Strengthening Tier 1 Instructional Practices to Eliminate Disproportionality and Promote Equity in Schools: Making Students Feel Valued and Capable

A collaboration between South County SELPA, the Equity, Disproportionality & Design Project, and the National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST), featuring teachers and school leaders from award-winning schools.

Presenters: Dr. Francisco Escobedo, Dr. Rupi Boyd, Dr. Jose Iniguez, Dr. Joseph Johnson, Dr. Shirley Peterson, Dr. Jeffrey Thiel, and Cara Riggs

About This Session:

During this session educators will learn how to demonstrate caring about and valuing their students.  They will understand the importance of  knowing and valuing individual students, modeling courtesy and respect, praising and acknowledging students, transforming classroom practices in ways that helped students succeed, and creating attractive and educationally rich physical environments.  Additionally, the session will introduce NCUST's newest publication, When Black Students Excel.  The book focuses upon six public schools that have won NCUST’s America’s Best Urban Schools Award. At all six of these schools, Black students (as well as every other demographic group of students) achieve impressive academic successes on multiple indicators, often outperforming the overall academic performance of all students in their state.

Intended Audience:  General and special education staff, administrators, and other stakeholders. We encourage you to sign up as teams, so bring friends!