Webinar: Culturally Responsive Leadership: From Blueprint to Reality by EVERFI K-12

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About This Webinar

In partnership with New Leaders, EVERFI presents the Culturally Responsive Leadership: From Blueprint to Reality webinar. New Leaders brings two decades of experience in providing best-in-class leadership training—for teacher leaders, principals, and their supervisors—to accelerate learning for every student in every classroom, every year.

The call for culturally relevant and equitable school systems has slowly gotten louder, but what does that mean and what does that look like in practice?

Zeroing in on culturally responsive leadership, this webinar will focus on identifying and eliminating barriers that result in systems that do not work for all students. Learn how to create learning environments that honor student identities and leverage culturally competent leadership moves that disrupt inequities within and across schools and school systems.

Presenters

Dr. Tracy S. Anderson

Senior Director, Program Design at New Leaders

Dr. Tracy Anderson, an incomparable turnaround school leader, is an unapologetic results oriented agent of change with an unwavering dedication to educating underserved communities.

Spanning two decades and in the service of children of color, Tracy has held various roles that
include Principal, Assistant Superintendent, and Transformational Leadership Development
Coach. Attributed to her leadership in raising and sustaining student performance across several schools, Dr. Anderson has been honored as a National Distinguished School Administrator as well as Principal of the Year. During her tenure as a Principal, she completed four years of sustained exceptional rankings in literacy and mathematics where student scores remained at greater than 95%, regardless of high-poverty and diversification barriers.

Samantha Utley

Equity, Inclusion, & Justice Coordinator and Director of Student Services (K-5)

Samantha Schmitt has been a lifelong Pittsburgher and educator in the region for the past 14 years. Samantha is a graduate of Duquesne University, obtaining degrees in Elementary Education, Special Education for grades K-12, and Administration K-12. She is currently enrolled in the EdD program at The University of Pittsburgh, where she is pursuing an Educational Doctorate in Social and Comparative Analysis in Education.

Currently, Samantha serves as the Coordinator for Equity, Inclusion, & Justice, as well as the Director of Student Services for grades K-5 at The Falk Laboratory School of the University of Pittsburgh. Within the role, she has the opportunity to work with students, faculty, and families to ensure equitable learning opportunities are available to all, as well as cultivate the celebration of all identities.

Michael Ray

Instructional Coach

Michael Ray was born to be a writer, an educator, and an agitator. Currently, Michael is an Instructional Coach at Carver Steam Academy in Atlanta, Georgia and supports male educators of color through Profound Gentlemen, using mindfulness-based strategies to develop teacher self-awareness and resilience. When he’s not coaching, collaborating, or cooking, Michael is studying the intersection of equity, self-care, and great teaching. He believes that classroom teaching can and should be a sustainable, life-long career and that all children have the right to choose their own books.

EVERFI K-12 Team

Want to prepare your district's students for career and life success? Over 11,000 districts count on EVERFI’s free, standards-aligned, ready-made digital lessons to teach students to thrive in an ever-changing world.

New Leaders Team

New Leaders builds the capacity of equity-minded school leaders who are committed to the success of every child. Our leaders remove barriers to success for underestimated and underserved students, supporting students in fully realizing their futures as the next generation of great thinkers, innovators, and leaders for our society.

In 20 years, we have trained more than 8,000 equity-focused leaders—sixty percent of whom identify as leaders of color. Our leaders impact more than 2 million students in our K-12 school system annually and serve as powerful and positive forces for change in their communities.