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November 2019
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Cultural Competency Training Facilitators The Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board has worked with several experts and organizations to design cultural competency trainings for license renewal. The trainings are designed specifically to meet the cultural competency training requirements (Minn. Rule 8710.0310, Subpart 1(D)) to renew a tiered teaching license.
The facilitators below have been trained in the PELSB cultural competency training model and can work directly with districts, charter schools, and other organizations to provide trainings.
Additionally, these facilitators are available to provide consultation services to districts and schools interested in developing internal trainings for their teachers and other staff.
Please note: Districts, schools, and teachers are not required to contract with these facilitators for cultural competency training. Rather, these facilitators are trained in PELSB’s cultural competency training model and can provide services to help teachers meet renewal requirements.
When contacting facilitators, please keep in mind:
• The PELSB model uses two facilitators to deliver an 8-hour, which can be split into two 4-hour sessions. • The PELSB model operates best when the sessions are limited to 40 participants. • The PELSB model includes an electronic copy of the workbook designed by PELSB trainers.
Schools/districts may work with trainers to have the workbook printed. Additionally, attendees will need to purchase a book of specific case studies.
• PELSB estimates the cost of a full training to be $5,000. Facilitators may request and negotiate for additional fees for training supplies and travel.
Districts, charter schools, and other organizations can use the contact information on the following pages to work with facilitators directly to set up trainings.
If you have questions about PELSB-approved trainings, please contact Yelena Bailey at [email protected].
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PELSB-Trained Cultural Competency Facilitators
Lanise Block
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Dr. Lanise Block is the Founder & Executive Director of the Digital Empowerment Academy and Founding Principal for Sankore Consulting.
Dr. Block has varied experience in the education sector. She has worked as a: Social Studies teacher, Program Coordinator, Content Lead K-12: Social Studies, Technology Integration Specialist and Strategic Project Administrator with Minneapolis Public Schools.
In addition, Dr. Block is an adjunct professor in the School of Education for the University of St. Thomas, Hamline University Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching and Metropolitan State University School of Urban Education
Dr. Block holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from Drake University. Additionally, she holds a Master’s degree in Teaching, two graduate certificates one in E-Learning and another in Learning Technologies and a Doctorate degree in Critical Pedagogy from the University of St. Thomas.
Dr. Block has specialized training and certification the following areas:
• Systematic Innovation Training Specialist
• Certified Scrum Master
• Culture & Inclusion Manager
• Project Management Certificate
• Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certificate
• Qualified Administrator, Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)
• IPad® Prepared Certification
• Apple Teacher
• Design Thinking
Dr. Block has publications of her technology integration research and has presented at conferences nationally. Her research interests include digital divide, advocacy and inclusion. LinkedIn Profile
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Seena Hodges
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Seena Hodges is a connector with a passion for equity, intersectional feminism, and access to brave spaces for all. She is the Founder + CEO of The Woke Coach™ and partners with clients to facilitate conversations and complete projects that live at the intersection of equity, diversity, inclusion, education, and empowerment.
The mission of The Woke Coach™ is to help individuals deepen their analysis and develop an understanding around issues of racism, bias and injustice in order to help them become the best, most understanding, empathetic version of themselves.
Seena is a trained equity, diversity and inclusion facilitator and a certified administrator of Clifton Strengths (StrengthsFinder) and the Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI)—the premier cross-cultural assessment of intercultural competence.
Robert Jon Peterson
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Leiataua Dr. Robert Jon Peterson is co-owner, founder, and President of TE2: Education and Engineering Consulting, LLC. Dr. Peterson’s 20 years of educational experience as a Teacher, Coach, Principal, and Administrator in Minnesota informs his professional practice. Dr. Peterson is also a MN licensed Superintendent, Principal, and Teacher and offers a distinct set of knowledge and skills to his clients which include schools, districts, and non-profit organizations. Lastly, Dr. Peterson is a published author, recording artist, and lecturer at the University of Minnesota and uses those experiences to inform how to best meet his client’s needs.
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Seema Pothini
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Seema is the co-author of the book which is used in the PELSB trainings titled, Case Studies for Equity and Social Justice Education (with Paul Gorski). Her passion for creating equitable classrooms, schools, and learning environments drives her commitment as an advocate for underserved youth and families. Seema's extensive experience includes classroom teacher, cultural integration specialist, adjunct professor, and equity consultant. She has worked with schools, non-profits, businesses, and government agencies locally and nationally to assist them with recognizing and responding to subtle and institutional ways in which access and opportunity are distributed inequitably across race, class, gender
identity, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, language, and other factors, and also sustaining these efforts. Seema has also served as president on the board of directors for Avenues for Homeless Youth and is currently president of the Minnesota chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education.
