Leading for Equity Workshops
Equity Workshops
The History
When our founder Karima Wilson was an Assistant Principal at KIPP Sharpstown College Prep, she led a workshop at the annual KIPP School Summit to help participants have conversations about topics of equity. In her own school, she was seeing too many avoided conversations and failed dialogue about the issues that matter most. Participants reflected on how their own identities showed up in conversations and practices strategies for addressing the issues of equity.
This session led to Karima working with the Miles Family Fellowship program for over a decade in supporting the growth and development of those rising leaders. Over the years, the program has changed to address school-wide issues of leadership and equity. Whether helping leaders practice difficult conversations across lines of difference or supporting leaders in analyzing school practices for inequitable outcomes, the Leading for Equity Workshops help current and future leaders think about their role, their power, and their ability to make their schools more equitable.
Workshops Highlights
- Opportunities for engaging in self-reflection and practicing new skills.
- Created by educators with best practices in adult learning.
- Designed to meet participants where they are, supporting leaders new to this work and those who have experience and knowledge about equity.
Participants will:
- Develop a vision for equity with their community or schools.
- Evaluate their policies and practices for inequities and oppression.
- Learn and practice conversations about race, racism and racial identity.
Our Approach
The Leading for Equity Workshops bring together each of the tenets of our approach: Shared Knowledge, Shared Vision, Collective Capacity, and Guiding Action. As a cohort, rising leaders come together to reimagine what their schools could look like. The program supports their work by helping them to further develop their critical consciousness and understand the historical and political context of their work, and by providing them opportunities to practice taking actions that create change within their schools and organizations.
Partnering with Forged Ed:
Customizable training programs for schools or organizations
Workshops designed as a coherent unit to build key skills and mindsets
Individualized coaching or support for participants, based on need
Inclusive learning communities that are engaging for all
Supports rising leaders with skills and actionable practices
