This document provides guidance and resources for educators taking an abolitionist approach to social and emotional learning (SEL). It discusses how traditional SEL frameworks are often rooted in Eurocentric norms and can be used to punish students of color. The document offers an alternative vision of abolitionist SEL that is healing-centered, culturally responsive, and aims to promote justice, healing, joy and liberation for Black, Brown and Indigenous students. It provides questions for educators to ask students and administrators to build relationships and guide schools toward abolitionist practices. Resources are also included for understanding racial justice and SEL.
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Chandra Farmer
EDUC 6358-Strategies for Working with Diverse Children
September 6th, 2022
Week 1/Post 1: Formulating Goals
1.
The two professional goals you developed related to anti-bias education and your work in an early childhood setting.
· Goal 1: Developing relationships to form inclusive communities in the classroom
· Goa1 2: Develop an awareness of how unconscious bias can impact the classroom.
2.
The ways in which the readings and media segment from this week have influenced the formulation of your goals. Be sure to support your comments with specific references to and/or examples from the Required Resources.
According to Walden University (2011) “The world today is a world in which children are going to grow up side-by-side with people who are very, very different from them. The notion of growing up in a community of people very much like you is gone” (pg. 1). I also came across a website “
Teaching Tolerance,” where it discussed critical practices for anti-bias education and teacher leadership. This article was about the importance of valuing and embracing multiple perspectives to reach the best and most comprehensive approach to leadership. The author suggests teacher leaders reflect on what they still don’t know and need to learn about something to seek out professional development for growth in those areas; the author really promotes the idea of having self-awareness to diminish bias and become culturally aware in teacher leader practices (Learning for Justice, 2022). Both the “Walden and Teaching Tolerance” sources are about the road and progression to becoming an anti-bias educator.
3.
The ways in which the implementation of these goals will help you to work more effectively with young children and families.
I aspire to be an anti-biased channel in which students will experience culture in a vast and more comprehensive way. Children’s experiences in education should teach the four goals of anti-bias education (i.e., identity, diversity, justice, and activism) and promote the ultimate goal of equality and social equity for all (NAEYC, n.d.). I am, the compilation of everything experienced in my life. With this, we are constantly growing, changing, adapting new view and discarding others. Each experience builds on the last to continue to reinforce the structure you are each day. As future educators, it is our job to be the future of knowledge. What we say, do, actions we take directly reflect what our students see. Choose your curriculum wisely, but choose your words even more carefully. Take the wealth of knowledge you and only your life has accumulated and share it with each class you have the chance to influence. Be the spark of change and the advocate to every child that walks through your door.
4.
Challenges you might encounter on your journey to become an early childhood professional who understands and practices anti-bias education.
Cult.
Chandra FarmerEDUC 6358-Strategies for Working with Diverse Ch.docxbartholomeocoombs
Chandra Farmer
EDUC 6358-Strategies for Working with Diverse Children
September 6th, 2022
Week 1/Post 1: Formulating Goals
1.
The two professional goals you developed related to anti-bias education and your work in an early childhood setting.
· Goal 1: Developing relationships to form inclusive communities in the classroom
· Goa1 2: Develop an awareness of how unconscious bias can impact the classroom.
2.
The ways in which the readings and media segment from this week have influenced the formulation of your goals. Be sure to support your comments with specific references to and/or examples from the Required Resources.
According to Walden University (2011) “The world today is a world in which children are going to grow up side-by-side with people who are very, very different from them. The notion of growing up in a community of people very much like you is gone” (pg. 1). I also came across a website “
Teaching Tolerance,” where it discussed critical practices for anti-bias education and teacher leadership. This article was about the importance of valuing and embracing multiple perspectives to reach the best and most comprehensive approach to leadership. The author suggests teacher leaders reflect on what they still don’t know and need to learn about something to seek out professional development for growth in those areas; the author really promotes the idea of having self-awareness to diminish bias and become culturally aware in teacher leader practices (Learning for Justice, 2022). Both the “Walden and Teaching Tolerance” sources are about the road and progression to becoming an anti-bias educator.
3.
The ways in which the implementation of these goals will help you to work more effectively with young children and families.
