Expect, Empower, Engage Resource Database

This resource describes characteristics associated with White dominant culture as compared to those rooted in an intentional equity mindset. This resource can be used to assess the cultural norms that currently exist and to think about what changes are needed to create authentic opportunities for partnership that can improve learning conditions and outcomes for historically marginalized populations.

This blueprint was designed with input from in-person and remote educators, leaders, researchers, professional learning providers, and technical assistance providers — it details the indicators of learning programs that successfully integrate equity, well-being, and academics. The blueprint leverages an asset-based approach that values diversity in race, culture, language, ability, and ways of interacting with the world, rather than characterizing students and families by what they may need or lack.

Description: A book study is a popular method of capacity building in schools, districts, and systems. This Book Study in a Box includes a Facilitator Guide, a Facilitator Implementation Guide, and a Participant Guide to support agencies in conducting a book study for the book Coherence: The Right Drivers in Action for Schools, Districts, and Systems, by Michael Fullan and Joanne Quinn (2016, Corwin Press). These resources can promote professional learning at the system level and help leaders build capacity about comprehensive improvement models to better school systems and improved student outcomes.