90: Equity-Centered, Trauma-Informed Teaching w/ Alex Venet

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Transcripts can be found via our website, humanrestorationproject.org. In today's conversation, we are joined by Alex Venet. Alex teaches undergraduate students at the Community College of Vermont, graduate classes at Castleton Center for Schools and Antioch University New England, creates PD, is a community facilitator for Edutopia, co-organizes Edcamp Vermont and Trauma Informed Educators Network Conference, and is soon releasing her new book Equity-Centered, Trauma-Informed Education, releasing May 25th, 2021. A link is in the show notes. We received an advanced copy, and I cannot emphasize enough how much this book is needed, and how much it resonated with my own practice. Alex not only perfectly outlines trauma-informed education, but places reflections, challenges, and paramount questions for us to rethink systems in education toward including and advocating for all students. In this conversation, Alex and I talk about shifting the system toward fostering critical wellness and systemic change for equity. Enjoy this listen! GUESTS Alex Venet, educator at Community College of Vermont, teaches graduate classes at Castleton Center for Schools and Antioch University New England, creates PD, is a community facilitator for Edutopia, co-organizes Edcamp Vermont and Trauma Informed Educators Network Conference, and author of Equity-Centered, Trauma-Informed Education RESOURCES * Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education (Releasing May 2021); Phoenix Books [https://www.phoenixbooks.biz/book/9780393714739] * Unconditional Learning (Alex Venet's Website) [https://zencastr.com/preview/episode/In%20today's%20conversation,%20we%20are%20joined%20by%20Alex%20Venet.%20Alex%20teaches%20undergraduate%20students%20at%20the%20Community%20College%20of%20Vermont,%20graduate%20classes%20at%20Castleton%20Center%20for%20Schools%20and%20Antioch%20University%20New%20England,%20creates%20PD,%20is%20a%20community%20facilitator%20for%20Edutopia,%20co-organizes%20Edcamp%20Vermont%20and%20Trauma%20Informed%20Educators%20Network%20Conference,%20and%20is%20soon%20releasing%20her%20new%20book%20Equity-Centered,%20Trauma-Informed%20Education,%20releasing%20May%2025th,%202021.%20A%20link%20is%20in%20the%20show%20notes.%20%20We%20received%20an%20advanced%20copy,%20and%20I%20cannot%20emphasize%20enough%20how%20much%20this%20book%20is%20needed,%20and%20how%20much%20it%20resonated%20with%20my%20own%20practice.%20Alex%20not%20only%20perfectly%20outlines%20trauma-informed%20education,%20but%20places%20reflections,%20challenges,%20and%20paramount%20questions%20for%20us%20to%20rethink%20systems%20in%20education%20toward%20including%20and%20advocating%20for%20all%20students.%20In%20this%20conversation,%20Alex%20and%20I%20talk%20about%20shifting%20the%20system%20toward%20fostering%20critical%20wellness%20and%20systemic%20change%20for%20equity.%20Enjoy%20this%20listen!] FURTHER LISTENING * Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast: Episode 34: Alex Shevrin Venet [https://soundcloud.com/mathew-portell-93233744/episode-34-alex-shevrin-venet-trauma-informed-educators-network-podcast]