Facilitator's Guide to Courageous Conversations About Race
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Create staff development training that addresses the relationship between race and achievement!
Acutely aware of the statistical gaps in achievement between different racial groups, educators realize that eliminating this disparity is critical to developing cultural proficiency. Candid conversations about race help educational leaders understand why performance inequity persists and how to guide policy analysis and instructional reform that promote true academic parity. Designed to complement the best-selling Courageous Conversations About Race, this facilitator's guide shows how to use professional development events to help educational leaders examine the achievement gap through the prism of race.
This chapter-by-chapter guide explains how to engage educators in discussions about personal agendas, multiple racial perspectives, closing the racial achievement gap, and extending their professional learning. Trainers also will find practical features, including
- Implementation exercises
- Prompts, language, and tools that support profound discussion
- Activities and checklists for administrators
- Action steps for creating an equity team
Highlights for the facilitator include
- Activities for small or large groups
- Discussion and journaling prompts
- Key sources for supplemental reading
- Sample workshop agendas for half-day, one-day, or two- to three-day sessions
- A workshop evaluation form
Using the Facilitator's Guide to Courageous Conversations About Race, you can help educators construct a language and a process for addressing the relationship between race and achievement. With creative, open dialogue, leaders can restructure their schools and fulfill every student's potential regardless of race, culture, or class.
Contents
About the Authors
About the Authors
Introduction
- How to Use the Guide
- Additional Resources for Facilitators
Chapter-by-Chapter Study Guide: Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools by Glenn E. Singleton and Curtis Linton
- Chapter 1. Breaking the Silence: Ushering in Courageous Conversation About Race
- Chapter 2. What's So Courageous About This Conversation?
- Chapter 3. Why Race?
- Chapter 4. Agreeing to Talk About Race
- Chapter 5. The First Condition: Getting Personal Right Here and Right Now
- Chapter 6. The Second Condition: Keeping the Spotlight on Race
- Chapter 7. The Third Condition: Engaging Multiple Racial Perspectives
- Chapter 8. The Fourth Condition: Keeping Us All at the Table
- Chapter 9. The Fifth Condition: What Do You Mean By "Race"?
- Chapter 10. The Sixth Condition: Let's Talk About Whiteness
- Chapter 11. How Anti-Racist Leaders Close the Achievement Gap
- Chapter 12. Exploring a Systemic Framework for Closing the Racial Achievement Gap
- Chapter 13. Using Courageous Conversation to Achieve Equity in Schools
Resources for Extending Your Learning
- Professional Development Training Videos
- Professional Development Books
Handouts
- Handout 1. Got Passion?
- Handout 2. Racial Consciousness Flow Chart Worksheet
- Handout 3. Four Agreements of Courageous Conversation
- Handout 4. Implementation Exercise Part 1 Worksheet
- Handout 5. De-Centering Whiteness
- Handout 6. Systemic Equity Anti-Racism Transformation Worksheet
Overheads
- Overhead 1. The Courageous Conversation Compass
- Overhead 2. Racial Consciousness Flow Chart
- Overhead 3. Naughty-Nice?
- Overhead 4. Pacific Educational Group?s Systemic Equity Anti-Racism Transformation Framework
Sample Seminar Agendas
- Half-Day Seminar Agenda
- One-Day Seminar Agenda
- Two- to Three-Day Seminar Agenda
Seminar Evaluation Form
Seminar Evaluation Form
Additional materials
Description
Create staff development training that addresses the relationship between race and achievement!
Acutely aware of the statistical gaps in achievement between different racial groups, educators realize that eliminating this disparity is critical to developing cultural proficiency. Candid conversations about race help educational leaders understand why performance inequity persists and how to guide policy analysis and instructional reform that promote true academic parity. Designed to complement the best-selling Courageous Conversations About Race, this facilitator's guide shows how to use professional development events to help educational leaders examine the achievement gap through the prism of race.
This chapter-by-chapter guide explains how to engage educators in discussions about personal agendas, multiple racial perspectives, closing the racial achievement gap, and extending their professional learning. Trainers also will find practical features, including
- Implementation exercises
- Prompts, language, and tools that support profound discussion
- Activities and checklists for administrators
- Action steps for creating an equity team
Highlights for the facilitator include
- Activities for small or large groups
- Discussion and journaling prompts
- Key sources for supplemental reading
- Sample workshop agendas for half-day, one-day, or two- to three-day sessions
- A workshop evaluation form
Using the Facilitator's Guide to Courageous Conversations About Race, you can help educators construct a language and a process for addressing the relationship between race and achievement. With creative, open dialogue, leaders can restructure their schools and fulfill every student's potential regardless of race, culture, or class.
Contents
About the Authors
About the Authors
Introduction
- How to Use the Guide
- Additional Resources for Facilitators
Chapter-by-Chapter Study Guide: Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools by Glenn E. Singleton and Curtis Linton
- Chapter 1. Breaking the Silence: Ushering in Courageous Conversation About Race
- Chapter 2. What's So Courageous About This Conversation?
- Chapter 3. Why Race?