Shakira Onwuachi
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Shakira, the Founder & Principal Creative Mastermind of Kuumba Collective, is a youth work professional & advocate with years of experience ensuring equitable access for & engagement of youth, families, and the community; promoting organizational change; and designing & implementing training programs. She has specializations in Community-Based Systems Dynamics; Design Thinking; and Youth Intervention.
She earned a master's degree in Social Work with a concentration in Children, Program & Community Development with a specialization in Management & Social Entrepreneurship from the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis; and her
bachelor's degree in Psychology and Sociology from the University of St. Thomas.
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Regina Seabrook
Email address: [email protected] Region: Rochester area; Twin Cities Metro
Regina Seabrook is the Program Manager for Professional Development at Equity Alliance MN. She plans, coordinates and provides educational equity focused professional and organizational learning in collaborative partnership with school leaders and for a network of schools and districts focused on improved educational outcomes for all students. Ms. Seabrook is a 20 year veteran educator with background experience in Advanced Placement, AVID, culturally responsive teaching, curriculum and instruction, after-school program development, Response-to-Intervention systems management, and community partnership development. She was a finalist for 2010 Minnesota Teacher of the Year and
an adjunct instructor for St. Mary's University where she taught Social Studies Methods and Human Relations. She earned Bachelor Degrees in Sociology from Hamline University and Social Studies Education from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, a Master’s Degree in Education from Hamline University, and her principal and superintendent credentials from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota.
Rebecca Slaby
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Rebecca Slaby leads AMAZEworks in working with schools, communities, and organizations to create equity and belonging for all. She gives workshops on Anti-Bias Education with a focus on cultural responsiveness, bias, identity, and stereotype threat and co-authored two AMAZEworks curriculums.
With a MEd from DePaul University, she has 15 years of experience teaching middle school humanities/social studies and has worked with schools on issues of equity, inclusion, and justice on institutional, state, and regional levels. She has presented at the Overcoming Racism, MEA, NAEYC, MnAEYC, and SPPS Equity Summit conferences and teaches a course
on equity-based pedagogy at the University of Minnesota.
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Paul Spies
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Paul Spies, Ph.D. is a professor of urban education at Metropolitan State University where he’s worked with colleagues since 2001 to develop the most racially and ethnically diverse teacher education unit in the state with a majority of students and staff being of color. He has served several years as co-chair of Metro State’s Anti-Racism Leadership Team. He was a social studies teacher in urban and diverse suburban high schools in Illinois and Wisconsin after student teaching in the southern African country of Lesotho. He is co-founder of the Coalition to Increase Teachers of Color and American Indian Teachers in Minnesota.
Macarre Traynham
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Macarre Traynham is an educational equity consultant addressing topics and issues surrounding education, cultural competency, racial equity, diversity and inclusion, and organizational leadership. Macarre has served as a high school math teacher in Southern California, a Vice Principal and Principal in Portland, Oregon, and as the Executive Director for Teaching and Learning for Minneapolis Public Schools. She has presented at multiple national and regional conferences about racial equity and education.
Macarre graduated from Norfolk State University with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics. She has a Master’s degree in Educational Administration from California
State University, San Bernardino, and she is currently completing her Doctorate in Education at Lewis and Clark College. Macarre has an essay published in Glenn Singleton’s book, More Courageous Conversations about Race: A Field Guide to Equity in Schools.
Dr. Naomi Taylor
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Dr. Naomi R. Taylor is a social justice, racial equity educator, researcher, and writer. She earned her Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degrees at the University of Minnesota, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership at Hamline University. Dr. Taylor is a qualified administrator for the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), as well as, an educational consultant for her company Pleasant Spirit LLC. Her careers include teaching in the Saint Paul Public Schools, a Professor at Hamline University, Educational Equity Coordinator and Director of Secondary Education in Minneapolis Public Schools, and is currently the Director of Intercultural Life at Saint Paul Academy and Summit School.
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Dr. Jonathan Locust
Email address: [email protected] Region: Southeast MN
Dr. Locust is a consultant and strategist in the areas of equity, inclusion, workplace productivity, and statistical/process analysis. He is a certified six sigma black belt and has a thorough understanding of all aspects of the DMAIC model to improve process efficiency. Having graduate degrees concentrated on the areas of education and research, Dr. Locust is deeply engaged in independent and organizational study, most of which is done through his company The Locust Group. His work primarily focuses on helping organizations achieve their desired outcomes through a lens of equity and process improvement.
