National Center for Systemic Improvement

Helping states transform systems to improve outcomes for infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities

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NCSI continues the New Thought Leader Conversation (TLC) Series

Pursuing Equity for Black Students in K12 Education:  Exploring the Intersection of Race and Disability Thought Leader Conversation (TLC) Series

Stakeholder and Family Engagement Session

February 16, 2021, 3:30–5:00pm ET

Register Here:  https://wested.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uzCsgkZ6RnuNkPWowT9JPQ

NCSI TLC: A Session on Stakeholder and Family Engagement: Creating Meaningful Opportunities for Authentic Student, Family, and Stakeholder Voice

The purpose of this session is to examine ways to engage and partner with students, families, and communities impacted by racial inequities to identify problems and to create and implement systemic solutions to ensure equitable learning conditions and outcomes for Black students with disabilities or who may be identified as needing special education services.

What is the TLC Series?

  • This is a free virtual series of engaging conversations with experts, focusing on questions related to the intersection of race and disability in special education and in education more broadly, to explore ways that systems can actively improve conditions and outcomes for Black students.
  • Conversations are organized around NCSI’s four priority systems foundations: data literacy, stakeholder and family engagement, research-informed practice, and systems coherence.

Who Should Attend:

The series is aimed at SEA staff (within special education and beyond). NCSI also welcomes all interested stakeholders, including other state agency staff, representatives of parent and family organizations, LEA staff, state-level or national technical assistance or professional development providers, representatives from institutions of higher education, and other education stakeholders.

When Will this TLC Series Take Place?