Equity consciousness, takes place in schools transforming into Communities of Belonging where students of color can thrive and flourish with their peers. In such schools, teachers apply the High Operational Practices™ of the Pedagogy of Confidence® to manifest students’ innate potential for high intellectual performances and personal success. Join Yvette Jackson as she shares pedagogical strategies for cultivating Communities of Belonging explicitly designed to mediate:
- a sense of shared affiliation among students;
- affirmation of value of the innate potential of students by explicitly eliciting and guiding mindfulness, application of strengths, demonstration of high intellectual performances and development of self-determination;
- deep learning and investment by bridging to students’ cultural frames of reference for generating engagement, critical thinking and self-determination; and
- development of student agency through genuine participation in discourse, student-teacher collaboration and personal contribution.