I aspire to be an anti-biased channel in which students will experience culture in a vast and more comprehensive way. Children’s experiences in education should teach the four goals of anti-bias education (i.e., identity, diversity, justice, and activism) and promote the ultimate goal of equality and social equity for all (NAEYC, n.d.). I am, the compilation of everything experienced in my life. With this, we are constantly growing, changing, adapting new view and discarding others. Each experience builds on the last to continue to reinforce the structure you are each day. As future educators, it is our job to be the future of knowledge. What we say, do, actions we take directly reflect what our students see. Choose your curriculum wisely, but choose your words even more carefully. Take the wealth of knowledge you and only your life has accumulated and share it with each class you have the chance to influence. Be the spark of change and the advocate to every child that walks through your door.
4.
Challenges you might encounter on your journey to become an early childhood professional who understands and practices anti-bias education.
Cult.
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Part I. Overcoming Bias
I am a person who firmly believes that everyone is equal despite anything. The fact that one may be of a different color or religion does no affected me because I think that everyone is equal. Also, for people who come from a poor background, I feel like they should be considered to fit into society. My culture can affect my professional work, especially when working in an area that is sensitive to culture. It can have a affirmative impact on the people I labor with because they will learn to interact with others well. On the other hand, institutions where cultural diversity is not considered necessary, it will have a negative influence on me because expressing the difference would be difficult. I believe that every individual has a right to experience equality. Oppression is not suitable for individuals who are from a different culture or background. Also, people should not exercise bias in workplaces by making decisions that affect others and benefit themselves.
To be friendly and interact with people without fear despite their differences- an individual's behavior affects how they think (Gibson & Barr, 2017). For example, if a student walks up to me to ask a question, it is my role to be friendly to them to ensure that they do not fear to approach me another time. Also, for the students who come from poor backgrounds, it is essential to be friendly to them to ensure that they concentrate on their studies. It will help boost their performance because they will know that the teacher does not worry about the difference but in offering them quality education. Hanging out with people who have a positive attitude compared to mine- for example, being culturally insensitive can be eliminated by sensitive people. Interacting more with people who take into account all cultures can have significant influence on how I handle people from different cultures. To identify situations when the biases affect my behavior- when working with children in a class setup, it is essential to assess every student to know their strengths and weaknesses. Also, through observation, one can identify a student who is having difficulties in class and help them (Gibson & Barr, 2017). To avoid bias, concentrating on helping one child can affect others because they will feel that they are not necessary. Therefore, it is essential to focus on all the kids to ensure that equality is observed. Being biased affects one's behavior and attitude towards things.
The strategies chosen can help build a positive relationship between educators, children, and parents to ensure that every party is satisfied. Working with individuals who are not biased can help reduce biases. Being friendly can help children from a poor background to study well because of positive energy. It will help their parents to work hard to ensure that their kids study well. Also, people with a positive attitude can help in the development of the school so that it can account for all studen.
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Part I. Overcoming Bias
I am a person who firmly believes that everyone is equal despite anything. The fact that one may be of a different color or religion does no affected me because I think that everyone is equal. Also, for people who come from a poor background, I feel like they should be considered to fit into society. My culture can affect my professional work, especially when working in an area that is sensitive to culture. It can have a affirmative impact on the people I labor with because they will learn to interact with others well. On the other hand, institutions where cultural diversity is not considered necessary, it will have a negative influence on me because expressing the difference would be difficult. I believe that every individual has a right to experience equality. Oppression is not suitable for individuals who are from a different culture or background. Also, people should not exercise bias in workplaces by making decisions that affect others and benefit themselves.
To be friendly and interact with people without fear despite their differences- an individual's behavior affects how they think (Gibson & Barr, 2017). For example, if a student walks up to me to ask a question, it is my role to be friendly to them to ensure that they do not fear to approach me another time. Also, for the students who come from poor backgrounds, it is essential to be friendly to them to ensure that they concentrate on their studies. It will help boost their performance because they will know that the teacher does not worry about the difference but in offering them quality education. Hanging out with people who have a positive attitude compared to mine- for example, being culturally insensitive can be eliminated by sensitive people. Interacting more with people who take into account all cultures can have significant influence on how I handle people from different cultures. To identify situations when the biases affect my behavior- when working with children in a class setup, it is essential to assess every student to know their strengths and weaknesses. Also, through observation, one can identify a student who is having difficulties in class and help them (Gibson & Barr, 2017). To avoid bias, concentrating on helping one child can affect others because they will feel that they are not necessary. Therefore, it is essential to focus on all the kids to ensure that equality is observed. Being biased affects one's behavior and attitude towards things.
