Avoid Burnout for Teacher Activists
with Maria-Renée Grigsby, Ed.D.
Culturally Responsive Systems Supervisor, MN Department of Education

Join us for an inspiring session on how teacher activists can protect their energy, avoid burnout, and sustain their passion for justice in education.

About the Speaker:

Maria-Renée Grigsby, Ed.D., is licensed in elementary and special education and has taught across all educational levels and settings—from urban classrooms to rural schools, and from birth to post-secondary education. Her journey has included roles as an assistant professor, Director of Recruitment & Retention at a Minnesota university, and now as the Culturally Responsive Systems Supervisor for COMPASS at the Minnesota Department of Education.

A respected equity trainer and consultant, Maria-Renée is deeply committed to building culturally responsive and culturally responsible systems that serve every student. She is also a proud mother to one amazing and brilliant daughter.

The Coalition to Increase Teachers of Color and American Indian Teachers in Minnesota

Educators of Color: Stories, Dialogue & Restoration

You're Invited!

Join us for a powerful day of community, healing, and truth-telling. This is more than just a panel. It's a space for collective restoration. Together, we’ll honor the work of educators of color, uplift each other’s voices, and build strategies for real change in our schools and systems.

Let’s listen, learn, reflect, and act together with this wonderful panel!

Panelists:

Roberta Hernandez – Roseville Area Schools, MN

Roseville Area Schools Affinity Group FOCUS, facilitator/Elementary Reading Interventionist
Co-founding group of FOCUS in 2006, lived through many different versions of this group, currently grant-supported
Co-founder of Restoring Our Roots, MN affinity group, ITOC connected, and grant-supported

Verna Wong – Champlin Park High School, Minneapolis, MN

Works at Champlin Park High School
Founding member of AHTOCC (2013-2024)
Doctoral student at University of Minnesota

Meng Yang – Champlin Park High School, Champlin Park, MN

Champlin Park, MNEnglish Teacher at Champlin Park High School

AVID Program Coordinator

Adjunct Faculty at Augsburg University

Co-founder member of AHTOCC (2013 - 2024)

Co-founder member of Champlin Park HS, Educators of Color Collaborative Team (2020 - Current)

Moderador: Mauricio Montes de Oca

Experience Healing and Renewal
As part of our program, we are excited to welcome Priscilla Momah. A gifted Sound Healer and Wellness Instructor, who will guide us through a powerful meditation session.

It is a free event, and CEUs are available 

Virtual job fairs provide a convenient way to meet directly with principals and administrators hiring in your specialty. MNSchoolJobs.org hosts three virtual job fairs each winter and spring to help you easily connect with school leaders and make decisions about your next career chapter.

Job seeker registration for virtual job fairs is also free.  You must register for each fair that you want to attend.   The easy-to-use technology allows you to join with your connected device when it is convenient.

Virtual job fairs provide a convenient way to meet directly with principals and administrators hiring in your specialty. MNSchoolJobs.org hosts three virtual job fairs each winter and spring to help you easily connect with school leaders and make decisions about your next career chapter.

Job seeker registration for virtual job fairs is also free.  You must register for each fair that you want to attend.   The easy-to-use technology allows you to join with your connected device when it is convenient.

The Minnesota Educator Career Expo is a free, in-person event for current and aspiring educators. It is Minnesota’s largest educator career fair, bringing school districts, agencies, and professionally licensed candidates together under one roof to facilitate hiring, networking, and professional development.

Empowering Teachers of Color: Building Community & Supporting Well-being & Liberatory Learning

We’ll explore strategies for fostering community, enhancing cultural responsiveness, and preventing burnout in educators committed to equity and advocacy.

Featuring keynote speaker Natalia Alvarez Benjamin, co-author of Language of Identity, Language of Access: Liberatory Learning for Multilingual Classrooms. 2022 CCSSO National Teacher of the Year, 2021 MNTOY

Breakout Sessions:

• Culturally Responsive SEL led by Jennifer Terry

• Avoid Burnout as a TOC and Advocate for SOC led by Dr. Maria-Renée Grigsby

• Practices to Uncover Bias in our Sphere of Influence led by John Franke

First 100 registrants receive a free copy of LILA book

To learn more and register for this event, click the button below.

