Research-Practice Webinar, May 15 | Equity now: Centering our most vulnerable students

About the webinar

Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 3:30–4:30 pm PT
Free and open to the public
Registration required

Equity Now: Lessons for School Leaders for Centering Our Most Vulnerable Students

This webinar will focus on strategies, resources, and approaches that school leaders can use to create more equitable schools, especially for unhoused and foster students. Anchored in the tenets of justice, addressing harm, and belonging, this session will introduce school leaders to essential knowledge, skills, and dispositions that can be used in today's schools.

Speakers

Tyrone C. Howard

Professor, UCLA School of Education and Information Science; President, American Educational Research Association

Dr. Howard is the author of several best-selling books, a member of the National Academy of Education, and one of Education Week's 200 most influential educational scholars in the nation on education practice, policy, and research. He is a native of Compton, California where he also served as a classroom teacher. His research addresses issues tied to race, culture, access and educational opportunity for minoritized student populations.

Luis Valentino

Superintendent, Coachella Valley Unified School District

Luis R. Valentino, Ed.D., is a seasoned educational leader with vast experience in K–12 and higher education. He has been a bilingual classroom teacher, program coordinator, and site and district administrator. As Superintendent at the Coachella Valley Unified School District and previously as Chief Academic Officer at Portland Public Schools, he has dedicated his career to advancing equity and facilitating transformative change.

Tyler Graff

Executive Director of Secondary Education, San Rafael City Schools

In his current role, Tyler Graff oversees middle and high school curriculum and instruction and creates systems that support unhoused students and foster youth within the school district. Next year, he will join the Ross Valley School District as Superintendent. He is completing his doctorate through Berkeley School of Education's Leaders for Equity and Democracy (LEAD).

Jabari Mahiri

Professor, Berkeley School of Education; Chair, 21CSLA Leadership Board (Facilitator)

Professor Mahiri is the author of Equity Conscious Leaders: Educating for an Anti-Racist World (forthcoming) and Deconstructing Race: Multicultural Education Beyond the Color-Bind, as well as host of podcast Equity Leadership Now!