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  • "Anti-racist approaches to education leadership requires constant learning and re-training. I do not know of a more effective, progressive, and professional organization from which to draw practical learning on this topic that can be used 'real time' in the field."

    Salomé Portugal
    School Support Manager
    New Leaders for New Schools

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Partner Profile: San Rafael City Schools

 
We have worked with district and school leaders in this small city just north of San Francisco since 2008.  While generally considered an affluent, largely white community, the district’s demographics have shifted dramatically: today over half of San Rafael students are Latino, economically disadvantaged, and/or English learners.  San Rafael City Schools leadership began working with the National Equity Project for support to better serve all students in their district.

“The kids are fine, I know that sight unseen.  But then I realized there was nothing wrong with the staff. What was wrong was the structures and systems that had been put in place and institutionalized in the school.  They had formed this straitjacket.  Teachers were literally unable to do their best work.”  – Harriet MacLean, Principal, Davidson Middle School

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Partner Profile:  San Mateo County Office of Education BTSA New Teacher Mentor Program

 

We began working with the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA) program in San Mateo County in 2009, coaching program directors and the Support Providers who mentor new teachers on making equity a more productive and effective focus of new teacher mentoring, resulting in immediate and significant improvements in new teacher effectiveness.

Produced by Treehouse DV.

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National Equity Project Overview

A brief introduction to the National Equity Project as told by three partners in district and community equity initiatives: Lillian Lopez, Oakland Community Organizations; Kimi Kean, Regional Executive Officer at Oakland Unified; and Mike Watenpaugh, Superintendent of San Rafael City Schools.
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Filmed and edited by Mission Pictures.

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Teaching With A Cultural Eye Institute Participant Reflections

Reactions from participants at the Fall 2010 Teaching With A Cultural Eye Institute, held in Oakland, CA. See the Institute page for upcoming dates.

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Filmed and edited by Community Bridge Video

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Partnerships for Learning: Principal Testimony

Jason Lustig, former principal of of Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, CA discusses how our Partnerships for Learning program improved teaching and learning in his school, especially for students of color.

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Partnerships for Learning: Teacher Testimony

Two teachers who participated in Partnerships for Learning in 2010-11 – Laura Gosewich of Futures Elementary and Sarah Tin of Madison Middle School, both in Oakland – discuss the program’s impact on their teaching and their students.

More information on this project can be found at the Partnerships for Learning page.

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Equity Leadership: “Putting your business out on front street”

Michele Espino, a high school English teacher we have worked with for several years at Castlemont High School in Oakland (since we were BayCES) describes in 2010 the need to take risks and be vulnerable in regard to colleagues when trying to move an equity agenda in a school.

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Angela Glover Blackwell: Equity is the Superior Growth Model

The Founder and CEO of PolicyLink gave an inspiring talk at our launch event in October 2010 about how critical equity is to the nation’s future.

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