SInce Most racial equity initiativeS…

  • start when there is an observable or legal crisis in an institution or larger society

  • follow predictable intervention patterns

  • inadvertently create organizational tension and vague expectations

  • reveal true levels of organizational doubt & trust

  • often stall and unintentionally cause harm

  • leave an impact, positive or negative, at the personal & professional level

  • require sustained visioning, investment, and resources

    …Then use P.R.E.P© to get team members aligned and ‘on the same page’ BEFORE launching AN equity initiative.

    P.R.E.P©^ is part of The Gibson Method uses emergent facilitation to help teams:

    * recognize what is “On the Table & Off the Table©” in your equity initiative


    * “Respond With Clarity Instead of React in Panic©” when an incident occurs 


    * realize How the “Hero-Victim-Villian Cycle” keeps teams from making real change.

    ^Prior to the Equity Plan

how we Evolve…

real world circumstances and demands for accuracy mean
we TEach Truths.

Q: What do you teach?

  • Calculus?

  • Fifth grade?

  • Theatre & Technology?

  • French?

  • Special Ed?

A: “All educators teach culture well before they teach any content.”

Because educators and schools teach culture right alongside content, it is vital school leaders act with pedagogical integrity.

Re-calibrating curriculum to meet ever changing demands invites school stakeholders to reconsider commitments and shift even in the face of resistance.

Pedagogical responsibility amplifies the importance of trust, courage, and inter-generational commitments. Period! Allow Transform the Collective, LLC to support you and your district through this important moment.

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Thought Partnership for Ethical Pedagogy

Adding and removing course content is an immediate action designed to change curricula. And that starting point is an invitation toward exploring more complex realities about the expectations of school, how school shapes thinking, and how educators work within a system of constantly shifting demands.

Click the link below to read Carol Black’s essay The Wildness of Children. This essay serves as one of the anchoring texts TTC uses to help school stakeholders as they journey to a more evolved curricula.