Kevin Skwira-Brown, MSW, LGSW
Email address: [email protected] Region: Duluth area; Northeast MN
Kevin is a founding partner of Cultural Fluency Associates LLP. Building an equitable world fills Kevin’s professional and personal life. This has/does include direct social service, 20+ years of collegiate level teaching, and grassroots multicultural community organizing/activism around school equity. His professional focus is on diversity, inclusion and Intercultural Development Inventory work (IDI) with individuals and organizations striving to become more culturally fluent and inclusive. His energetic, insightful and engaging approach to talking about power, privilege and inequity is inviting to those new to the discussion and deepens the understanding of those familiar with the concepts.
Jennifer Braun
Email address: [email protected] Region: Southeast MN
Jennifer Braun has over 30 years experience as an educator involved with cultural understanding. As a Lasalian educator, she has organized and trained both adults and students to participate in exchanges to Russia. In January, 2019, she was a guest lecturer in Omsk, Siberia on Meeting the Needs of Bilingual Students and Digital Citizenship. She was honored with the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Multicultural Education. Currently serving as a media specialist, Ms. Braun has lead numerous workshops in the New Prague Schools including one on cultural competency which has received high praise and appreciation. In addition, she has provided instruction on current trends in education and
technology integration through Saint Mary’s University.
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Dr. Keitha-Gail Martin-Kerr
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Dr. Keitha-Gail Martin-Kerr has been in education for over 25 years. She has taught at the elementary, secondary, and tertiary level in Jamaica, Turks and Caicos, and New York City. She currently works as a School Advocate at the Regional Center of Excellence in the Southeast/Metro area in Minnesota where she supports schools in the areas of evidence-based implementation science and equity. Dr. Martin-Kerr enjoys engaging in intellectually stimulating conversations around issues relating to equity, social justice, and educational inclusivity.
Troy Haugen
Email address: [email protected] Region: Fergus Falls area; Western MN
Troy Haugen currently serves as Director of Career & College Readiness at Lakes Country Service Cooperative in Fergus Falls. In these roles, Troy administers the Carl Perkins grant for 26 school districts in west-central Minnesota as well as coordinates the efforts of a collaborative of eight school districts, five county agencies, the community action agency, and multiple heath care and other nonprofits towards creating an equitable, seamless web of services for our families. Troy is a licensed teacher, school principal and superintendent and has been in education for over 20 years.
Kari Gjerde
Email address: [email protected] Region: Marshall
Kari Gjerde is a Teaching and Learning Program Manager for the Southwest West Central Service Cooperative in Marshall, MN where she regularly facilitates educator professional development. Prior to joining SWWC, Kari worked as a Program Director with the Minnesota Reading Corps and Minnesota Math Corps, and she was an elementary and middle school teacher in New York City and the Dominican Republic. Kari has a M.S. in Elementary Education from Lehman College and a 6th year certificate in Education Administration from St. Cloud State University.
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Sarah Strauss
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro; Southeast MN
Sarah is a high school Spanish teacher with 14 years of cross-cultural language teaching and learning experience. She designs and implements curriculum to develop student Intercultural Competence, a World-Readiness Standard for Learning Language. She serves on the school’s equity team and participated in a Culturally Responsive Teaching training lead by author Zaretta Hammond. Sarah is a Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®) and has presented at workshops and the American Council of Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL) annual convention.
Sarah is an adjunct instructor at Normandale Community College where she teaches Advanced Spanish Communication. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education (Spanish) from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and a master’s degree in Spanish Literature from Middlebury College.
Claire Berg
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Raised in Colorado, then transplanted to Minnesota, Claire Berg has a masters degree in Information Literacy and Instructional Technology. She has been an educator for 25+ years in rural, suburban and urban school districts. Currently teaching Information & Technology Literacy at Riverview Elementary in Farmington, Mn, a 1:1 iPad district, she teaches all students in grades 1-5 on a five day rotation schedule. Claire also serves on the district Equity Committee, and co-chairs the district Continuing Education Committee. Though teaching research skills is her passion, she spends her summers making art and enjoying the lake country in northern MN with her husband and dogs.
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Richard Webb
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Richard Webb is the Principal Consultant for Second Layer Consulting. He has worked in different capacities training and facilitating experiences that support successful racial and multicultural inclusiveness within diverse environments. He has worked in educational, corporate and nonprofit institutions as an innovator, bridge builder, voice and practitioner. He uses developmental approaches that yield demonstrated behavioral outcomes for individuals and organizations that are goal driven and multicultural/racial proactive and responsive. Richard as an administrator, instructor, coach, trainer, and consultant, has a gift in focusing on the strengths of his clients and communicates how
their set of unique qualities contribute to leadership development and management performance. He is known for his expertise and strategic use of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) in leadership development of individuals and teams, as well as in enhancing organizations’ Diversity and Inclusion strategies. He is valued by his clients for designing and facilitating authentic and positive learning environments that support awareness, growth, and transformation.
