Review\n"Belonging and Inclusion in Identity Safe Schools: A Guide for Educational Leaders is a timely and important book. For several years, the nation′s schools have been asked to focus their energies on raising student achievement. However, too often educators have ignored the need to honor, support and affirm the identities of the students they serve. For educators who serve children of color, particularly Black, Native American and Latinx children who are often subject to overt and covert forms of forced assimilation, this book will be an invaluable resource on how to create learning opportunities that make it possible for such children to thrive." -- Pedro A. Noguera Published On: 2021-03-31\n"Bravo to authors Cohn-Vargas, Gogolewski, Creer Kahn, and Epstein for their ground-breaking book on Identify Safe Schools for administrators, teachers, and staff leaders! They provide much-needed evidence for educators to elevate and even inspire the equity, empowerment, and academic growth needed to wholly support all children to flourish in school and their lives." -- Debbie Zacarian, Ed.D., Founder Published On: 2021-03-31\n"Based on a robust foundation of researched evidence and theory, and embracing ‘targeted universalism’, Belonging and Inclusion in Identity Safe Schools offers specific strategies for achieving systemic equity in schooling. The emphasis is on disrupting racism, but the integrative approach supports identity safety and enhanced belonging for a range of diverse student identities, and incorporates trauma-informed practices. Pathways toward transformative change are clearly set out for school leaders, teachers, families, and the community, across planning and assessment, and within school-wide systems. A unique blueprint for joyfully celebrating social identities as an asset rather than a barrier, equitably valuing all identities, and for affording voice and influence to diverse members of the school communities is presented. Importantly, the organic nature of identity is respected and the capacity of school leaders in creating identity safe spaces where ongoing conversation between and understanding of richly diverse identities can be fostered is foregrounded. In this powerful work, the authors urge us to face up to the uncomfortable truth that schools may not always be identity safe spaces and offer great hope for a positive and practical way forward." -- Penelope Watson, Ph.D., Researcher and Senior Lecturer Published On: 2021-09-09\nBelonging and Inclusion in Identity Safe Schools: A Guide for Educational Leaders is an extraordinary book that should be read by teachers of all grade levels throughout the United States and beyond. Time is long overdue for this book that explains many of the inequalities in all areas of our institutions, from education to housing to incarceration…. The authors make clear how investment in a more inclusive society results in benefits for all people. I commend the authors! -- Joan Korenbilt Published On: 2021-09-09\nI applaud the authors’ focus on identity safety in the school community. Their approach celebrates and embraces unity in diversity. The identity safe approach goes beyond creating a physically safe school to addressing an emotionally safe school community. In an identity safe school, students embrace being themselves and can truly belong as unique individuals rather than try to fit into a stereotypical mold. The book′s examples clarify what is unconscious "othering" and color blind behavior versus identity safe practices. This book is for everyone in the school community who cares enough to take action to influence a school′s culture both in and outside of the classroom.\nThe book′s formatting is so user-friendly. The format allows the school educator/ leader to go directly to the area their school wants to focus on for improvement. After reading Chapter One, which presents their approach and philosophy, the reader has the tools needed to use this book to focus on spe

Belonging and Inclusion in Identity Safe Schools: A Guide for Educational Leaders

Education & Teaching

Cohn-Vargas, Becki

Epstein, Amy

Gogolewski, Kathe

Kahn, Alexandrea Creer

Schools & Teaching

Corwin

Welcome to Identity Safe Classrooms! In identity safe classrooms, students facing negative stereotypes or viewed as different are "seen," accepted, and valued for who and what they are. Their identity is embraced as an asset not a barrier for school success. Identity safety is a research-based set of practices that counter the harmful effects of stereotype threat and allow our students to reach their full capacity for learning, foster positive relationships, and better appreciate the full spectrum of human differences.&nbsp;&nbsp; The second of a two-volume set, Identity Safe Classrooms, Grades 6-12, is a call for educators to come together and realize a vision of schools as transformative places of opportunity and equity for all students. Inside you'll find: <ul> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Design principles for promoting belonging and a welcoming classroom environment</li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Compelling evidence from identity safety research on ways to mitigate stereotype threat along with counter-narratives that challenge societal biases about gender, race, and other differences</li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Pragmatic strategies for student-centered teaching, including trauma-informed practices, that hold high expectations and validate each student's background as a resource for learning</li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Vignettes with concrete examples and try-it-out activities and prompts for self-reflection</li> </ul> Devour Identity Safe Classrooms,adopt its practices, and soon enough you'll inspire in all of your students a greater sense of empathy and agency in their educational experiences. "Dr. Becki Cohn-Vargas along with&nbsp;Alexandrea Creer Kahn and Amy Epstein&nbsp;show us the intersections between adolescent identity development, racial identity development, and social-emotional development so we know how to use the diversity in classrooms as our strength." --Zaretta Hammond, Author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain "Identity Safe Classrooms&nbsp;should be in the hands of every educator who walks into a school. It&#8242;s clear and accessible, grounded in research, thought-provoking and engaging, and actionable, and fills a crucial gap in our resources for creating just and liberated schools." --Elena Aguilar, Author of The Art of Coaching "The authors have done an excellent job showing how an identity safe classroom integrates the growth mindset in a secondary school. When students feel accepted and valued, when they feel safe learning from mistakes and encouraged to continually grow as learners, they can reach their highest potential." --Carol Dweck, Stanford University

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