The strategies chosen can help build a positive relationship between educators, children, and parents to ensure that every party is satisfied. Working with individuals who are not biased can help reduce biases. Being friendly can help children from a poor background to study well because of positive energy. It will help their parents to work hard to ensure that their kids study well. Also, people with a positive attitude can help in the development of the school so that it can account for all studen ...
Do you want to make learning come alive? Have students see Judaism as relevant and exciting? This session will explore methods to incorporate service learning and the values of chesed, tzedakah and tikkun olam into the school curriculum and culture.
This is for New BTSA Support Providers. This is the second workshop in the series called Coaching for Induction. Included is a video Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
DiscussionsStudents of Diverse BackgroundsThe Moore-Thomas, .docxblossomblackbourne
Discussions
Students of Diverse Backgrounds
The Moore-Thomas, Day-Vines article explores cultural competence as it relates to effective collaboration and interactions as well as an understanding of the political structures and socio-cultural realities of African American students, families, and their communities.
Describe the specific models, strategies, and recommendations for educators to work effectively with students with diverse social differences (i.e. economic, ethnic, cultural, family, geographic region, ect). What steps can you take to be a culturally competent educator as you plan on working with specific groups, school, family and community members?
Parent Support
Some parents may not know how to support their children in school. These parents as children may have had an unsuccessful school experience where they felt frustrated and even ashamed of their personal educational outcomes. Understanding that these parents may not have the knowledge on how to navigate the educational system to the advantage of their children, identify what does Hjalmarston suggest? Do you agree with Hjalmarson’s characterization of the problem and her categorization of parents?
Journal
Encouraging Parent Involvement
Reflect on the following ways you would like to encourage parent involvement: Positive news phone calls, post cards, emails, daily student notes, and parent-teacher conferences.
Carefully review the
Grading Rubric
for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your journal entries.
Assignment
Developing Relationships
Community relationships are important in school success. Schools are often at the center of community activity and can be a significant source of pride to a community. Creating and sustaining this positive relationship is part of every educator’s work. This is especially true in communities where tax levy elections support the school. Establishing positive community relationships is the right thing to do. When people in the community work together on behalf of students, great things can happen. Part of establishing positive community relationships is “getting the message out” about the good things the school is doing in/for the community.
For this assignment, you are to take the part of a teacher who has been invited to speak for 10-15 minutes to a community group (your choice) to discuss the school, what students are doing in/for the community, and how the community can best support the school and its students.
Your presentation should be creative, engaging, and media focused. You may use the presentation software of your choice (Power Point, Present Me, Prezi, etc.). The length of the presentation should be sufficient to cover a 10-15 minute presentation. It is not necessary to use reference materials, but any reference materials cited should be cited/referenced according to APA as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Please be sure to include speaker’s notes in your presentation.
Carefully review the
Grading .
Part I. Overcoming Bias I am a person who firmly believes that e.docxssuser562afc1
Part I. Overcoming Bias
I am a person who firmly believes that everyone is equal despite anything. The fact that one may be of a different color or religion does no affected me because I think that everyone is equal. Also, for people who come from a poor background, I feel like they should be considered to fit into society. My culture can affect my professional work, especially when working in an area that is sensitive to culture. It can have a affirmative impact on the people I labor with because they will learn to interact with others well. On the other hand, institutions where cultural diversity is not considered necessary, it will have a negative influence on me because expressing the difference would be difficult. I believe that every individual has a right to experience equality. Oppression is not suitable for individuals who are from a different culture or background. Also, people should not exercise bias in workplaces by making decisions that affect others and benefit themselves.
To be friendly and interact with people without fear despite their differences- an individual's behavior affects how they think (Gibson & Barr, 2017). For example, if a student walks up to me to ask a question, it is my role to be friendly to them to ensure that they do not fear to approach me another time. Also, for the students who come from poor backgrounds, it is essential to be friendly to them to ensure that they concentrate on their studies. It will help boost their performance because they will know that the teacher does not worry about the difference but in offering them quality education. Hanging out with people who have a positive attitude compared to mine- for example, being culturally insensitive can be eliminated by sensitive people. Interacting more with people who take into account all cultures can have significant influence on how I handle people from different cultures. To identify situations when the biases affect my behavior- when working with children in a class setup, it is essential to assess every student to know their strengths and weaknesses. Also, through observation, one can identify a student who is having difficulties in class and help them (Gibson & Barr, 2017). To avoid bias, concentrating on helping one child can affect others because they will feel that they are not necessary. Therefore, it is essential to focus on all the kids to ensure that equality is observed. Being biased affects one's behavior and attitude towards things.
