District 97 to Host Three Additional Parent University Sessions in April 2021

Parent University - April 10, 17 and 24District 97 will host three new Virtual Parent University sessions in April to help families learn strategies for collaborating with school administrators, teachers and staff to support equity and student success.

The sessions will be facilitated by Reesheda Graham Washington, principal consultant of RGW Consulting and CEO of L!VE 2.0.

The events will be held April 10, April 17 and April 24. Descriptions of each session and sign-up links are included below.

“Coalition Building for Elementary School Student Success” (Elementary School) - Saturday, April 10, 10 a.m. to noon

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER: April 10 Parent University

This two-hour, Zoom-based workshop is designed to foster strategies for collaboration between parents, teachers, and administrators to work together in the development of community and a school culture and climate that fosters cohesion, collaboration, and equity for all students and their families. With an emphasis on contextualized learning, developing a common and shared language, effective allyship for students and culturally-responsive teaching, this session will make space for examining how we currently collaborate for student success and how we can maximize the efforts, even as we transition out of remote learning environments.

This session will be a bit different from the middle school workshop, to occur the following week, April 17, to ensure that parents who have both elementary and middle school students—and wish to attend both sessions—will receive new content, should parents choose to attend both workshops.

“Coalition Building for Middle School Student Success” (Middle School) - Saturday, April 17, 10 a.m. to noon

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER: April 17 Parent University

This two-hour, Zoom-based workshop is designed to foster strategies for collaboration between parents, teachers, and administrators to work together in the development of community and a school culture and climate that fosters cohesion, collaboration, and equity for all students and their families. With an emphasis on contextualized learning, bullying and the weaponization of language, victim/oppressor training, and culturally-responsive teaching, this session will make space for examining how we currently collaborate for student success, and how we can maximize the efforts, even as we transition out of remote learning environments.

“Equity and Education: How, Where, and Why Their Intersections Matter for Students and Families” (Elementary and Middle School) - Saturday, April 24, 10 a.m. to noon

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER: April 24 Parent University

This two-hour, Zoom-based workshop will unpack the significance of whiteness as a social construct, as well as articulate its impact on students’ success in school and beyond. Additionally, this workshop will explore the intersections of identity and learning, and the value in cultural intersectionality in teaching and learning. There will be time set aside in this session to respond to the expressed felt needs of parents who wish to acquire strategies for developing cultural agility in their students.