What You Will Learn

This professional development is about understanding racial bias (especially, racial bias against Black students), how racial bias impacts Black students, and how to further create a Growth Mindset culture (to not only help mitigate implicit racial bias but also) to further develop an environment for all of or students that is consistent with our school’s mission and values

The training will help you to:

• Recognize how stereotypes and biases develop
• Increase your understanding of racial bias, specifically bias against Black people (and how this underlies bias against Black students) 
• Identify how these biases affect Black students 
• Gain an overview of growth mindset and appreciate the impact of growth mindset versus fixed mindset on students
• Increase teacher agency to change these biases, with commitment to creating a Growth Mindset culture, including creating an environment of belonging congruent with your school’s mission and values.

Let’s get started.