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#NNLS DEIJ

Growing for Justice: Leading Adult Learning

Apply adult developmental theory to DEIJ practice in this 3-part series

WITH ELLIE DRAGO-SEVERSON, JESSICA BLUM-DESTEFANO & DEBORAH BROOKS LAWRENCE

THIS EVENT HAS PASSED

DATE

JAN / FEB / MARCH 2024

CERTIFICATE

CERTIFICATE OFFERING

ELIGIBILITY

OPEN TO ALL SCHOOLS

COST

PER SCH REG FEE

AUDIENCE

FOR SCHOOL TEAMS

EVENT TYPE

ONLINE

ABOUT THE SERIES

This 3-part interactive NESA Networked Learning Series is an opportunity to more deeply understand how to support social justice and equity by learning about adult developmental theory and its practical applications for building capacity at the individual, team, school, and organizational levels.

The series offers a promising and practical roadmap that will help you meet people where they are—and move your equity practices forward with application exercises and action plans.

As educators committed to social justice, we enter the work in markedly different ways. We invite you to join us in the reflection and advancement of those practices by considering our meaning-making systems, justice-centering capacities and practices, multiple entry points into this work, and why growth and development matter.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Through lecture, personal reflection, journaling, case discussion, application exercises, dialogue, and action planning, you will:

      • Learn about adult developmental theory and the qualitatively different ways adults make meaning of the world, justice, and their work as educators.
      • Explore a research-based developmental model for justice-centering leadership capacities and practices that illuminate a continuum of entry points into and scaffolding for educational equity.
      • Access real-life stories and illustrative examples from 50 educators from across the United States who participated in the authors’ in-depth study.
      • Acquire practical strategies, tools, and takeaways to support your own development and the development of colleagues on behalf of justice.
      • Apply developmental theory and practices designed to further strengthen and advance equity initiatives in your own context.

AUDIENCE

Heads of school, directors, school leaders, educators across levels and systems, professional developers, curriculum specialists, coaches, and policy makers.

SCHEDULE

Sessions will take place on Wednesdays, from 3:00-4:00pm Athens, Greece time (GMT+2):

      • Session 1: January 31, 2024
      • Session 2: February 21, 2024
      • Session 3: March 20, 2024

Ellie Drago-Severson
Ellie Drago-Severson

PROFESSOR, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

ELLIE DRAGO-SEVERSON is Professor of Education Leadership and Adult Learning and Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University. A developmental psychologist, Ellie teaches, conducts research, and serves as a consultant to school and district leaders, systems leaders, and teacher leaders in public, charter and private schools and systems—on professional and personal growth and learning; leadership that supports principal, teacher, school, and leadership development; and coaching and mentoring in K–12 schools, university settings, and other adult education contexts domestically and internationally. She is also an internationally certified developmental coach who works with leaders to build internal capacity, lead on behalf of social justice, and grow systemwide capacity.

Jessica Blum-DeStefano
Jessica Blum-DeStefano

INSTRUCTOR & ADVISOR, BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

JESSICA BLUM-DESTEFANO is an instructor and advisor at Bank Street College of Education, where she teaches adult development and qualitative research methods. Her teaching, scholarship, and approach to leadership foreground the power of growth and interconnection—especially as they relate to individual perspective transformation, authentic collaboration, and capacity building systemwide.
Deborah Brooks Lawrence
Deborah Brooks Lawrence

CITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST, CITY OF NEW YORK

DEBORAH BROOKS LAWRENCE, EdD is a native New Yorker, who believes that equitable access to viable resources will pave the road for universal recognition and sustainability of Human Rights; and as educators we without question need to prepare all of our practitioners and students to embrace the possibilities of equitable opportunity. This is couched in her witness to, and participation in, the Civil Rights and Women’s Movements as well as her first-hand witness to Apartheid and Nyerere’s Pan Africanism. It is through this inclusive lens that she weaves theory, research, advocacy and practice in her current role as a City Research Scientist with the City of New York.

Registration Fees

  • NESA Member & Affiliate School Teams up to 20: US$1,200 per school
  • Non-Member School Teams up to 20: US$1,600 per school
  • Large Teams Add-On (up to 10 additional team members): + US$500 per school
  • Individual registration fee (for the three sessions): US$150 per person

Please review the Cancellation Notice before registering.

ASYNCHRONOUS ACCESS TO PAST NNLS DEIJ COURSES

Please contact ranya@nesacenter.org for more information.