The strategies chosen can help build a positive relationship between educators, children, and parents to ensure that every party is satisfied. Working with individuals who are not biased can help reduce biases. Being friendly can help children from a poor background to study well because of positive energy. It will help their parents to work hard to ensure that their kids study well. Also, people with a positive attitude can help in the development of the school so that it can account for all studen.
Part I. Overcoming Bias I am a person who firmly believes that e.docxkarlhennesey
Part I. Overcoming Bias
I am a person who firmly believes that everyone is equal despite anything. The fact that one may be of a different color or religion does no affected me because I think that everyone is equal. Also, for people who come from a poor background, I feel like they should be considered to fit into society. My culture can affect my professional work, especially when working in an area that is sensitive to culture. It can have a affirmative impact on the people I labor with because they will learn to interact with others well. On the other hand, institutions where cultural diversity is not considered necessary, it will have a negative influence on me because expressing the difference would be difficult. I believe that every individual has a right to experience equality. Oppression is not suitable for individuals who are from a different culture or background. Also, people should not exercise bias in workplaces by making decisions that affect others and benefit themselves.
To be friendly and interact with people without fear despite their differences- an individual's behavior affects how they think (Gibson & Barr, 2017). For example, if a student walks up to me to ask a question, it is my role to be friendly to them to ensure that they do not fear to approach me another time. Also, for the students who come from poor backgrounds, it is essential to be friendly to them to ensure that they concentrate on their studies. It will help boost their performance because they will know that the teacher does not worry about the difference but in offering them quality education. Hanging out with people who have a positive attitude compared to mine- for example, being culturally insensitive can be eliminated by sensitive people. Interacting more with people who take into account all cultures can have significant influence on how I handle people from different cultures. To identify situations when the biases affect my behavior- when working with children in a class setup, it is essential to assess every student to know their strengths and weaknesses. Also, through observation, one can identify a student who is having difficulties in class and help them (Gibson & Barr, 2017). To avoid bias, concentrating on helping one child can affect others because they will feel that they are not necessary. Therefore, it is essential to focus on all the kids to ensure that equality is observed. Being biased affects one's behavior and attitude towards things.
The strategies chosen can help build a positive relationship between educators, children, and parents to ensure that every party is satisfied. Working with individuals who are not biased can help reduce biases. Being friendly can help children from a poor background to study well because of positive energy. It will help their parents to work hard to ensure that their kids study well. Also, people with a positive attitude can help in the development of the school so that it can account for all studen ...
Do you want to make learning come alive? Have students see Judaism as relevant and exciting? This session will explore methods to incorporate service learning and the values of chesed, tzedakah and tikkun olam into the school curriculum and culture.
This is for New BTSA Support Providers. This is the second workshop in the series called Coaching for Induction. Included is a video Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
DiscussionsStudents of Diverse BackgroundsThe Moore-Thomas, .docxblossomblackbourne
Discussions
Students of Diverse Backgrounds
The Moore-Thomas, Day-Vines article explores cultural competence as it relates to effective collaboration and interactions as well as an understanding of the political structures and socio-cultural realities of African American students, families, and their communities.
Describe the specific models, strategies, and recommendations for educators to work effectively with students with diverse social differences (i.e. economic, ethnic, cultural, family, geographic region, ect). What steps can you take to be a culturally competent educator as you plan on working with specific groups, school, family and community members?
Parent Support
Some parents may not know how to support their children in school. These parents as children may have had an unsuccessful school experience where they felt frustrated and even ashamed of their personal educational outcomes. Understanding that these parents may not have the knowledge on how to navigate the educational system to the advantage of their children, identify what does Hjalmarston suggest? Do you agree with Hjalmarson’s characterization of the problem and her categorization of parents?
Journal
Encouraging Parent Involvement
Reflect on the following ways you would like to encourage parent involvement: Positive news phone calls, post cards, emails, daily student notes, and parent-teacher conferences.
Carefully review the
Grading Rubric
for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your journal entries.
Assignment
Developing Relationships
Community relationships are important in school success. Schools are often at the center of community activity and can be a significant source of pride to a community. Creating and sustaining this positive relationship is part of every educator’s work. This is especially true in communities where tax levy elections support the school. Establishing positive community relationships is the right thing to do. When people in the community work together on behalf of students, great things can happen. Part of establishing positive community relationships is “getting the message out” about the good things the school is doing in/for the community.
For this assignment, you are to take the part of a teacher who has been invited to speak for 10-15 minutes to a community group (your choice) to discuss the school, what students are doing in/for the community, and how the community can best support the school and its students.
Your presentation should be creative, engaging, and media focused. You may use the presentation software of your choice (Power Point, Present Me, Prezi, etc.). The length of the presentation should be sufficient to cover a 10-15 minute presentation. It is not necessary to use reference materials, but any reference materials cited should be cited/referenced according to APA as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Please be sure to include speaker’s notes in your presentation.
Carefully review the
Grading .
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A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
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2. Abolitionist Teaching Network's
mission is simple: develop and
support educators to fight injustice
within their schools and communities.
This guide builds from the premise that injustice
manifests differently in different schools and
communities.
Abolitionist Teaching cannot be distilled to a list of “best
practices” because it is a way of life.
Abolitionist Teachers believe that no Black, Brown, or
Indigenous child is disposable. We must embody the spirit
of Black Lives Mattering, not just say Black Lives Matter.
This guide is an invitation for Abolitionist Teachers to
individually and collectively generate critical reflection and
action.
Abolitionist Teachers will always center the injustices of
their own school and community when taking action.
There will always be risks associated with fighting
injustices in our schools and communities. This is why
Abolitionist work requires solidarity from coconspirators.
Abolitionist Teaching promotes justice, healing, joy, and
liberation for all Black, Brown, and Indigenous folx,
inclusive of all intersecting identities.
Don’t be basic.
3. What is an Abolitionist approach to
social and emotional learning (SEL)?
Abolitionist SEL is not an isolated lesson. It is a
way of being that informs all aspects of teaching,
learning, and relationship building with students,
families, and communities.
Most SEL standards are rooted in Eurocentric
norms, not to empower, love, affirm, or free Black,
Brown, or Indigenous children.
The practice of Abolitionist SEL is critical, healing
centered, reciprocal in nature, culturally
responsive, transformative, and dialogical.
SEL can be a covert form of policing used to
punish, criminalize, and control Black, Brown, and
Indigenous children and communities to adhere to
White norms (Kaler-Jones, 2020).
Integrate Abolitionist SEL into curriculum, daily
personal/classroom rituals, restorative justice
circles, and racial justice initiatives.
Abolitionist SEL models center vulnerability,
healing, joy, and community, resist punitive or
disciplinary approaches, and do not involve school
resource officers or police.
4. Ways to engage with colleagues in the
pursuit of Abolitionist SEL
Advocate for or create ongoing humanizing
professional development to support school-wide
Abolitionist practices that affirm the inherent
worth of Black, Brown, and Indigenous children
and communities.
Investigate how existing SEL frameworks are
weaponized against Black, Brown, and Indigenous
children and communities.
Partner with and compensate community
members to develop and implement Abolitionist
SEL models.
Learn about the beauty, joy, and resilience of
Black, Brown, and Indigenous folx and the
complexity of the African diaspora (because not
all Black folx are African American).
Work with administrators to remove and replace
models which harm Black, Brown, and Indigenous
children.
Cultivate an ongoing personal practice of learning
prior to and after engaging in critical
conversations with colleagues and students.
5. How should Abolitionist Teachers guide
students toward Abolitionist SEL?
Build a school culture that engages in healing
and advocacy. This requires a commitment to
learning from students, families, and educators
who disrupt Whiteness and other forms of
oppression.
Remove all punitive or disciplinary practices that
spirit murder Black, Brown, and Indigenous
children.
Integrate Abolitionist SEL rituals and routines
that welcome the full range of emotions and
provide tools to support students in processing
and asking for support.
Create classrooms that center the beauty, joy,
resiliency, and variety of Black, Brown, and
Indigenous experiences.
Support students in embedding Abolitionist SEL
practices in relationships with their peers,
families, and their communities.
Cultivate relationships and community by
consistently reflecting on and honoring students’
full humanity.
