Professional Development • Virtual

National Urban Alliance’s model with professional development includes High Operational Practices that begins with modeling with hands on use with the educators, and modeled in the classrooms with students. Below are video examples that include virtual teacher professional development sessions, and in classroom virtually demonstration with students while the teachers observe. Additionally NUA Mentors support with live classroom coaching as well as developing on-site Peer to Peer Coaching models.

NUA Structures:  The Pedagogical Flow Map

“It’s great to see the “flow” of a unit/concept etc. This will be super helpful for all our teachers as they go deeper teaching a unit/concept! Mediation will be key to a successful assessment.”
—one of the many participants in the multiple sessions

Aha is how this all fits together within the context of a unit. Many connections to our work with SEAL then extending that learning on how these same strategies are used for teaching, for learning and for assessment purposes.
Video is the 15 minute introduction. See the complete training at:
http://redwoodcity.nuatc.org/?p=119

Guests

NUA Board Member Linda Darling Hammond shares insights at a virtual session with the NUA partner Redwood City School District at an Equity Committee training facilitated by Senior Scholar Yvette Jackson.

In Class Collaboration Virtually

Fifth grade classrooms at Clifford School in the Redwood City School District. The virtual lesson explores subjective and objective with use of definitions; objects to consider; collaboration with students in pairs and whole class; interactive compare and contrast map (teacher modeling while students are doing individually and developing collaboratively) along with the frame of reference. Students and teachers were in the physical classroom with the mentor virtually part of via Zoom.

The collaboration with Redwood City School District has included regular classroom demonstrations with grades 2-5 and middle school. Often multiple whole classrooms are participating concurrently which supports an opportunity to observe and process HOPs together along with the students. 

Reflections on the Virtual Collaboration

Fourth and fifth grade team at Clifford School in the Redwood City School District (San Francisco Bay Area) share reflections with a district coach on their collaborative experiences with NUA virtually. The collaboration includes regular demonstration lessons in classrooms (both when students have been virtual and in-person), teacher professional development, staff meetings and with leadership including the school board.

Amplifying Student Voice 

What is the Student Voice at Roosevelt Elementary School, Redwood City, CA.
“…young people have more say… influence things… better ideas…it’s not just grownups who have ideas… working together with a goal… we want more students…. to stand up for themselves…”

Equity Committee Facilitated by Yvette Jackson

Multiple sessions with Redwood City School District Equity Committee that developed policy in a new mission statement for equity. The participants in the three + sessions included board members, community members, members of the school district community from all departments and mentors from NUA.

NUA Summer Institute 2021
Opening Remarks and Keynote

  • Stefanie C. Baker – NUA Senior Scholar and Moderator
  • Honoring Indigenous Land
  • Dr. Julie Sullivan • Welcome and Opening Remarks
  • Dr. Latanya Daniels • Keynote Introduction
  • Yvette Jackson • Keynote:  Emancipating Excellence

A CLEAR Conversation
NUA Summer Institute 2021

CLEAR Conversation: Education’s Impact on Race in Minnesota. A critical conversation with Rep. Carlos Mariani and Dr. Rev Hillstrom moderated by National Urban Alliance founder Dr. Eric Cooper.