- Chapter 4. Agreeing to Talk About Race
- Chapter 5. The First Condition: Getting Personal Right Here and Right Now
- Chapter 6. The Second Condition: Keeping the Spotlight on Race
- Chapter 7. The Third Condition: Engaging Multiple Racial Perspectives
- Chapter 8. The Fourth Condition: Keeping Us All at the Table
- Chapter 9. The Fifth Condition: What Do You Mean By "Race"?
- Chapter 10. The Sixth Condition: Let's Talk About Whiteness
- Chapter 11. How Anti-Racist Leaders Close the Achievement Gap
- Chapter 12. Exploring a Systemic Framework for Closing the Racial Achievement Gap
- Chapter 13. Using Courageous Conversation to Achieve Equity in Schools
Resources for Extending Your Learning
- Professional Development Training Videos
- Professional Development Books
Handouts
- Handout 1. Got Passion?
- Handout 2. Racial Consciousness Flow Chart Worksheet
- Handout 3. Four Agreements of Courageous Conversation
- Handout 4. Implementation Exercise Part 1 Worksheet
- Handout 5. De-Centering Whiteness
- Handout 6. Systemic Equity Anti-Racism Transformation Worksheet
Overheads
- Overhead 1. The Courageous Conversation Compass
- Overhead 2. Racial Consciousness Flow Chart
- Overhead 3. Naughty-Nice?
- Overhead 4. Pacific Educational Group?s Systemic Equity Anti-Racism Transformation Framework
Sample Seminar Agendas
- Half-Day Seminar Agenda
- One-Day Seminar Agenda
- Two- to Three-Day Seminar Agenda
Seminar Evaluation Form
Seminar Evaluation Form
Additional materials
Facilitator's Guide to Courageous Conversations About Race
September 2006 | 72 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Facilitator's Guide | 01/02/2026 | 9781412941563 | $23.95 |
Create staff development training that addresses the relationship between race and achievement!
Acutely aware of the statistical gaps in achievement between different racial groups, educators realize that eliminating this disparity is critical to developing cultural proficiency. Candid conversations about race help educational leaders understand why performance inequity persists and how to guide policy analysis and instructional reform that promote true academic parity. Designed to complement the best-selling Courageous Conversations About Race, this facilitator's guide shows how to use professional development events to help educational leaders examine the achievement gap through the prism of race.
This chapter-by-chapter guide explains how to engage educators in discussions about personal agendas, multiple racial perspectives, closing the racial achievement gap, and extending their professional learning. Trainers also will find practical features, including
- Implementation exercises
- Prompts, language, and tools that support profound discussion
- Activities and checklists for administrators
- Action steps for creating an equity team
Highlights for the facilitator include
- Activities for small or large groups
- Discussion and journaling prompts
- Key sources for supplemental reading
- Sample workshop agendas for half-day, one-day, or two- to three-day sessions
- A workshop evaluation form
Using the Facilitator's Guide to Courageous Conversations About Race, you can help educators construct a language and a process for addressing the relationship between race and achievement. With creative, open dialogue, leaders can restructure their schools and fulfill every student's potential regardless of race, culture, or class.
Table Of Contents:
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- How to Use the Guide
- Additional Resources for Facilitators
- Chapter-by-Chapter Study Guide: Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools by Glenn E. Singleton and Curtis Linton
- Chapter 1. Breaking the Silence: Ushering in Courageous Conversation About Race
- Chapter 2. What's So Courageous About This Conversation?
- Chapter 3. Why Race?
- Chapter 4. Agreeing to Talk About Race
- Chapter 5. The First Condition: Getting Personal Right Here and Right Now
- Chapter 6. The Second Condition: Keeping the Spotlight on Race
- Chapter 7. The Third Condition: Engaging Multiple Racial Perspectives
- Chapter 8. The Fourth Condition: Keeping Us All at the Table
- Chapter 9. The Fifth Condition: What Do You Mean By "Race"?
- Chapter 10. The Sixth Condition: Let's Talk About Whiteness
- Chapter 11. How Anti-Racist Leaders Close the Achievement Gap
- Chapter 12. Exploring a Systemic Framework for Closing the Racial Achievement Gap
- Chapter 13. Using Courageous Conversation to Achieve Equity in Schools
- Resources for Extending Your Learning
- Professional Development Training Videos
- Professional Development Books
- Handouts
- Handout 1. Got Passion?
- Handout 2. Racial Consciousness Flow Chart Worksheet
- Handout 3. Four Agreements of Courageous Conversation
- Handout 4. Implementation Exercise Part 1 Worksheet
- Handout 5. De-Centering Whiteness
- Handout 6. Systemic Equity Anti-Racism Transformation Worksheet
- Overheads
- Overhead 1. The Courageous Conversation Compass
- Overhead 2. Racial Consciousness Flow Chart
- Overhead 3. Naughty-Nice?
- Overhead 4. Pacific Educational Group?s Systemic Equity Anti-Racism Transformation Framework
- Sample Seminar Agendas
- Half-Day Seminar Agenda
- One-Day Seminar Agenda
- Two- to Three-Day Seminar Agenda
- Seminar Evaluation Form