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Amplifying Student and Community Voices to Transform Learning and District Decision Making
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
Presented by Shawna Dinkins, Ed.D., Deputy Superintendent, Lynwood Unified School District (CA); Heidi Maltby-Skodack, Executive Director of School Improvement and Innovative Programs, Traverse City Area Public Schools (MI); Jesse Ross, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Learner-Centered Collaborative; and Zareen Kasad, Project Director, Center for Inclusive Innovation, Digital Promise
Sponsored by Digital Promise Center for Inclusive Innovation
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How would learning experiences change if school districts made decisions by first listening to the voices of students and community members?
During the 2023–2024 academic school year, Digital Promise collaborated with the Learner-Centered Collaborative (LCC) to conduct equity-centered listening tours in Traverse City Area Public Schools (Michigan) and Lynwood Unified School District (California) to explore this question. Join us for this insightful edWebinar to hear the transformative findings from this initiative that amplified the perspectives of students, educators, families, and community members, and transformed student learning and district decision making.
In this edWebinar, you:
- Discover our process for integrating community voices into educational practices
- Gain insights from key learnings and actionable recommendations gathered from our data
- Hear directly from district leaders about strategies for addressing community-identified priorities and fostering engagement
This recorded edWebinar is of interest to PreK-12 teachers, school leaders, district leaders, and education technology leaders.
About the Presenters
Dr. Shawna Dinkins is the Deputy Superintendent of Lynwood Unified School District and has 30 years of experience in education as a teacher, instructional coach, principal, director of special education, and director of program improvement. Beyond her experience, Dr. Dinkins has dedicated her professional career to serving students and families and advocating for equity, access, and social justice.
Heidi Maltby-Skodack is the Executive Director of School Improvement and Innovative Programs at Traverse City Area Public Schools and has a BS in architecture, an MS in CTE administration, and an EdS in organizational leadership. With a professional career that originated in architecture and engineering and a passion for innovation in education, Heidi moved into the field of education to build and enhance high-quality STEM and innovative opportunities for all students. She is driven by her passion to ensure equitable access and opportunities for all.
At every stop on his nearly 20-year journey in innovative education, Jesse Ross has benefited from the wisdom, wonder, and personal expertise that each learner brings into the classroom. Drawing on these lessons as Learner-Centered Collaborative’s Director of Strategic Partnerships, he’s committed to walking side by side with visionary partners toward a more equitable, relevant, and empowering educational future.
As Project Director for the Digital Promise Center for Inclusive Innovation, Zareen Kasad leads the Challenge Map initiative, which aims to surface strategies and solutions school communities can use to address high-priority challenges through inclusive research practices. Her team’s research centers on the lived experiences of educators, students, and their families.
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Digital Promise’s Center for Inclusive Innovation reimagines education research and development (R&D) by resourcing the creative ingenuity of communities working in partnership with school districts to create equitable powerful learning opportunities for students furthest from opportunity. The foundation for Inclusive Innovation is anchored in a set of core tenets that embody an equity-centered approach to research and development. The tenets define how we deliberately support teams in co-constructing an inclusive R&D culture that enables equitable leadership and contribution.
