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Join us for this important eight-session workshop series focused on how to become an anti-racist educator. Throughout this series we will learn how to: 

  • Engage in productive conversations about race 
  • Apply an anti-racist equity lens to policy and practice
  • Develop a professional learning plan for culturally relevant pedagogy 
  • Take a leadership role on equity and social justice projects in the community

Participants should have access to the following district/organization drafts:

  • Racial Equity Plan
  • Racial Equity Policy
  • Culturally Responsive Teaching PD Plan
  • Plan for Equity Partnership. 
Date
January 6 and 7
February 11 & 12
March 11 & 12 
April 22 & 23

Time
8:30 – 11:30

Price
$600 
Dr. Gerald M. Hairston
Dr. Gerald M. Hairston has worked to support racial equity and social justice in education for more than fifteen years. He works with schools and educators to build scholastic communities that are intentional about leveraging resources, developing consciousness, and increasing capacity. He is involved in a diverse portfolio of work on issues of racial and social justice in education, and culturally responsive pedagogy. He utilizes a sophisticated data-driven methodology to probe issues of culture and identity, and foster anti-racist redress. 

Gerald’s aim is to positively affect individuals, build collective efficacy, and foster institutional transformation. His work is centered on probing the relationships between stakeholders of different racial and cultural identities, their experiences in schools, and how they interact with the school’s systems. This rigorous analysis is designed to help identify the function of race and culture within various kinds of inequities in the school/education context. 

Dr. Hairston holds a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from Central Connecticut State University.  
Ms. Linda T. Darcy
Linda T. Darcy left the classroom after sixteen years as a secondary World Language Teacher in the Hartford, CT region. She has served in several leadership positions, always with a focus on teacher professional learning. Through an eclectic selection of professional experience and trainings, Linda has honed her skills as an instructional coach, curriculum writer and national presenter.  

Her areas of expertise include Curriculum and Instructional Design, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Social-Emotional Learning, Instructional Coaching, Adult Learning, and Language Acquisition Pedagogy. She has presented at national conferences such as the American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages, Phi Delta Kappa’s Conference for Future Educators, and the Learning Forward National Conference on the topics of professional learning systems, teacher retention and motivating learners.  

Linda has served as an Equity and Diversity trainer for the Connecticut General Assembly and a multitude of school districts and municipalities. 

She is currently studying for her doctorate in educational leadership at the University of Connecticut. Her primary areas of research include culturally relevant pedagogy and white racial identity.
Recommended Texts
Courageous Conversations About Race - Glenn E. Singleton
How to Be an Anti-Racist - Ibram X. Kendi
Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain - Zaretta Hammond
Culturally Responsive School Leadership 
This year all of CREC's professional development courses will be offered virtually. Participants will receive a confirmation email after registering for the workshop. Log in information for Zoom will be sent 24 hours before the start of the event.

For workshop information, email Linda Darcy at LDarcy@crec.org or Gerald Hairston at GHairston@crec.org. For assistance with registration, please contact the CREC Resource Group at 860-524-4040, or services@crec.org. For special accommodations, please contact PD Support at 860-509-3787 or pdsupport@crec.org.