The Equity Clinic with Dr. Almitra L. Berry
by Almitra Berry
Dr. Berry provides professional learning content and commentary for K-12 educators in the United States and those around the world concerned with the socioemotional wellness and academic achievement of culturally and linguistically diverse learners. All content and commentary is through a lens of equity, focused on cultural awareness, cultural competence, and improving the life outcomes of children historically underserved and marginalized.
Episodes
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Insights to the Curiosities & Struggles Posted by Educators of Multilingual Learners
Ever attend a PD session and not have your questions answered? Sometimes, we simply run out of time. So here's the first in a series of insights - answers to the questions that educators have asked during their workshops with me that we simply didn't have time to dive into. In this episode, I...
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Involuntary Slavery? Uh... No!!!
What's up with Texas not wanting to call slavery what it was? Let's talk about it.
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I'm Back!
What I've been up to & what's coming soon.
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What to the School Child is this Fourth of July?
Every year on July 4, I review the words of Frederick Douglass and provide a remix of sorts focused on the status of our school children. Given the events of the last few months, this year was particularly disturbing. #UvaldeStrong
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What's Next?
In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, what is the impact and the implications for K-12 public schools? As politicians and one member of the high court call for the rescinding of other rights previously granted to public education and public school students, how is instruction,...
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Beyond Equality, Towards Equity
This full length professional learning session, recorded for the Ohio School Boards Association, focuses on one key foundational idea as it relates to teaching and learning through the lens of equity. That is, "to believe as a nation in a free public education means that the nation should demand...
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Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
In the month of May we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage and the history of their contributions to this nation. While I am a Black woman, I can celebrate as well. And for many reasons. Take a listen!
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Taking an Organizational Approach to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
This on-demand workshop focuses on the creation of schools that are centers of social justice, where diversity, equity, and inclusion are not ideas but an integral part of the organization's culture. It is a special series in the Equity Clinic, a sample from our 3-semester unit course available…
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Systemic Oppression: Effects on Policy, Culture, and Outcomes
This workshop guides you through four actions that help you identify elements that result in systemic oppression of academic achievement for Black, Latinx/Latino/-a, and Indigenous learners, and then fixing them to change your outcomes. For more information, or to inquire about a keynote, or...
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Don't Tell Me You Don't See Color!
This on-demand workshop focuses on culture, race and racism, implicit and explicit bias, diversity, equity, and inclusion. It is a special series in the Equity Clinic, a sample from our 3-semester unit course available to school systems through A.L. Berry Consulting in partnership with local...
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Best Practices in Conducting an Equity Audit
This on-demand workshop is a special series in the Equity Clinic. This workshop highlights six best practices in preparation for and conducting an equity audit. For more information, or to inquire about a keynote, or session for your organization, email [email protected]. Download a copy of the...
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Visit to the NMAAHC Part 3 of 4: It Touched My Soul
It touched my soul. Part three of a four-part series on the content, the experience, and teaching and learning about African American history and culture based on a visit to the National Museum of African American HIstory and Culture in Washington, DC. (A Smithsonian museum)
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Visit to the NMAAHC part 2 of 4: From Emancipation to Today, The Struggle Continues
From Emancipation to Today, the Struggle Continues. Part two of a four-part series on the content, the experience, and teaching and learning about African American history and culture based on a visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. (A Smithsonian...
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Visit to the National Museum of African American History, Part 1 of 4: It Begins Before We Were Enslaved
It Begins Before We Were Enslaved. Part one of a four-part series on the content, the experience, and teaching and learning about African American history and culture based on a visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. (A Smithsonian museum)
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Forget the Reading Wars. It's Time for a Revolution!
Learners who benefit from explicit, systematic instruction in early literacy skills also need texts that reflect the voices of their people, culture, and heritage.
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Equity or Charity?
Dr. Berry opines on the acts of California and Oregon in the name of equity.
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Academic Stagnation
What remote instruction during the COVID pandemic has shone a light on - and it isn't "learning loss."
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Greta's Challenge
What's an educator to do when colleagues are deeply connected to inequities that are harmful to the children they teach?
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A Conversation about the State of the Children with Dr Sheara Jennings
Dr. Sheara Jennings is the Humana Chair for the Graduate College of Social work and the College of Medicine at the University of Houston. Join us for a conversation around her life's work and the importance of social work in K12 education for children of color and trauma.
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Recruiting and Retaining Teachers and Administrators with DEI in Mind
Today I’m sharing with you an article that was commissioned by an education NGO for print in their membership journal. However, after several revisions, they found the content to be too politically risky for their organization. It contained too many words being weaponized against school systems…
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Visit to the NMAAHC pt. 4 of 4: Black History is American History
Black history is American history. The first teaching credential I earned was in secondary social sciences. My thoughts here are through not only the lens of equity, but that of the necessity to teach the social sciences via multiple perspectives and multiple voices.
About this show
Dr. Berry provides professional learning content and commentary for K-12 educators in the United States and those around the world concerned with the socioemotional wellness and academic achievement of culturally and linguistically diverse learners. All content and commentary is through a lens of equity, focused on cultural awareness, cultural competence, and improving the life outcomes of children historically underserved and marginalized.
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