Learn how to make every conversation an equity conversation.
This 1-day workshop provides you with:
- The essential knowledge to introduce the concept of equity to your team and coaching clients–the “what”
- The foundational skills to center equity in every coaching conversation–the “how”
- The space to practice building relationships as you talk about identity and equity–so that you can internalize the skills
Building off of Elena Aguilar’s books, Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching (2024) and Coaching for Equity (2020), you’ll receive additional tools and resources to help you make every conversation an equity conversation. This workshop builds skill and knowledge while also attending to the need to build resilience when coaching and leading for equity.
Coaches
Leaders
Educators
What You'll Learn
- How to plan for an equity-focused conversation
- How to strengthen relationships and increase a client's self-awareness in a coaching conversation
- What to say to compassionately and directly interrupt inequities
- New ways to build your resilience while deepening your commitment to creating equitable schools
How You’ll Spend Your Time
Self-Paced Prework
~2-4 hours
Your learning begins with a self-paced exploration of foundational knowledge and tools found in Coaching for Equity. You will also engage in curated readings from Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching. This foundational knowledge will set you up to maximize your workshop experience. The books are needed for the prework and live sessions.
Live Learning
2 LEARNING BLOCKS, 4 HOURS TOTAL
This workshop is a 1-day learning experience, with two 2-hour learning blocks with an hour break in between. You will come together with a Bright Morning facilitator in community to process your learning, explore your identity, build context for systems of oppression, and engage in small group discussion and coaching practice. Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) participants will have the option to join BIPOC affinity breakout groups.
This workshop is highly interactive, allowing you the ability to quickly build skills and synthesize learning through role-play practice, and discussion.
How You’ll Spend Your Time
How You’ll Spend Your Time
This training is offered as a 2-day in-person workshop and a virtual blended learning experience. Explore the differences and determine which best meets your needs by clicking on each option below.
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In-Person
Two-day In-Person Workshop
Virtual
Virtual Blended Learning Experience
In-Person
"It really gets at the heart of Transformational Coaching and the understanding of why all three—Behaviors, Beliefs, and Ways of Being—are so important to a teacher's practice."
"Conversations that center around equity can be difficult. After attending this workshop, I feel like I have the first steps to centering my coaching conversations in equity."
"As a brand new administrator and coach, no one can truly prepare you for what challenges you'll be faced with. After attending the Coaching for Equity workshop, I feel like I have the tools and support to take on some of those more challenging conversations in a way that is loving, supportive, and focused on doing what's right for students."
"I found A Taste of Coaching for Equity training to be valuable in providing me with more tools and resources to use in the work that I continue to do with educators. I appreciated the time to observe a conversation and then try it on in a small group break out room with others. The opportunity to collaborate with others was helpful in my continued growth as a coach. If you wanted to better understand how to improve your coaching through an equity lens where every child every day thrives and grows."
"I have facilitated professional development for over 15 years and this session focused me in a way others haven't before. I am able to be a more reflective facilitator because of what I learned here."
"One of the richest impacts has been the web of understanding that’s building around our district as four of the curricular leaders participate in this same membership AND as more and more of our staff members participate in other trainings (Art of Coaching Teams, Coaching for Equity and/or Taste of Coaching for Equity). Having a common frame of reference and range of experiences has changed my learning into a richer, deeper, more powerful community learning experience."
What Else You Need To Know
Requirements
Participants must have a copy of Coaching for Equity and Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching.
The books are needed for prework and must be purchased prior to the start of the workshop and are not included in the registration fee.
While not required, attending The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop before this training will make this a more impactful learning experience as we will leverage key coaching tools from that workshop during this learning experience.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Becoming a Bright Morning member is invaluable. The amount of learning and growth that can happen is really up to you. There are a multitude of practical resources, tools, concrete steps, and strategies—having a membership relieves the pressure, so you can go at your own pace. You can get bite-sized pieces of wisdom, or devour it all. I have been a member for two years and continue to learn and grow. The skills I've developed have had a ripple effect on the leaders and schools I work with. I plan to continue being a member for as long as I can!
Since becoming Bright Morning members, our district has adopted a culture of coaching. One of the most impactful and widespread practices has been the implementation of coaching role-play triads. Utilizing Elena’s various coaching toolkits has provided our leaders and coaches with the necessary language and framing to address real-life scenarios. We have been successfully implementing these strategies across all of our leadership and coaching PLCs.
I love having a Bright Morning membership because it gives me access to an incredible range of resources any time I need them. I have participated in many workshops that provide practical and immediately applicable tools. The membership also offers two different PLCs as safe spaces to think out loud with other school leaders, collaborate, and problem-solve together. As a first year coach at my school, I've especially appreciated the opportunity to meet one-on-one with Bright Morning coaches who have strengthened my practice. I'd absolutely recommend a Bright Morning membership for new or experienced school leaders, instructional coaches, or anyone serving in a leadership role.
From co-planning recurring meetings using the frameworks to utilizing the Buddy Pass to get my entire team on the same page, the impact of having a Bright Morning membership has been immediate and profound. The workshops are high-value, well-organized, and packed with 'day-of' utility. If you are looking to sharpen your leadership and align your team’s approach, this membership is an absolute must.
My favorite part of being a Bright Morning member is the access to the incredible resources associated with our membership. Bright Morning is already generous with the free tools they provide educators and, as a member, there’s even more access. Another favorite part of my membership is that the incredible trainers actually show us how to use the tools in Elena’s books for full impact. I’ve learned so much about myself and my work and have leveled up my skills as both a coach and trainer. This membership is the gift that keeps giving!
After becoming a Bright Morning member, I feel better equipped to coach emotions, and I recognize the importance of my presence in a coaching conversation. I appreciate having resources and tools from the Team Leader Learning Library, which has supported me to be more intentional in how I'm leading my team of coaches and mentors. My whole team having memberships has also been great because we've been using common language and working from new learning together. I recommend a Bright Morning Membership to coaches who want to enhance or refresh their skills and be more mindful and intentional in their coaching practices. It would also be helpful for a leader who wants to learn and be reminded of how to lead well, build trust, rebuild health within a team, and take their teamwork to the next level.
