Changing Course: Reimagining Education for America's Students

Not Just Another Building

During an educators' meeting in Memphis, KeAsia Norman, a BIPOC educator and aspiring school leader said, “If a school isn’t actively engaged in the community, it’s just another building.” In this special live episode, host Jonathan Santos Silva is joined by a panel of innovative BIPOC educators and Teach For America alumni passionate about radically re-imagining the role of school within communities. Through their unique insights, we learn how to transform school buildings into vital community spaces that better reflect their students’ and staff’s needs. Changing Course is a podcast from Teach For America's One Day Studio.  Featured speakers include: * Tony Delarosa, Educator, Writer, and Thought Leader * Ebony Payne Brown, Founder and Executive Director at PEACE Academy Charter * Christopher Sandoval, Performing Arts Teacher & Department Head at Kipp Comienza Community Prep Each of these educators have been featured in One Day Studio’s video storytelling. To learn more about their work please check out the following resources: * Ebony Payne Brown: Starting an Afrocentric School like PEACE Academy Charter [https://www.teachforamerica.org/one-day/video/ebony-payne-brown-peace-academy-charter] * Tony DelaRosa: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Teaching AAPI Narratives [https://www.teachforamerica.org/one-day/video/aapi-educator-culturally-responsive-teaching-tony-delarosa]  * Christopher Sandoval:  When Spirits Dance: Exploring Identity Through Día de los Muertos Traditions [https://www.teachforamerica.org/one-day/video/teaching-identity-through-day-of-the-dead-traditions]

Investing in Education’s Future: Elevating BIPOC Educators (S2)

Host Jonathan Santos Silva speaks with Teach for America leaders about the importance of investing in BIPOC educators and the work TFA is doing to remove the barriers that keep them out of the classroom. Changing Course is a podcast from Teach For America's One Day Studio. Resources: * Teach For America [https://www.teachforamerica.org/] * Joining Teach For America [https://www.teachforamerica.org/join-us] * TFA’s Black Community Alliances [https://www.teachforamerica.org/black-community-alliances#:~:text=The%20Black%20Community%20Alliances%20cultivates,of%20color%2C%20in%20the%20classroom] * TFA’s Native Community Alliances [https://www.teachforamerica.org/native-alliance] * TFA’s AAPI Community Alliances [https://www.teachforamerica.org/asian-american-pacific-islander-alliances] * TFA’s Latinx Alliances [https://www.teachforamerica.org/latinx-alliances#resources---leadership-building] * TFA’s National Prism Alliances [https://www.teachforamerica.org/national-prism-alliances]

Investing in Native Leadership

In this special bonus episode, we hear from guest host Kayla Camacho, a 2014 Teach For America Dallas-Fort Worth alum, and leaders across Teach for America’s network who are innovating culturally relevant methods for recruiting and supporting Native educators to better serve Native students' success. Changing Course is a podcast from Teach For America's One Day Studio.  Resources: * TFA’s Native Community Alliances [https://www.teachforamerica.org/native-alliance] * National Indian Education Association [https://www.niea.org/] * Leading Educators through Alternative Pathways [https://cesleap.org/] (LEAP)

Nuestra Comunidad (Our Community): Elevating BIPOC Educators (S2)

Host Jonathan Santos Silva speaks with Amanda Fernandez, CEO and Founder of Latinos for Education (L4E) in Boston, MA, and Jay Alvarez, a high school educator in Houston, TX, and participant in L4E’s Latinx Teachers’ Fellowship, about the impact of increasing opportunities for Latinx educators. As the first Latinx-founded and led nonprofit dedicated to creating leadership pathways for emerging Latinx leaders, Latinos for Education is committed to building an ecosystem of Latinx advocates by infusing Latinx talent into positions of influence. By developing, placing, and connecting essential Latinx leaders in the education sector, L4E strives to break down barriers to educational opportunities for the next generation of Latinx students. Changing Course is a podcast from Teach For America's One Day Studio. Resources: * Latinos for Education [https://www.latinosforeducation.org/] * TFA’s Latinx Alliances [https://www.teachforamerica.org/latinx-alliances#resources---leadership-building]

Healed Teachers Heal Students: Elevating BIPOC Educators (S2)

Host Jonathan Santos Silva speaks with Dr. Wenimo Okoya, Founder of Healing Schools Project. Based in Newark, New Jersey, the non-profit intentionally centers the experience of BIPOC educators, believing that when interventions are built around those furthest away from systemic privilege, educators and students of all backgrounds benefit. Healed teachers heal students.  Healing Schools Project helps educators from around the country collectively address toxic school cultures that cause burnout and steer them out of the classroom. By creating school cultures that value community care over self-care, Healing Schools Project helps teachers and students thrive by build healthy and sustainable school environments.  Changing Course is a podcast from Teach For America's One Day Studio.