Do you want to address equity issues at your school or in your learning services program, but find it difficult to dedicate time and find resources that help you find helpful solutions that are sustainable?
Do you feel like you are in a silo and wish you had a community of peers to support you and find solutions that will work in your program?
As a learning specialist of color, Alyson draws upon her extensive expertise as a credentialed researcher, equity facilitator, and practitioner in special education to create transformative sessions that celebrate diverse identities and drive action for equity focused change.
Say goodbye to "choice overload" as Alyson curates the finest articles and resources, ensuring you access the best and highest quality content hassle-free. You’ll deepen your learning through Alyson’s dynamic, thoughtfully designed sessions that are the antidote to the mundane "one-size-fits-all" approach of typical professional development in the field.
Join Alyson's workshops to break free from learning in isolation and instead become an active member of a thriving learning community. Here, your professional growth will be thoughtfully cultivated through collaboration, collective knowledge-sharing, and the support of like-minded peers, making your learning journey truly transformative.
Access a curated set of resources (e.g. articles, frameworks, etc), handpicked to enrich your learning experience both during and beyond our workshop series.
Specially designed to stimulate reflection, strengthen your self-awareness, and boost your critical thinking skills.
Connect with like-minded peers in a supportive community, where you will share insights, brainstorm solutions, and learn collaboratively.
To balance the long term work that is associated with developing your equity practices, we will “crowdsource” easy to use tools, tips, “hacks”, and strategies fellow learning specialists are using to make their day-to-day work easier.
Participate in tailored learning exercises carefully designed to resonate with your experiences and learning preferences.
✅ You're a learning specialist or educator who works with students with learning challenges/disabilities in a school.
✅ You're a learning specialist or educator committed to advancing equity and are interested in reflecting critically on your practice and processes.
✅ You're dedicated to reflecting honestly and grappling with sometimes difficult topics when doing the work to advance equity in schools.
❌ You're seeking shallow quick fixes, lecture style presentations, or boiler plate checklists. This series is for thought leaders and change agents who want to move beyond the basics.
DR ALYSON KANESHIRO
Alyson Kaneshiro, Ed.D, is the founder of Learning Specialist LLC and a learning specialist in Oakland, California.
With a varied background in education that spans 20 years, Alyson is passionate about designing equitable student support systems that center relationships and compassionate care.
She loves learning about the newest tech tools and gets excited about ways technology can bring creativity and innovation to her practice.
Beyond her work in schools and academia, she finds joy in practicing yoga, surfing Pacific waves on outrigger canoes, and embarking on pizza adventures in search of the “perfect” slice.
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