Current events impact our students and their ability to engage fully in our classrooms. How do we cultivate spaces that enable students to talk about issues they see on the news? In this workshop educators and school & district leaders will learn how to prepare for these conversations through regular culture-building practices, build and hone the skills for facilitating difficult conversations – including navigating moments of discomfort, harmfulness, inaccuracies, and differences – and how to sustain a positive culture of inquiry after a class conversation, particularly those that involve heightened emotions and may result in additional stakeholders getting involved. This workshop will invite participants to practice engaging in difficult conversations with their colleagues, as this is an essential practice for educators striving to build cultures of care and generative discussion in their classrooms and schools.
Facilitated by Lindsay Lyons
Lindsay Lyons (she/her) is an educational justice coach who works with teachers and school leaders to inspire educational innovation for racial and gender justice, design curricula grounded in student voice, and build capacity for shared leadership. Lindsay taught in NYC public schools, holds a PhD in Leadership and Change, and is the founder of the educational blog and podcast, Time for Teachership.
