Papers by Dawn Brooks-Decosta
Restoring the Village through Radical Self Care
BRILL eBooks, Feb 6, 2023
Current Issues in Comparative Education
In this paper, a Principal and two lead teachers describe the ways their school community has rei... more In this paper, a Principal and two lead teachers describe the ways their school community has reimagined the learning environment at their NYC urban, public, K-5 elementary school throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020 they were forced to immediately switch to fully remote learning, a platform they had never previously experienced. Since then, they have engaged in hybrid and now fully in person learning through a worldwide pandemic. The school community, whose focus before the pandemic was on social emotional learning and culturally responsive pedagogy, utilized those practices and the strong relationships between staff, students and families in order to persevere. The pandemic disporportionately impacted communities of color, like the one this school community is located in. Other inequalities such as food insecurity, job loss, sickness, financial strain and death impacted the community. Racial trauma and political unrest that was exacerbated during the pandemic also ...
BLACK PRINCIPAL PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LEADERSHIP IN... more BLACK PRINCIPAL PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LEADERSHIP IN URBAN SCHOOLS: THE ROLE OF BELIEFS, VALUES, AND LEADERSHIP PRACTICES
An Unwavering Commitment To Culturally Responsive Sustaining Education Social Emotional Learning
VUE (Voices in Urban Education)
Through an analysis of both SEL and CR-SE practices at an urban school and a social skill buildin... more Through an analysis of both SEL and CR-SE practices at an urban school and a social skill building afterschool program conducted through outside support staff, this paper demonstrates the process of providing social-emotional supports with a culturally responsive lens. The authors suggest, without a culturally responsive-sustaining lens, social and emotional supports can lack the trust and connection needed to meet students where they are while acknowledging their unique identities and cultures.
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Papers by Dawn Brooks-Decosta