CONT712: Addressing Anti-Black Racism to Change Pedagogy and Practice, Specialist
Addressing Anti-Black Racism to Change Pedagogy and Practice, Specialist, builds on the learning from Anti-Black Racism Parts 1 and 2 to help redefine and reimagine the systemic change required to dismantle anti-Black racism at all levels. The importance of developing meaningful and sustainable partnerships with African, Afro-Caribbean and Black community leaders and organizations is emphasized. Through reflection and the creation of action plans and system audits, you will make connections between theory and practice while leveraging your acquired knowledge and skills to actively reexamine your own professional growth and development and to enhance your role as a transformational leader and agent for systemic change.
Learning Outcomes
What You Will Learn and Do
In this course, you’ll have the opportunity to
- develop strategies for utilizing the comprehensive knowledge of African, Afro-Caribbean and Black communities to inform instructional approaches that support Black learners in all developmental areas
- create a culture where learning conditions and opportunities are co-constructed with Black learners, their families, and communities to strengthen educational partnerships and achievement through reimagined leadership competencies
- determine how understanding the histories of African, Afro-Caribbean and Black communities impacts teaching and learning
- utilize strategies of systemic change to transform curriculum content, classroom environments and school culture through centring African, Afro-Caribbean and Black voices
- analyze a variety of research-based instructional strategies that respectfully centre the histories, cultural legacies, lived experiences, identities and current issues of African, Afro-Caribbean and Black communities in pedagogical practices
- investigate a variety of assessment and evaluation tools that engage Black learners in affirmative and responsive learning processes that centre their identities and experiences
- analyze current board policies and procedures that have historically impacted Black learners and their communities
Assessments
Module 1
Self-Reflection Process of Anti-Racist Leadership
Module 2
Understanding the Role of Leader in Addressing and Dismantling Anti-Black Racism
Progress Update 1
Module 3
Developing a Critical Leadership Framework to Identify, Interrupt and Dismantle Anti-Black Racism
Module 4
Building Reciprocal Relationships
Formative Assessment
Module 5
Leadership for Transformational Change
Progress Update 2
Module 6
Reimagining the Future of Educational Leadership
Module 7
Consolidation: Action for Dismantling Anti-Black Racism in Education
Summative Assessment