Transforming Education for Social Justice by Jaimee Taborda

The N-Word at School Padlet

jtaborda8 — 2025-04-09 17:51:25 UTC

Many resources provided to dig into the use of the N-word at school provided by Safire Dejong from CES' Joy and Justice Team.

Feed the Teachers Padlet

jtaborda8 — 2025-04-09 17:53:50 UTC

Resources from the "Feed the Teachers" session at the TE4SJ 2025 conference that focus on supporting teachers so they can best support students. Organized in different tiers of support mirroring the MTSS, there are many useful links.

Educational Justice Podcast Series

jtaborda8 — 2025-04-09 17:55:32 UTC

This collection of Educational Justice Podcast series created by Mariah Lapiroff from CES' Joy and Justice Team is a great place to start if you are passionate about ed justice and love podcasts!

Building a Culture of Belonging Presentation

jtaborda8 — 2025-04-09 18:01:38 UTC

This presentation by White Allyship to Action (WATA) group at UMass focuses on building a culture of belonging by considering the ways that White Supremacy Culture shows up in schools and ways to dismantle it.

White Supremacy Culture by Tema Okun

jtaborda8 — 2025-04-09 18:06:49 UTC

This website "book" is full of information about white supremacy culture and ways to fight against it. A few notes from the author:

This "book" is offered as a website for three reasons.

To make it free and accessible.
To hold on to the ability to make changes and revisions and additions as our collective wisdom about white supremacy culture grows.
To be able to link to all the amazing resources that are now available to help us all think about the culture we're navigating and our collective and collaborative vision for the future we all want, need, and deserve.

Students as Changemakers: Solutionary Framework

jtaborda8 — 2025-04-09 18:14:25 UTC

This framework from The Institute for Humane Education provides a pathway to guiding students through the process of coming up with solutions to local issues.

Social Justice Standards

jtaborda8 — 2025-04-09 18:18:22 UTC

The social justice standards from Learning for Justice provide a framework that supports anti-bias education. The standards are divided into four domains—identity, diversity, justice and action. If you are looking for guidance on how to build schools that uplift social justice, these are a great place to start.

Trauma-Informed Teaching

jtaborda8 — 2025-04-09 18:31:04 UTC

This folder includes resources that support trauma-informed practices, many based on Alex Shevrin Venet's book "Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education."

Centering NativeEducation Practices: Increasing Belonging for Adults and Youth in K12 spaces with a Place Based Approach

jtaborda8 — 2025-04-09 18:33:45 UTC

Presentation from TE4SJ Conference that highlights the connection between place based education and indigenous practices.

Antisemitism Explained Doc

jtaborda8 — 2025-04-09 18:39:55 UTC

UDL: Universal Design for Learning

jtaborda8 — 2025-04-09 18:55:14 UTC

The UDL guidelines focus on ways to empower learners to have agency by understanding the ways they learn. They also provide teachers guidelines to consider to remove barriers and improve access to learning. These are my favorite and I love the updated guidelines that are more learner centered and empowering!