The AntiRacist Table was created in response to the Racial Reckoning in America, as a way to bring AntiRacism into daily life as a daily practice. What awaits you is allyship, abolitionism, co-conspiratorship, and the dismantling of racism in yourself, your family, your community, your school, and your workplace.  Welcome to our table. Changemakers and forces for good unite! This topic has been divided into two courses. Through participation in both courses, you will: 

• cultivate mindfulness and daily practices centered around equality, justice, and humanity 

• integrate the AntiRacist Table Core Principles into your life to face and get past fear, anger, and blame and to develop empathy

• aspire to be an AntiRacist - a lifelong pursuit that starts and ends with you, requiring intentional daily practice 

 After successfully completing the first course in this series you will automatically be enrolled in part two.

The most critical aspect of Tier 1 is examination and evaluation of instruction during the phases of designing, planning, implementing and assessing as it pertains to student learning. In this foundational course, participants will examine the power of teacher self-reflection in the planning, design and implementation of instruction at Tier 1. This is important for all students and especially multilingual learners. Critical aspects of instructional design, such as data collection and use of evidence-based instructional delivery practices and how they apply to language learners, are discussed. Special considerations for multilingual learners at the intersection of language and learning are also explored. Participants will:

• Reflect on and assess instruction and assessment;
• Learn to collect and analyze student background and family data;
• Consider the distinction between language and learning; and
• Understand the importance of scaffolds in instructional lesson planning.

This course is Part 1 of a two-part series and is designed to establish foundational understanding before moving into Part 2, where participants will learn specific evidence-based strategies for instructional design with special considerations for multilingual learners. Upon completion of all Part 1 course requirements, participants will receive an enrollment key which will allow access to the Part 2 course (Purposeful Instructional Design at Tier 1--Part 2 Advanced).

In this course you will learn the basics about neurodiversity, how it can present in the educational setting, how to support neurodiverse students and lastly, how to effectively engage families of neurodiverse students. This course will not be the entirety of what you will need to know to effectively engage with all neurodiverse students but will serve as a source of foundational knowledge and will provide plenty of opportunity to expand your knowledge.  Thank you for your engagement on behalf of all of our neurodiverse students. 

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will:

• be able to define neurodiversity and understand how neurodiversity can be an asset to our learning communities.
• be able to identify the different categories of neurodiversity and what this might mean for students with these diagnoses. 
• be able to define executive functioning skills and how lagging skills in these areas can impact a student's academics and behavior.
• be able to identify evidence based and high leverage practices to best support neurodiverse students.
• be able to access additional information to further support students parents and guardians.