your mindset and your beliefs about different students and their achievement, learn to have
courageous conversations about differences, and gain a deeper understanding of the blind spots we all hold.
I realize that I allow my perceptions to stop me from having
those courageous conversations that need to happen.
Called «
courageous conversations,» Levine asked students to brainstorm solutions to tough social situations like a boy being left out of a game at recess, or what to do if everyone seems to be picking on one kid.
Morningside Center has received a federal Investing in Innovation (i3) grant to develop and evaluate our approach for increasing racial equity and improving outcomes of students of color through a novel combination of SEL, restorative practices, and
courageous conversations about race.
Morningside Center, in collaboration with researchers, was awarded a federal Investing in Innovation (i3) grant to increase equity in schools through a novel combination of SEL, restorative practices, and
courageous conversations about race.
Here are a few examples of what we've heard from principals: to get better at leading an improvement process that is relentlessly focused on just a few critical priorities; to make instructional leadership the center of my work as principal and limit the time and energy that I spend on peripherals; to be a better listener; to being more patient; to communicate my expectations more clearly; to get better at holding others accountable; to get better at having
courageous conversations.
Utilizing Glen Singleton's book,
Courageous Conversations about Race, they are learning how to have difficult conversations about race in a state department that is predominantly white.
Education Week Teacher: Response: «
Courageous Conversations» Are Needed to Discuss Race in Schools
She explains how
Courageous Conversations are a critical step in dismantling the dialogue barrier that perpetuates inequality in our schools.
He picked up CT3 associate Karen Baptiste's «
Courageous Conversations» op - ed originally published in The 74 and posed the following question, «What are your recommendations for how all teachers, especially those of us who are white, can approach race and implicit bias in the classroom?»
Additional information to support diversity in urban schools can be found in Randolph Ward's book on Improving Achievement in Low - Performing Schools, edited by me, and
Courageous Conversations About Race by Glenn Singleton and Curtis Linton.