Learn to cultivate an inclusive and supportive environment where every student feels accepted, valued, and respected. Shockingly, the 2021 Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that 2 out of 5 students (almost 40%) of students lack a sense of belonging at school, especially among those from non-dominant cultural backgrounds. In 2023, Wisconsin’s results show notable decreases in protective factors such as social supports and school belonging. Join us to explore strategies that not only bridge this gap but also lead to positive student outcomes and higher academic achievement. Let’s create a community where every student thrives!
Engage in healthy conversations with your colleagues around topics that can feel challenging, sensitive, or complex. Using a campfire protocol for discussing elements of inclusion and belonging, we co-create community agreements to engage, sustain, deepen, and normalize dialogue that creates a psychologically safer environment for each person to show up as their authentic self while respecting one another. We begin the together with a common piece of learning and then engage in meaningful conversations that will lead to new insights and action.
Currently, 16% of all children in the United States — 11.4 million kids total — are living in poverty. A family of four with annual earnings below $30,900 is considered poor. In the last two decades, the percentage of U.S. children in poverty peaked at 23% in 2011 and 2012, and then fell to 16% 2022 and 2023. (Data Source: PRB analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Census Supplementary Survey & American Community Survey table B17001.)
Grow the mindset and the capacity of educators by providing powerful and practical tools that lead to higher rates of learning for all students.
How we show up matters. Experts agree that the first step in becoming more equitable and inclusive is to have a solid understanding of your own culture. Why is that? Because in order to understand cultures and backgrounds that are different from your own, you must be able to identify the elements of your own culture that appear unique to another person’s perspective.
This interactive workshop will guide participants to reflect, explore, and develop their understanding of their own cultural self-awareness. Participants will gain an understanding of how they are “showing up” in the classroom and how that plays a role in student achievement.
Building our perspective helps us become more aware of what we don’t know and what we have yet to learn more about. Unconscious, or implicit biases, are not something we deliberately choose to have or endorse. They operate on a subconscious level and can influence our thoughts, actions, and decisions without our awareness. These biases can affect how we interact with others, how we make judgments, and even impact important decisions in areas like hiring, promotions, interpersonal relationships, and how we show up.
Becoming a skilled anti-bias teacher is a journey. With this workshop, you’ll grow in your ability to identify, confront, and eliminate barriers about specific aspects of personal and social identity. You’ll find tips for helping staff and children learn to respect each other, themselves, and all people. When educators gain knowledge about how to use more inclusive language and offer non-gendered play, the result is a richer global education for all students.
Gain essential knowledge and understanding that will benefit both your personal and professional environments. This workshop will help you build general awareness of LGBTQIA+ vocabulary, new perspectives, and current social issues. You’ll discover practical steps to increase inclusivity in your classroom climate.
These scenario-based workshops equip educators with practical tools to create culturally affirming learning environments that honor the lived experiences and diverse backgrounds of all students. Grounded in research, participants will explore the concept of Funds of Knowledge and how to meaningfully integrate students’ home cultures and strengths into classroom instruction.
Through real-world scenarios, collaborative dialogue, and reflective activities, teachers will practice responding to common classroom behaviors in ways that build trust, elevate student voice, and foster authentic engagement. Participants will leave with strategies to deepen relationships, increase instructional relevance, and cultivate inclusive, high-expectation classrooms where every student feels valued, seen, and heard.
Provide educators with a powerful framework for building a culture of belonging and understanding within their districts by centering student voices in professional growth initiatives. Through hands-on training, teachers will learn how to create and implement student-led professional development programs, using student-driven “Real Talk” scenarios that facilitate meaningful discussions and perspective-sharing.
This comprehensive solution equips educators to create student-centered professional development programs that transform teacher-student relationships, elevate student voices, and cultivate a sense of belonging across the school community. By bringing students and teachers together in collaborative learning, districts can drive meaningful change,one conversation at a time.
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