Partners in the collective work of transformational change
Together, we’ll develop a vision and build capacity for justice-centered schools where all students thrive.
What we do
At Red Clay Educators Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul leads the collective work of radically reimagining schools for the purpose of cultivating equitable, humanizing educational spaces.
Echoed across the research is that all students thrive when educational practices become stances where equity is the sturdy foundation from which all work emerges. Red Clay Educators is dedicated to supporting schools, districts, and educational organizations to build capacity in order to realize transformational change.
When you partner with Red Clay Educators you can expect professional development that is responsive to your specific needs. Our work together will be guided by three core principles.
Working in community with one another, we’ll develop a collective consciousness about injustices, past and present, that profoundly influence our lives and the lives of students. Together, we’ll acquire and apply the skills that help us learn and unlearn instructional practices and stances in order to achieve liberatory educational outcomes.
A commitment to equity is a commitment to action. We’ll identify the barriers working to prevent personal, interpersonal, and systemic change in your context. Together, we’ll work with intentionality to implement actionable steps for removing these limitations.
Essential to advancing the work of equity is our ability to see beyond the limitations of the present, to imagine how things can be different, and to hold ourselves accountable to the work. Together, we’ll engage in an iterative process of evaluating our actions for ways they lead to real, substantive change and determine next steps.
Who we are
As founder of Red Clay Educators, Sonja leads professional development for classroom teachers, coaches, and administrators and guides the development of culturally responsive and antiracist teaching and curriculum. She supports educators in developing the capacity and will to continually examine themselves and to critically inquire into their own practices.
As a former classroom teacher with more than 20-years of experience, a scholar in the work of equity, culturally relevant teaching, and antiracism, and a curriculum developer and author, Sonja brings a confluence of expertise to support administrators, teachers, students, and communities. Red Clay Educators is an essential partner in helping schools and organizers advance the work of equity.
See more at sonjacherrypaul.com
Let’s work together
● Grade Level Work
Meeting with grade level educators are opportunities to further understandings about culturally relevant and sustaining pedagogies and how to operationalize them in instruction.
● Equity Team Meetings
Whether working with a school’s established equity team or guiding a school in developing one, we’ll spotlight the ways the team can work to forge systemic changes that increase equity.
● Classroom Coaching
Individual classroom coaching will support teachers as they implement culturally relevant and sustaining teaching as a stance and lead discussions about identity, race, racism, and issues related to equity with students.
● Action Plan Development
The action plan we develop will be a working, fluid document that allows educators to identify short- and long-term goals and hold each other accountable for making substantive change.
● Leadership Meetings
During these meetings we’ll discuss key steps toward equity and antiracist teaching.
● Parent / Caregiver Community Meetings
Families must be included in the work of equity. We’ll work to make communication and development of goals fluid and inclusive.
Learn more about how we can work together.
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