Redesigning School for Equity with Crystal Xu and Purvi Patel Transformative Principal 352

<p><a href="http://twitter.com/EE_crystalX">Crystal Xu</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/Purvip4">Purvi Patel</a> recently wrote a paper on how to Redesign School Level Systems For Equity.</p> <ul> <li>How systems work together.</li> <li>Started with redesign systems work.</li> <li>We actually have a lot more autonomy than we think.</li> <li>Expand our self-confidence around the structures we can control.</li> <li>How we define engagement in school.</li> <li>How do we deal with criticism that we face when we try to implement equitable practices.</li> <li>It comes with the self work.</li> <li>Power Struggle within a classroom.</li> <li>You’re good about making a decision when you know it is true to who you are.</li> <li>Privilege is not about good or bad.</li> <li>Fellowship learning experiences.</li> <li>How do we create more opportunities for Fellowship learning experiences.</li> <li>Making sure people have opportunities that didn’t usually have it before.</li> <li>Ceding power vs. Distributed leadership - Giving more ownership to others.</li> <li>All of those decisions can come with biases and other barriers.</li> <li>How to support people who may have an idea of what they want, but they don’t really have ideas of what they need.</li> <li>How do we really change school so we are serving our families, not so they are serving us?</li> <li>A sense of false choice.</li> <li>Take off the choices that are not possible for most marginalized families.</li> <li>How to be a transformative principal? Listen deeply and “Ring the bells that still can ring” quote. Identify a crack and see it as a light.</li> </ul> <h2 id="today%E2%80%99ssponsors">Today’s Sponsors</h2> <p>Innovative school leaders across the country have started tracking online student participation using TeachFX because it’s one of the most powerful ways to improve student outcomes during COVID — especially for English Learners and students of color. Learn more about TeachFX and get a special offer at <a href= "http://teachfx.com/transformativeprincipal">T