S2 EP11 – Equity & Anti-Racism Leadership: Moving Theory into Practice. A Critical Discussion on Race and Education

The Leadership Talks Podcast welcomes Nicole Aloise, based in the Toronto District School Board. This session explores targeted interventions of a Scarborough high school that supports the learning and excellence of Black students, centered around anti-oppression and anti-racism.

Learning how a whole school journey with a focus on a critical discourse on the impact of race in education, increased the development of a progressive teaching & learning culture, based on critical reflection and anti-racist discourse.

Through leadership capacity building school, school staff fuse theory into practice through a PLC model that entails staff engaging in critically conscious pedagogy that focuses on the impact of race, identity and education. Using CRRP as the foundation, staff challenge /critique dominant cultural norms and narratives that uphold the status quo collective vigilance which purposely sustains the traditional educational trajectories of black and racialized students in public education.  

This longitudinal PLC model has increased staff awareness and understanding of the impact of power imbalances, centering of whiteness , power and privilege, systemic and institutional racism, and the effects on the education system, their individual practice and student outcomes.

For more information about Leadership and PLC Learning resources, please contact Nicole Aloise  via email at nicole.aloise@tdsb.on.ca. 

OUR GUEST

• Nicole Aloise, TDSB

HOSTS

• Lawrence DeMaeyer – Professional Learning Consultant, Ontario Principals’ Council
• Susie Lee-Fernandes – Director of Professional Learning and Engagement, Ontario Principals’ Council

Season 2 Episode 11 Transcript