Black Teacher Leadership & Sustainability Institute | June 6-8 | Oakland,CA

Offering Description

As participants in our Black Teacher Leadership and Sustainability Institute (BTLSI), Black teachers and educators will deepen commitment and agency in their work while developing strategies for leadership and sustainability. Attendees will receive caring guidance and facilitation to collaboratively explore the personal and professional challenges they face as Black school-based educators. Through this experience, participants will have an opportunity to share, reflect, and set intentions for how to lead and thrive as Black educators in their different contexts. This Black affinity professional development offering provides a space to build community with and learn from Black teachers and educators from across the country.

Participants will learn, examine and discover:

• Frameworks and protocols that foster equity-centered teaching, learning, and leadership
• The implicit and explicit work of Black teachers in the United States
• How to navigate individual and organizational dynamics that impede the development and sustainability of Black teachers
• Deepened understanding of socio-political contexts and how racial oppression affects education policies and practice. We believe working toward liberation means understanding how oppression plays out!
• The importance of emotional intelligence and wellness for Black teachers in schools
• Concrete skills for health, wellness, and leadership in challenging contexts
• Research, strategies, and tools to support the leadership and sustainability of Black teachers in an oppressive system

Who should attend?

Black teachers and educators working in the educational ecosystem (TK-12 schools, higher ed, education-focused nonprofits, etc) who are able to attend the full course.

Dates and Times:

• Thursday, June 6th, 4:00pm to 8:00pm
• Friday, June 7th, 8:30am to 4:30pm
• Saturday, June 8th, 8:30am to 4:30pm

**Participants must be able to attend all three days**

Location:

Waterfront Hotel | Jack London Square: 10 Washington St, Oakland, CA 94607

Travel & Parking

• From 12th Street BART, the venue is about a 15 minute walk on Broadway toward Jack London Square.
• There is limited free street and metered parking available nearby.
• The venue highly recommends the Washington Street and Embarcadero West Garage (101 Washington St, Oakland, CA 94607). The rate is $15 per day.

Cost:

• General Registration: $199 – for Black teachers/educators that can access professional development funding from their institutions. If you're a Black educator that needs support requesting PD funding, here is a script you can use.

• Discounted Registration: $99 – for Black teachers/educators that do not have access to professional development funding

Registration includes includes facilitation; resources; Thursday dinner; Friday breakfast & lunch; Saturday breakfast & lunch; t-shirt

***We have 5 scholarships available for TK-12 school-based educators. Applications are due Friday, April 19th; click here to apply.

Accessibility

• By registering for this event, participants agree to the COVID-19 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND LIABILITY WAIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS and the [BTLSI Oakland] NEP Pandemic Safety Guidelines
• In an effort to create accessible spaces for everyone, we ask that participants refrain from wearing scented products such as perfume/colognes, hair products, cosmetics, and scented lotions while attending our event, as these products can trigger serious health issues for those with fragrance allergies and/or chemical sensitivities. For more information on being fragrance-free, visit this Fragrance Free Toolkit.
• Advance draft of our slide deck provided at least 24 hours before the session
• If you have any dietary limitations or allergies, please share them with us in your registration form
• Conference rooms are on the bottom floor of the venue and can be accessed without climbing any stairs
• Restrooms are ADA compliant

Registration & Payment

Registration by credit card on Eventbrite is our preferred method. We are a small (but mighty) organization and processing and collecting check payments for our events has a high administrative impact.

Please visit our registration page on our website for information on paying by check or purchase order and our cancellation and registration transfer policy. Please be sure to reference the registration form specifically for Black Teacher Project events.

Media Consent

By registering for this event, participants agree to the NEP/BTP Media Consent Form

Cancellations and Registration Transfers:

For this institute, we offer a partial refund for registrants who cancel at least 3 weeks prior to the event start date. In the event that you register and do not attend, you are still responsible for full payment. You can request a refund directly from Eventbrite or by emailing btp_programs@nationalequityproject.org.

We allow registration to be transferred to a different attendee up to 3 weeks prior to the event. To request a registration transfer, email btp_programs@nationalequityproject.org