Current Course Schedule

Anti-Racism for White Educators – A Three-Part Online Series

This three-part series is designed specifically for white educators committed to deepening their anti-racist practice. Through a progression from historical understanding to personal awareness and, ultimately, accountable action, participants will engage in meaningful reflection and collective learning.

Together, we will:

  • Build a supportive community rooted in shared purpose and mutual accountability
  • Examine the historical construction of whiteness and its role in shaping dominant cultural norms
  • Explore the characteristics of white dominant culture and reflect on how we unconsciously embody them
  • Investigate privileges and oppressed identities, with attention to the intersectionality of our multiple identities
  • Develop greater awareness of how bias and racism manifest within ourselves and our institutions
  • Practice tools and strategies for interrupting and addressing racism in real time
  • Commit to holding ourselves and one another accountable as we move forward in our anti-racist journeys.

Participants are expected to attend all three sessions to ensure continuity and depth of engagement.

  • Course Number
    TEWS891N
  • Focus On
    Across Ages
  • Category
    Career Development

Sections

Spring 2026

  • Section 1:
    Date(s)
    03/10-05/12/26 T7-830PM
    Day and Time
    Registration Deadline
    Mar 3, 2026
    Register
    • Kelly Bird
      Kelly Bird
      Dr. Kelly Bird is the Director of the Beginning School at Renbrook School in West Hartford, CT. In addition, she serves on the faculty of ISM and teaches a continuing education course at Bank Street College of Education in NYC called "Creating Classrooms that Embrace Difference". Previously, she served as a Coach for Teaching Apprentices in the Urban Teaching Apprenticeship Program at UPenn. She has also worked as a teacher (Packer Collegiate, Little Red School House, the Town School, NYC), Director of Enrollment and Financial Aid  (The Hewitt School, NYC), and Division Director (Friends’ Central School, PA). While working at Friends’ Central, Bird founded their innovative “Light Lab” a 2600 sq ft building that housed a comprehensive maker program and placed children at the center of their learning. She also has extensive experience facilitating diversity and inclusion conversations, reflecting her belief that children thrive in an environment in which they feel they belong. This fall she graduated from UPenn's Graduate School of Education with her EdD in Educational Leadership. Her dissertation focused on teachers' perception of choice and participation in maker education in independent schools. Bird earned a MSEd from Bank Street College of Education in elementary education and a BA in psychology/sociology from Wesleyan University. She is the President of Making Space, LLC and consults with schools on creating more equitable and interdisciplinary learning environments that promote student choice and participation.