Streaming Session
Recorded SessionSession Outline:
0–10 minutes: Welcome, grounding activity, community agreements.
10–25 minutes: Identity-mapping and digital Padlet reflection.
25–45 minutes: Case studies from urban, suburban, and rural schools using a digital gallery walk format.
45–60 minutes: Brave Planning Protocol with collaborative group design using Jamboard or Miro.
60–75 minutes: Tech spotlight: exploring ed tech tools and AI applications (e.g., bias audits, inclusive curriculum design tools using an AI agent or gpt).
75–90 minutes: Share-out, Q&A, and commitment circles using a digital pledge board.
Engagement Strategies:
Participants will engage through peer feedback, collaborative ed tech design tools, identity-based reflection, and real-world case study analysis. Digital polling, collaborative whiteboards, and reflection apps will be used throughout.
Research/Theory:
Minority Stress Theory (Meyer, 2003)
GLSEN National School Climate Survey
Culturally Responsive Teaching (Gay, Ladson-Billings)
CASEL SEL Framework
Participants will be able to:
Analyze their current school climate through an identity-aware equity lens.
Design two practices or policies that affirm LGBTQIA2S+ students.
Apply affirming rituals or protocols to foster inclusive daily experiences.
“When Safety Isn’t Guaranteed: Why We Must Build & Protect Brave Queer & Trans Spaces Now” (Belonging Blueprint blog, CCM Education Group)
This article explores emotional and physical safety for queer and trans students, and offers practices to shift school climate.
CCM Education Group
“When Women Lead Boldly: How System Disruption Becomes an Act of Love” (Belonging Blueprint blog)
Emphasizes how leaders can disrupt norms with care and equity, useful for framing the leadership component of this session.
CCM Education Group
“I’m Taking the Cape Off and Wrapping It Around Myself: Radical Self-Love and Hope” (Belonging Blueprint blog)
Models the integral link between self-care, identity, and leadership — relevant to presenters and participants leading in emotionally charged spaces.
CCM Education Group
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Educational Leadership Magazine / ASCD
ASCD’s Educational Leadership frequently publishes articles on inclusive pedagogy, equity in practice, and safe school cultures. (E.g., search “LGBTQ+ inclusion in schools” in their archives.)
Example: “Creating Safe and Welcoming Schools for LGBTQ Students” (EL, 2023) — practical strategies for school leaders to foster belonging.
Brave Voices in Education – “Beautiful. Brave. Queer.” (Pride Month Special Episode)
This episode centers youth voices, queer joy, identity narrative, and how schools can respond affirmatively. It provides live testimony from students and is grounded in lived experience.
Apple Podcasts
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LinkedIn
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Brave Voices in Education – “Representation Is a Non-Negotiable”
Craig Aarons-Martin’s personal and leadership reflections on curriculum, identity, and representation in schools. Useful for framing decisions leaders can make about curricular inclusion.
Apple Podcasts
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Erasure, Resistance & Queer Youth Well‑Being (peer‑reviewed research, e.g. GLSEN’s National School Climate Survey)
The GLSEN survey and related national research document how affirming environments reduce victimization and improve academic outcomes and well-being for LGBTQ youth.
Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice by Geneva Gay
The classic foundational text supports the theoretical frame for identity-affirming pedagogy and inclusive practices referenced in the session.
Minority Stress Theory (Meyer, 2003)
This theoretical framework helps explain how stigma, discrimination, and invisibility impact identity and mental health — vital to the “why” behind creating brave spaces.
CASEL’s Social & Emotional Learning Framework and Equity Resources
CASEL provides practical guidance on integrating SEL with equity, identity, and safety, which complements ritual building and belonging strategies in the session.
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