Collective Equity

Sonja Hollins-Alexander, EdD, is a Senior Consultant and Best-Selling Author for Corwin Publishing. During her 9 years at Corwin, she has served as the Director of Professional Learning, Associate Vice President of Global Professional Learning Services and Associate Vice President, Content Advisor and Scholar. She has been in the field of education and publishing for thirty years with sixteen of those being in educational leadership at the school, district, and higher education levels, and 11 of those being in educational consulting and publishing. During this time, she has served as a school social worker, teacher, assistant principal, principal, coordinator, director of professional learning, and chief of staff, serving in two Metro Atlanta, Georgia, school districts.   Through her professional journey, she has had experiences in strategic planning, policy development, stakeholder communication and engagement, instruction and curriculum design, facilitation of adult learning strategy, executive leadership coaching, conference facilitation and design, and has served on numerous quality assurance teams with Cognia (formerly SACS CASI) school accreditation and certification organization and United Way Non-Profit boards. She is a Corwin co-author of two best-selling publications consisting of the following: Mindframes for Belonging, Identities and Equity: Fortifying Cultural Bridges, and Collective Equity: A Movement for Creating Communities Where We Can All Breathe. She is also the author of Online Professional Development through Virtual Learning Communities.   Sonja holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a master’s degree in social work, a teaching certificate in middle grades language arts, a specialist’s degree in educational administration and leadership, and a doctorate degree in curriculum and instruction. She is committed to partner engagement and implementation of evidence-informed sustained professional learning services that positively impact teaching and learning—not by chance but by design.   Her email is Sonja.HollinsAlexander@corwin.com Nicole Law, PhD,  is a Senior Consultant and Best-Selling Author for Corwin Publishing. She presents in the areas of leadership, professional learning communities, culturally responsive pedagogy, educating multilingual learners, and multidimensional aspects for Visible Learning. In addition, she has served as a curriculum coordinator for English language learners, cultural responsivity, AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination), district equity, and mathematics and science instruction in the Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township in Indianapolis, Indiana. In this position, Nicole created multilayered and multifaceted professional learning for teachers and administrators covering all aspects of directed programs and curricular areas.   In 2008, Nicole received the National Milken Award from the state of Indiana. Prior to her leadership role, Nicole was a science teacher, administrator, and a building principal. She has an MEd in elementary administration and supervision from Butler University and a PhD from Indiana State University.   Nicole is the coauthor of multiple best-selling publications including: Mindframes for Belonging, Identities and Equity: Fortifying Cultural Bridges, Collective Equity: A Movement for Creating Communities Where We Can All Breathe and  Comprehension: The Skill, Will, and Thrill of Reading. She is also the coauthor of The Reflective Leader: Implementing a Multidimensional Leadership Performance System.   Her email is Nicole.Law@corwin.com

"Sonja Hollins-Alexander and Nicole Law use a highly interactive and practical approach to conveying the theories and best practices of realizing the imperative of collective equity."

• ForewordAcknowledgmentsPublisher’s AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsIntroductionChapter 1: Coming TogetherComing Together Through Our Shared TruthWorking TogetherComing Together to Work TogetherConnecting Dimensions of IdentityCommunity Agreements and Equity FatigueComing Together Using a Collective Equity FrameworkEquity Pathways and Equity PaversUnderstanding the Three Levels of CultureFrom Culturally Conscious to Culturally Humble (An Equity Pathway)Chapter 2: Cultivating an Environment of Collective EquityFrom Deficit Thinking to Asset-Based ActionsShared Truths and PurposeVision and Mission DevelopmentEssential Components of Collective Equitable CulturesCollective Engagement by Design ProcessChapter 3: Enacting Motivation and Relational Trust for the Collective Equity MovementRelational TrustThe Circle of Trust ApproachThe Art of the HeartThe Stimuli of Building Relational TrustMotivation to Nurture the CollectiveCan We Breathe?Chapter 4: Culturally Fortifying PracticesFrom Equity Moves to Culturally Fortifying Transformational PracticesCulturally Fortifying Classroom StrategiesChapter 5: Equity Dispositions for The CollectiveCultural SustainabilityFrom Systems to ClassroomsCollective EfficacyCollective Equity DispositionsChapter 6: Realizing the Promise of Collective EquityLeading for Collective EquityCollective Equity Leadership AttributesDisrupting Systems of Oppression and InequityEngaging the CollectiveEquity PathwaysEquity PaversFinal Words From the AuthorsGlossaryReferences