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When schools began to integrate following Brown v. Board of Education, many Black educators lost their jobs and the Art of Black Teaching became more difficult to sustain in integrated settings. Wrapped up in a deep history of critical consciousness and political engagement, some would argue that there has been an active history of criminalizing Black education, though the resilience of the Black community has preserved its rich pedagogical tradition. As part of our Equity Thought Leader podcast series, join our conversation with Dr. Jarvis R .Givens, Assistant Professor at Harvard University and author of Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching, as we unpack the rich and storied history of Black education in America. For those who may want to extend the learning evoked by the podcast, the following facilitation guide (https://bit.ly/3x95gVQ) has been developed to help with next steps in deepening the shared learning. This series is brought to you in collaboration with Learning Forward, the only professional association devoted exclusively to establishing and sustaining highly effective professional development for educators. To learn more about Learning Forward, visit www.learningforward.org. myPD Unplugged is a production of the Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development in the Long Beach Unified School District.

When we speak of data, it is natural to envision numbers and graphs, but quantitative data only tells part of the story. And sometimes it tells the wrong story, as we bring our own biases to the interpretations. What if we used stories to deepen our understanding of quantitative data or to challenge our own assumptions about the data? What if we added this third-dimension to the numbers to balance the stories we tell ourselves about the numbers we see? Listen to Val Brown, a national leader in anti-racist education, help us unpack the power of stories as equity data. For those who may want to extend the learning evoked by the podcast, the following facilitation guide (https://bit.ly/3eQ8hTy) has been developed to help with next steps in deepening the shared learning. This series is brought to you in collaboration with Learning Forward, the only professional association devoted exclusively to establishing and sustaining highly effective professional development for educators. To learn more about Learning Forward, visit www.learningforward.org. myPD Unplugged is a production of the Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development in the Long Beach Unified School District.

Narratives shape how we see and perceive the world. Both the stories we are told and the stories we tell ourselves shape how we understand who we are and where we belong in the world. In equity work, stories humanize “the other” and help us to connect on personal levels, challenging our biases and assumptions about others. Listen to Erin Jones, decorated educator and skilled trainer, as she leverages the power of her own story to bring out change and equitable outcomes for all students. For those who may want to extend the learning evoked by the podcast, the following facilitation guide (https://bit.ly/32FYTMT) has been developed to help with next steps in deepening the shared learning. This series is brought to you in collaboration with Learning Forward, the only professional association devoted exclusively to establishing and sustaining highly effective professional development for educators. To learn more about Learning Forward, visit www.learningforward.org. myPD Unplugged is a production of the Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development in the Long Beach Unified School District

“Technology can be a powerful tool for transforming learning. It can help affirm and advance relationships between educators and students, reinvent our approaches to learning and collaboration, shrink long-standing equity and accessibility gaps, and adapt learning experiences to meet the needs of all learners,” US DOE, Ed Tech Office. Listen to Sal Khan, Founder of the Khan Academy and Schoolhouse.world as he helps us consider how we might leverage technology to bridge the digital divide. For those who may want to extend the learning evoked by the podcast, the following facilitation guide (https://bit.ly/2P00FVR) has been developed to help with next steps in deepening the shared learning. This series is brought to you in collaboration with Learning Forward, the only professional association devoted exclusively to establishing and sustaining highly effective professional development for educators. To learn more about Learning Forward, visit www.learningforward.org. myPD Unplugged is a production of the Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development in the Long Beach Unified School District.

When educators consider ways to make their curriculum historically and culturally responsive, many struggle to go deeper than content integration and literary substitutions. As part of our "Equity Thought Leader" podcast series, Dr. Gholdy Muhammad, author of Cultivating Genius, explains her HILL pedagogy model (History, Identity, Literacy, and Liberation). Dr. Muhammad’s research examining abolitionists and 19th century education among communities of color found that early Black readers, writers and thinkers held five goals or pursuits for learning. This approach extends Culturally Responsive Education to include these 5 pursuits: Identity, Skills, Intellect, Criticality, and Joy. Listen in as she explains the historical roots of our current education system and the reason that intentionally cultivating our students genius serves as an antidote to that history. For those who may want to extend the learning evoked by the podcast, the following facilitation guide (https://bit.ly/3a11LYI) has been developed to help with next steps in deepening the shared learning. This series is brought to you in collaboration with Learning Forward, the only professional association devoted exclusively to establishing and sustaining highly effective professional development for educators. To learn more about Learning Forward, visit www.learningforward.org. myPD Unplugged is a production of the Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development in the Long Beach Unified School District.

Rather than starting with how to be anti-racist, what if we began by understanding when systemic racism got started, what information we need to be ready for the anti-racist cause, and why it is our moral imperative to engage? As part of our "Equity Thought Leader" podcast series, join our conversation with Dr. Carol Françios, as she helps us develop our capacity to respond to systemic racism:  See it, Say it, and Confront it. For those who may want to extend the learning evoked by the podcast, the following facilitation guide (https://bit.ly/3cGFxwB) has been developed to help with next steps in deepening the shared learning. This series is brought to you in collaboration with Learning Forward, the only professional association devoted exclusively to establishing and sustaining highly effective professional development for educators. To learn more about Learning Forward, visit www.learningforward.org. myPD Unplugged is a production of the Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development in the Long Beach Unified School District.