Richard received his Bachelor of Arts in General Studies with an emphasis in Ethnic Studies from the University of Northern Iowa and Master's of Arts in Education with emphasis in Leadership from Augsburg College.
Dr. Emily Dahdah
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Dr. Emily Dahdah works in administrative leadership in a large non-public school system in Minnesota. She received her doctorate in Organizational Leadership Policy Development from the University of Minnesota where she conducted extensive research on the effects of intercultural competency among teachers in urban elementary schools. Dr. Dahdah specializes in facilitating trainings for teachers and administrators who desire to strengthen their ability to educate students from different cultural backgrounds. She has a Master of Theological Studies from the University of Notre Dame and a Bachelors of Arts from the University of Minnesota.
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Perry Wilkinson
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Perry Wilkinson partners with educators, district and school leaders on the journey of equity-focused continuous improvement. Perry provides coaching and training experiences that build personal and professional capacity to transform adult behaviors and mindsets so each and every student will thrive. After graduating with a degree in Teaching Secondary Mathematics, Perry taught math for 16 years in the twin cities area; he holds a master’s degree in teaching in learning, an urban teaching certificate, and a principal’s license. Perry has served on the board of directors for the Minnesota Chapter of the National Association of Multicultural Education since 2012.
Melissa Andersen
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Melissa is Director of Curriculum and Instruction at AMAZEworks, which provides anti-bias resources, training, and consultation to schools, communities, and organizations. Before AMAZEworks, she taught middle school social studies and language arts for fifteen years. As a teacher, she developed student-centered curriculum inclusive of individual stories and absent narratives. She believes in empowering students to be changemakers by facilitating discovery of themselves, others, and the world around them. She was an advisor to her former school’s Gender-Sexuality Alliance, Student Council, and Environmental Action Club. In addition, she served on various committees for her school,
including the Equity and Inclusion Committee.
Jennifer Godinez
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Jennifer Godinez is Associate Director at Minnesota Education Equity Partnership (MnEEP) and Project Director of the Race Equity and Excellence in Education Network (REEEN). Jennifer has led key initiatives in the intersection of equity-centered collective action, youth development, education research and the nonprofit sector for 20 years. Her focus is race equity in education action planning, cultural competency in education, and school-community leadership development. She has been published in teacher education texts and has spoken to local and national groups around school leadership, immigrant communities, and education equity. Jennifer holds a B.A. in Sociology from Drake
University and a Master’s in Public Policy from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
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Michael Dueñes
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Dr. Michael Dueñes is a 3rd generation Mexican American who was raised in rural Florida, the farmlands of Wisconsin, and the East Side of St. Paul. He is a graduate of Harding High School in St. Paul, has a BA from Macalester College and a PhD from the University of Michigan. He has over 20 years of experience as a professor and administrator in higher education and advocating for the needs of diverse, urban, rural, and marginalized communities.
Melissa Kalpin Prescott
Email address: [email protected] Region: St. Cloud, Central MN
Melissa is the Diversity and Inclusion Librarian at St. Cloud State University where she teaches courses that emphasize critical pedagogy and information literacy. Her scholarship and outreach activities are centered on anti-racist pedagogy, white ally-ship, and creating a community of anti-racist educators across disciplines. Melissa earned a master’s degree in Library and Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the College of St. Benedict.
Candace Whittaker
Email address: [email protected] Region: Twin Cities Metro
Candace recently retired from fourteen years as a Family Program Specialist at the Northwest Suburban Integration School District. She created and implemented the “Essence Young Women’s Mentoring Program” for secondary girls and developed a professional development series for educators focused on “Cultural Awareness and Cultural Competency”. Candace has over forty years of work experience in the area of youth and families, working for the Minneapolis Park Board, YWCA of Minneapolis, African American Family Services, and PACER Center. She is currently a Community Educator, facilitating a wide variety of youth and adult groups and providing professional training to
educators. Candace has degrees in social work and human services from the Metropolitan State University and a Liberal Arts degree from the University of Minnesota.
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Additional Facilitators
Contact Name Region Email Contact Rose Chu Twin Cities Metro [email protected] K Cross Twin Cities Metro [email protected] Chris Devine Twin Cities Metro [email protected] Josh Dibley Twin Cities Metro [email protected] Faith James Twin Cities Metro [email protected] Taslima Khaled Twin Cities Metro [email protected] Terrance Noble Twin Cities Metro [email protected] G Onumah-Onikoro Twin Cities Metro [email protected] Brittany Pinales Twin Cities Metro [email protected] Kristine Ramos-Walker Twin Cities Metro [email protected] Darlene St. Clair St. Cloud area; Central MN [email protected] Talaya Tolefree Twin Cities Metro [email protected] Stacy Wells Twin Cities Metro [email protected] Jessica Wilson Twin Cities Metro [email protected]