Dr. Centáe Richards

An Afro-Caribbean epistemologist by trade with almost 20 years of experience, Dr. Richards has invited students and communities to probe deeper and tackle some of the most challenging issues in the education and the public sphere. Centáe Richards, Ph.D. is a dynamic public speaker and professional development facilitator in the fields of sociology and education for the benefit of social justice, agency, and personal growth for students in underserved and underprivileged factions of society. His current lines of work revolve around ethnographic representations of inner-city youth identities and their roles in the education system. His research agenda strives to understand how culturally responsive pedagogy can help play a role in the cognitive and social development of urban youth. Dr. Richards is currently exploring the collaborative manners in which adolescents use their ethnic and cultural identities in educational settings to create spaces of agency and alternative forms of learning that can inform and guide more traditional forms of curriculum in the classroom and beyond.

Navigating Equitable Best Practices as a School Administrator

In this politically fraught season, Dr. Centáe Richards invites prospective, potential, and in-service school administrators to explore opportunities where equitable best practices can still be leveraged and utilized for the benefit of academic achievement and social-emotional well-being. This session focuses on the role of the administrator to create and their inherent responsibility to manage thriving and responsive learning communities for the benefit of constituents. The session also takes into consideration research and includes space to discuss the application of current best practices that have proven effective in mitigating some social-emotional barriers to achievement in areas such as faculty and administrator diversification, parent involvement, the leveraging of title funding, policy, wrap-around services, and student engagement that bolster welcoming school environments for everyone. After reviewing research and best practices, the session will move towards gap analysis and envisioning to identify areas of improvement and problem-solve potential barriers toward socially conscious and responsive academic achievement.

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