Bridging Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Whole-Child Education

Presented by Wyjuana Montgomery, Lead, K12 District Relationships, EVERFI; and Erica Hart, Director, K12 Implementation, EVERFI
Moderated by Jessie Stone Fox, M.Ed., Sr. Director, K12 Community Engagement, EVERFI

Sponsored by EVERFI

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“SEL” has officially entered the zeitgeist of educational terms (for good reason)—particularly as we navigate a new classroom environment post-pandemic. As educators are getting their sea legs in 2023, we’re excited to look ahead as we unite best practices from social-emotional learning and culturally responsive pedagogy. As Black History Month begins, watch this edWebinar to learn how to:

• Recognize the importance of social-emotional development in its relation to culturally responsive environments
• Discover that learning happens when children feel psychologically safe
• Identify strategies you can do with students that support equity and inclusion
• Reduce stress and anxiety within your students
• Build self-regulation, resiliency, and empathy
• Create opportunities for deeper classroom conversations and activities surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion

Viewers gain access to free SEL and DEI lessons for the classroom, as well as a cultural literacy toolkit they can use the next day.

This recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 teachers, librarians, school and district leaders, and education technology leaders.

About the Presenters

Wyjuana Montgomery is a graduate of Duke University (BA in African and African American studies) and Ashford University (MA in organizational management). She has been with EVERFI for six and a half years based in Oklahoma City and is now the district director for Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah, Washington, and Oregon. Wyjuana has had an adventurous career that has included working for the NBA Seattle SuperSonics, WNBA Seattle Storm, and OKC Thunder as well as Girl Scouts Western Oklahoma. Outside of EVERFI, Wyjuana is a motivational speaker, community mentor of teens, and the author of a two-time award-winning book for teen girls, with her second book in the works. In her free time, she loves traveling, reading, and enjoys quality time with friends and family. Wyjuana has been married for over 22 years to the love of her life and they have three children as well as a niece in their care, three grandchildren, and two dogs.

Erica Hart is a director of implementation based in her hometown of Kansas City. She graduated from Missouri State University with a bachelor’s degree in business education and earned her master’s degree in educational technology from the University of Central Missouri. Erica was a business educator in an urban school district in the Kansas City area for seven years working with students in entrepreneurial studies and marketing/management pathways. She was part of a team that launched the Academy model in her school district that guides students toward college and career success through earning industry certifications and work-based learning experiences. She joined EVERFI in 2017 where she helps to train teachers, provide ongoing support, and share data with schools and districts about the impact of EVERFI’s resources.

About the Moderator

Jessie Stone Fox, M.Ed. has been in education for the past 14 years, as a high school social studies teacher in Hawai’i, a fifth-grade English teacher in Israel, and a college success coach. She now works as EVERFI’s Sr. Director of K12 Community Engagement from her home base in Portland, Oregon, where she connects educator communities with relevant, no-cost resources for their classrooms. Jessie is thrilled to bring educators together around a common goal of gifting students with real-world skills and provides free access to engaging content around financial literacy, health and wellness, diversity, equity and inclusion, digital wellness, STEM, and social-emotional learning. Jessie also hosts free bi-weekly webinars, along with EVERFI’s free flagship summer educator conference, LearnOn.

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