Throughout the guide, we share additional resources. Here are some of those resources, broken down by session.
Additional Resources: Session 1
Additional Written Resources:
- “How Stories Connect And Persuade Us: Unleashing The Brain Power Of Narrative” by Elena Renken
- “What Can the Chinese Character for “Listen” Teach Us?” by simonendr
- “Unpracticed” by N’Jameh Camara, Teen Vogue
- “Why Hearing Your Own Name Might Just Be the Sweetest Sound, Ever!” by Anna K. Gallagher, hustlefromtheheart.com
- “My Teachers Mispronounced My Name. Decades Later It Still Stings, and Influences the Way I Coach Educators” by Dionne Grayman, Chalkbeat
- “Pronouncing Students Names Should be a Big Deal” by Punita Chhabra Rice
- “The Importance of Learning Students’ Names” by Tamara Glenz
- “What is Deadnaming and Why Is It Harmful” by Ariane Resnick
- “Deadnaming: What Is It and Why Is It Harmful?” by KC Clements
Additional Video Resources | TED Talks:
- Getting It Right: Why pronouncing names correctly matters | Gerardo Ochoa | TEDxMcMinnville
- Your Name is the Key! | Huda Essa | TEDxUofM
Additional Resources: Session 2
Additional Written Resources:
- “How Stories Connect And Persuade Us: Unleashing The Brain Power Of Narrative” by Elena Renken
- “What Can the Chinese Character for “Listen” Teach Us?” by simonendr
- “Names That Are Unfamiliar to You Aren’t Hard, They’re Unpracticed” by N’Jameh Camara, Teen Vogue
- “Why Hearing Your Own Name Might Just Be the Sweetest Sound, Ever!” by Anna K. Gallagher, hustlefromtheheart.com
- “My Teachers Mispronounced My Name. Decades Later It Still Stings, and Influences the Way I Coach Educators” by Dionne Grayman, Chalkbeat
- “Pronouncing Students Names Should be a Big Deal” by Punita Chhabra Rice
- “The Importance of Learning Students’ Names” by Tamara Glenz
- “What is Deadnaming and Why Is It Harmful” by Ariane Resnick
- “Deadnaming: What Is It and Why Is It Harmful?” by KC Clements
Additional Video Resources | TED Talks:
- Getting It Right: Why pronouncing names correctly matters | Gerardo Ochoa | TEDxMcMinnville
- Your Name is the Key! | Huda Essa | TEDxUofM
Additional Resources: Session 3
Additional Written Resources:
- “A Talk to Teachers” by James Baldwin
- “Ease Anxiety and Stress: Take a (Belly) Breather” by Matthew Solan
Additional Video Resources | Parker Palmer on The Courage to Teach:
- 10. The Emotional Life of Children – The Courage to Teach Guide by Parker Palmer
- 12. Ways of Knowing - The Courage to Teach Guide by Parker Palmer
Additional Resources: Session 4
Additional Written Resources:
- "Who Drives Social-Emotional Learning?" by Belinda Chiu, Ed.D. and Elizabeth Sumida Huaman, Ed. D
- "What is Social and Emotional Learning," GoGuardian
- "Did You Know that SEL Emerged Because of A Black Man? The True History of SEL", Blog post by Byron M. McClure
- "Finding Your Place: The Current State of K-12 Social Emotional Learning," Bryant, G., Crowley, S., & Davidsen, C., for Tyton Partners (2020)
- "Three Ways That Handwriting With A Pen Positively Affects Your Brain" by Nancy Olson
Additional Video Resources:
- The Comer School Development Program
- Dr. Bettina Love on Cultural Memory in Youth Creativity and Hip Hop
- Hip Hop, grit and academic success: Bettina at TEDxUGA
- A Timeline of Social Emotional Learning
Additional Resources: Session 5
Additional Written Resources:
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- "When SEL is Used as Another Form of Policing," Communities for Just School Fund (2020)
- "Social, Emotional, and Academic Development Through an Equity Lens," Report by The Education Trust (2020)
- "Reclaim Social-Emotional Learning: Centering Organizing Praxis for Holistically Safe Schools," Community for Just Schools Fund (2020)
Additional Resources: Session 7
Additional Written Resources:
- "Respect Differences?: Challenging the Common Guidelines in Social Justice Education" by Özlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo
Additional Video Resources:
- "Revisiting Classroom Rules" from Responsive Classroom
- "Fostering Belonging With Classroom Norms" from Edutopia
Additional Resources: Session 9
Additional Written Resources:
- "Building Community with Restorative Circles" by Marieke Van Woerkom, Edutopia
- "Uplifting the Voices of Students of Color Through Restorative Practices and Civic Engagement" by Jessie Tobin, Aaron Leo, & Kristen C. Wilcox for NYKids
Additional Video Resources:
- Suzie Miller GEDSB Talking Circle, Suzie Miller of the Grand Erie District School Board, is a First Nations Instructional Coach who talks about the Talking Circles she introduces into classrooms
- Using Dialogue Circles to Support Classroom Management in Elementary School (play through 3:10 min) - Note, what comes after the 3:10 minute mark is presented as a restorative intervention, but it’s not. Name calling, shaming, blaming are antithetical to restorative practices.
- Restorative Practices | Community Building Circles in Middle School (1:54 min)
Additional Resources: Session 11
Additional Written Resources:
- "Respect Differences?: Challenging the Common Guidelines in Social Justice Education" by Özlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo
Additional Resources: Session 20
Additional Written Resources:
- “The Cycle of Liberation” by Bobbie Harro
Additional Resources: Session 25
Additional Written Resources:
- Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out by Ruth King
- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
Additional Resources: Session 32
Written Resources:
- Bias” by the Kirwan Institute
- "MYTHBUSTERS: Implicit Bias Edition; Clearing Up the Confusion Surrounding Implicit Bias" by the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
- "Implicit Bias in Education" by the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
Book Suggestion:
- Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Additional Resources: Session 34
Written Resources:
- "The Mindful Reflection Protocol," Protocol for Checking Unconscious Bias
- The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness by Rhonda V. Magee
Video Resources:
- Eye of the Storm Jane Elliot 1970, an experiment in the anatomy of prejudice
Additional Resources: Session 40
Video Resources: