Open-Registration Training
Nothing can stop the power of a committed and determined people to make a difference in our society.
– U.S. Representative John Lewis
Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change
We offer a range of open registration professional development opportunities for leaders at every level of school districts, nonprofits, foundations, government and communities. All of our professional development offerings can also be custom delivered for your organization. View our full calendar of upcoming events and learn more about our offerings below.
In Person Institutes
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Leading Equitable Change in Complex Systems
Strengthen your approach to leading complex equity efforts by exploring complexity frameworks, reflecting on your own leadership, and developing skills to navigate change work.
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Leading for Equity Institute
Leading for Equity supports teams to develop individual and collective leadership at every level of schools, districts, foundations or nonprofit organizations. Leaders deepen their commitment, relationships, and efficacy while developing strategies toward equity goals.
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Designing and Facilitating Meetings for Equity Institute
The institute offers essential knowledge and skills for setting the conditions for effective collaboration focused on equity work and facilitation skills to support you to respond to the dynamics of your group.
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Coaching for Equity Institute
Develop and refine your coaching practice to support people in your school, district, or organization. Participants will examine their own coaching style with a focus on equity while practicing new coaching skills with each other.
Multi-Session Virtual Courses
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Liberatory Design for Equity
Liberatory Design is an approach that knits together human-centered design thinking with an equity lens and a complexity stance. This course will guide you through a non-linear process for weaving this approach into your work.
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Coaching for Equity
This course offers an in-depth introduction to our Coaching for Equity framework and approach. Develop and refine your coaching practice to support people in your school, district, or organization.
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Designing and Facilitating Meetings for Equity
This course provides practical strategies for cultivating the conditions necessary for effective discussions on equity, navigating unique dynamics, and fostering deep connections and engagement within your groups.
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Learning Partnerships & Teaching for Equity
This course provides a framework for building trust with students across differences of identity and tools for leverage that trust in service of increased student engagement and thriving.
Single-Session Virtual Workshops
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Introduction to Liberatory Design
This workshop is a basic introduction to Liberatory Design Mindsets and Moves. For a deeper dive, check out our Liberatory Design course.
Black Teacher Project Events
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Black Teacher Project
Visit the BTP events page for upcoming in-person and virtual events.
The NEP Training Experience
In-Person Institutes & Offerings
Our in-person Institutes and offerings are skillfully facilitated experiences to support individuals and teams to learn, collaborate, and design together. These intentional and experiential opportunities are powerful ways to catalyze your team by building trust and community through shared learning and transformative facilitation.
Virtual Courses
Courses are delivered in weekly live, 3-hour interactive learning sessions conducted online in Zoom for 4 or 6 weeks. Attend live sessions with facilitators and fellow participants; learn and practice new skills both in session and in your own context between sessions.
Virtual Workshops
Workshops are 3-hour interactive sessions where participants will engage with a single focused topic, connect with other equity leaders around the world, and gain new tools to add to their equity practice. Workshops are bite-sized nuggets of knowledge, frameworks and tools that are delivered in a highly engaging way.
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