6. An Abolitionist Teacher’s Demands
Hiring and Support:
● Hire, support, and retain Black, Brown, and
Indigenous teachers, paraprofessionals, school
counselors, and other personnel
● Hire, support, retain, and develop Abolitionist
educators
● Invest in ongoing critical professional
development to support and deepen Abolitionist
Teaching practices
● Free, radical self/collective care and therapy for
Educators and Support Staff of Color
● Free, antiracist therapy for White educators and
support staff
● Community involvement in hiring and/or holding
administrators accountable for sharing in the
responsibility and support of Abolitionist Teaching
with time and resources
● School boards that reflect or exceed the diversity
of the student population and community
● Equitable funding at the local, state, and federal
levels
● Reduce class sizes so that Black, Brown, and
Indigenous children can thrive
7. An Abolitionist Teacher’s Demands
Evaluation:
● Curriculum that reflects People of Color and their
contributions, humanity, and joy
● End high-stakes standardized testing
● Teaching standards, learning standards, and
teacher evaluations that are grounded in the
pursuit of Black, Brown, and Indigenous liberation,
criticality, excellence, and joy (Muhammad, 2020)
● Opportunities for teachers, students, and families
to evaluate support offered by school
Discipline:
● School-wide culture committed to restorative
justice for all members of the school community
● Remove any and all police and policing from
schools
● Address how policing practices show up in our
own work, even when police are not present in our
schools
● Tear down schools that were built like prisons
● Invest in state-of-the-art green school facilities
that are worthy of Black, Brown, and Indigenous
children
● Reparations for Children of Color stolen by the
school-to-prison pipeline
8. Six Questions Abolitionist Teachers
Can Ask to Build Relationships
with Students
1. What can you tell me that helps me better
understand you as a person?
2. How can I be the best teacher for you?
3. How can your school be a place where you
feel seen, valued, and excited to learn?
4. What matters most to you (i.e., in life, at
school, in your community)?
5. How can I support you mentally, emotionally,
and in your community?
6. What is your love language (see resources for
more info)?
9. Seven Questions Abolitionist
Teachers Can Ask Administrators
1. How will we embody the spirit and goals of Black
Lives Mattering in everything we do as a school?
2. What long-term antiracist professional
development will we implement for all faculty and
staff?
3. How will we implement antiracist curriculum that
centers the beauty, joy, and resiliency of Black,
Brown, and Indigenous people? How will we also
learn and teach about the African diaspora?
4. What school policies can we eliminate that are
harmful or oppressive to our students of color?
How can we replace them with healing centered
policies?
5. What administrative actions are we implementing
to ensure teachers feel supported to practice
Abolitionist Teaching?
These final two questions are particularly relevant to
the COVID-19 global pandemic:
6. What supports are in place to ensure students
and families are socially, emotionally, and
materially supported during virtual learning?
7. What plans are in place to promote faculty and
staff wellness during and after COVID-19?
10. Resources for Understanding
Racial Justice and SEL
Teaching to Thrive: A Conversation with SEL Expert
Rosalynne Duff About Racial Justice & SEL (Abolitionist
Teaching Network Podcast)
When SEL is Used as Another Form of Policing (Cierra
Kaler-Jones)
The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice: Black
Lives, Healing and US Social Transformation (Fania E.
Davis)
Why We Can’t Afford to Whitewash Social Emotional
Learning (Dena Simmons)
(At Least) 10 Things Educators Can Do to End the Prison
Industrial Complex (Chrissy Anderson-Zavala, Farima
Pour-Khorshid and Erica R. Meiners)
Teaching For Black Lives Book (edited By Dyan Watson,
Jesse Hagopian, & Wayne Au)
How to Be an Anti-Racist Educator (by Dena Simmons)
Love Language Test for Students (by Gary Chapman)
Teachers 4 Social Justice: 2020 Resources for
Abolitionist Teaching and Solidarity in These Times (by
Teachers 4 Social Justice)
11. An Abolitionist’s Teachers Resources
Abolitionist Teaching and the Future of Our Schools
(Bettina Love, Gholdy Muhammad, Dena Simmons and
Brian Jones)
Repurposing Our Pedagogies (Stephanie Cariaga, Bettina
Love, Sagnicthe Salazar, Carla Shalaby, Marylin Zuniga,
Farima Pour-Khorshid, and Chrissy A. Z. Hernandez
Dear White Teachers: You Can't Love Your Black
Students If You Don't Know Them (Bettina Love)
Shifting From Trauma Informed Care to Healing Centered
Engagement (Shawn Ginwright)
Black Lives Matter at School (Black Lives Matter at
School)
The Abolitionist Toolkit (Critical Resistance)
Abolitionist Organizations:
Assata's Daughters
Black Organizing Project
Black Youth Project 100
Critical Resistance
Education for Liberation Network
Quetzal Education Consulting
Teachers 4 Social Justice