Public Programming
Alma Partners offers a variety of public programming for people interested in joining us in DEIJ work. Content varies throughout the year and ranges from short webinar-style workshops to cohorted programs that span months.
Solidarity Series: Cross-Movement and Interpersonal Black and Queer Solidarity
Uplifting Connection & Affirming Solidarity, Masumi Hayashi-Smith and Heather Scott in Conversation
Sunday, June 2, 2024
4-5pm PT / 7-8pm ET on Zoom
Join Masumi Hayashi-Smith and Heather Scott as they share personal stories and historical examples of connection and solidarity, uplifting our collective capacity to unite our struggles and work from the heart.
Runs from September 2024 - February 2025
This series will meet monthly as a cohort, over six Sunday afternoons on Zoom. Together, participants will explore DEIJ-informed pedagogical storytelling theory, principles, and tools, and receive mentorship from experienced Early Childhood educators. Each session will feature a guest presenter who will share wisdom, knowledge, and experience. This highly interactive course involves practice in small groups, working from both case studies and personal experience. Developing relationships across schools, we hope for participants to be nourished and inspired by growing connections. Participants will also receive an Alma Partners Toolkit for continued Pedagogical Storytelling practice.
Runs September 2024 - June 2025
Be part of a cross-school community invested in mutual learning, support, and dialogue. Our 8-module online course (plus intro session and closing gathering, for 10 meetings total) is designed to acquaint you with the DEIJ landscape and deepen the potential for transformation in your community.
Sunday, September 15, 2024
1-2:30pm PT on Zoom / 4-5:30pm ET
What kinds of questions should we be considering as we approach the November elections? How do we navigate different perspectives in our school communities? How much of our personal opinion do we share in the workplace or classroom? How do we respect students’ freedom, individuality, and privacy while fulfilling our role of guiding them as teachers and school leaders?
Emphasizing empathy, deep listening, and setting the tone for the approaching election season, Renita LiVolsi will offer a 90-minute presentation on the legal, ethical, and pedagogical questions involved in supporting our communities when politics dominate the news.
This session will help you:
Prepare to set expectations as a community
Develop and communicate your school’s approach to what is and what isn’t appropriate speech/behavior related to elections and the political process
Proceed intentionally as your community navigates
Sunday, September 22, 2024
1-2:30pm PT / 4-5:30pm ET on Zoom
It’s common for enthusiastic teachers to join schools, but then quickly burn out because of avoidable problems. Join Elizabeth Denevi and Joan Ingle, both experienced teacher mentors and school leaders, to learn proven strategies for setting up onboarding and mentoring systems that prioritize clarity and accountability, rooted in strong relationships. You’ll leave with practical tools that you can implement immediately in your school.
September 29, October 20, November 3
12-1:30 PT / 3-4:30 ET on zoom
As educators and administrators in schools, it can be challenging to discern what respectful cultural representation is. Questions about how to diversify and contextualize curriculum, about how to offer representation in school communities respectfully, without culturally appropriating, are many layered. This series of three sessions is an opportunity to ask questions and listen deeply to experienced educators who will share their knowledge, insight, and expertise. Build skill and confidence to apply new frameworks and practices around replacing the harm caused by cultural appropriation with the respect of cultural appreciation.
Sunday, October 27th, 2024
1-2:30pm PT on Zoom / 4-5:30pm ET
Join Randolph Carter, Joan Ingle, and Heather Scott as we explore multiple ways to assess and support students from a broad spectrum of cultural, racial, ethnic, linguistic, and other backgrounds. Using the lenses of inclusive assessment, diversity responsive pedagogy, and differentiated learning, we will provide guiding questions and practical tools to help teachers meet students where they are, scaffold learning, and recognize and communicate our limits. We will also discuss how to build collaborative partnerships with parents that are based on a shared framework and trust.
Past courses we have offered
Solidarity Series: Session 1
Healing and Hope across Differences: Uplifting Connection and Affirming Solidarity
REGISTRATION CLOSED.
Monday, December 11th, 2023 from 4-5pm PT / 7-8pm ET on Zoom
For current, former, and prospective clients only.
Join Aiyana Masla and Randolph Carter as they share personal stories and historical examples of connection and solidarity, uplifting our collective capacity to unite our struggles and work from the heart.
Aiyana will share about her ancestral Jewish values and the practice of Tikkun Olam (“repairing the world”) as they intersect with her identity as a White Ashkenazi Jew in the US. Reflecting on his experiences with activism and work in the Black Panther Party, Randolph Carter will share stories of solidarity and collaboration in healing and liberation work.
In this time when division and violence fill the news cycle, we hope to provide educators another picture of what can be possible when we choose to turn towards, rather than away. Participants will leave with concrete historical examples and stories of working together, adaptable for the classroom.
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We use a sliding scale price range so that we can cover costs for our course while also being more accessible for those who want to participate but need extra support in affording tuition.
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Yes! We’ve scheduled our Pedagogical Storytelling course and the Fulfilling Our Promise online course for individuals specifically so that they are on the same day, but do not overlap, in case people want to take both.
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Yes we do! If you are a returning student to any of our courses, contact us, and we will provide you with discount links and codes. If you are a school sending more than 3 people, we also offer a group discount.