The Liberated Educator
Dee Lanier and Ken Shelton are brothers, intellectuals, and equity-enthusiasts, just having regular conversations about things that matter to the culture. For the record, we're not late talking about these issues, you just may be late in hearing it! Find us on X: Ken Shelton: @k_shelton Dee Lanier: @deelanier Brian Smith Sr: @BrianRSmithSr
The Liberated Educator
Culture Conferences, Putting Policy To Practice, The Truss Transition
You are in for a special treat and special guest Joe Truss joins the CPT conversation to dismantle a few things like
C: Culture Conferences
P: Putting Policy To Practice
T: The Truss Transition
Regardless of the alliteration, you need to pay close attention to the knowledge passed down on this drop.
Joe Truss is committed to dismantling white supremacy culture in schools. He is married to a High School teacher and a father of 2, soon to be 3 children. He brings 16 years of education experience, and originally grew up in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. A first-generation college student, he graduated from UC Berkeley, before attending Tufts University where he got his teaching credential. He began as a high school Spanish teacher in East Oakland. After attending UC Berkeley's PLI program, he started school leadership work and now has been the Principal of Visitacion Valley Middle School in SFUSD, for 6 years. There, he has worked to grow Project Based Learning, restorative practices, and reading intervention. In 2018, he started his blog CulturallyResponsiveLeadership.com, where he writes about school leadership and racial equity. He also offers workshops on antiracism and provides team coaching. Last summer he trained over 3000 educators and has presented keynotes to nearly 10,000. He works to empower educators to engineer for equity.
Dismantling White Supremacy Culture in Schools Conference 2021
June 14th-18th
www.DismantleWSC.com
Twitter: @TrussLeadership