Action Network to Elevate Teaching (ANET) Summer Convening Sept 17, 2024 at 3 pm CST

Please join the Elevate Teaching project team for the late summer convening of the Action Network to Elevate Teaching. We will gather virtually on Tuesday, September 17th from 3 pm - 4:15 pm CST.

We are excited to share important progress on the Teacher Marketing and Outreach Campaign! We will share the various ways Elevate Teaching has been engaging with the community using the key message framework.  Through this convening, we hope that conversations among champions like you will spark new ideas to elevate the teaching profession within your networks and community. 

Join us - you play a pivotal role in shaping a vibrant and inclusive community of Elevate Teaching  Champions to shift how our community talk about, view and relate to the teaching profession. 

Everyone is welcome, regardless of whether you have attended our previous convenings. 

*If there is anything we can do to make this event more accessible for you, please reach out to Ashleyn at ashleyn.przedwiecki@collectivity.coop.

Monday, February 26th, 2024: 10 AM CST or 3 PM CST

Please join Dr. Rose Wan-Mui Chu and the Elevate Teaching project team for the first event of 2024, where we reconnect with the ANET community. We will gather virtually on Monday, February 26th at two times: 10 am - 11:30 am CST or 3 pm - 4:30 pm CST.

Together we will delve into the exciting prospects of the second phase of our work at Elevate Teaching. We are looking forward to sharing the vision and direction on a robust Teacher Outreach and Marketing Campaign sponsored by MN Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB).

Prepare to engage in meaningful discussions as we share the vision. Your insights will play a pivotal role in continuing a vibrant and inclusive community of Elevate Teacher Champions. 

Don't miss this opportunity to reconnect, envision, and collaborate towards a shared future where teachers are celebrated and amplified across Minnesota!

Everyone is welcome, regardless of whether you have attended our previous convenings. Your lived experiences are critical for the Elevate Teaching movement.

*If there is anything we can do to make this event more accessible for you, please reach out to Ashleyn at ashleyn@collectivity.coop.

Join us for another EDTalks event as we continue to explore our season theme: Big Challenges, Realistic Solutions. This event will feature Dr. Rose Chu, Joshua Crosson and Haben Ghebregergish who will discuss the reasons why the teaching profession continues to lack diversity and what we can do to fix it.

Founded in 2002, EDTalks is a dynamic happy hour event that raises public awareness of critical topics and strengthens community engagement and advocacy with and on behalf of our young people. It also provides a platform for creative leaders to showcase innovative ideas, share successes in their work, gain insight and feedback from colleagues, connect with community audiences and identify growth opportunities.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with complementary hearty appetizers and drinks available for purchase. Our program begins at 6 p.m. sharp with our two EDTalks presentations, followed by Q & A that allows opportunities for audience conversation with our presenters and deeper dives into the evening’s topic.

In honor of the teaching profession during Teacher Appreciation Week, and the extraordinary contributions of the many participants supporting the Teacher Recruitment and Marketing Campaign, please join us as we celebrate the Elevate Teaching movement building work to date, and the official launch of the new messaging campaign!

We are calling on all champions of the teaching profession to stand with us to acknowledge and co-create where we will pave the way forward together for the Elevate Teaching movement. The event will feature food, beverages, activities, creative performances, youth engagement, speakers, and sharing of new key messaging materials. It will also include a glimpse into the future of the Elevate Teaching movement. We’re so excited to share this time with you - you won’t want to miss it!

If you have any questions or are interested in event sponsorship opportunities, please contact launch.event@elevateteaching.us or visit us online at www.elevateteaching.us.

*Sponsorship opportunities are still available, however some benefits may not be possible at this time so close to the event.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS

Wednesday February 15th, 2023: 10 AM CST or 3 PM CST

Our Action Network to Elevate Teaching (ANET) virtual convening is fast approaching on Wednesday, February 15th and will be offered at two times: 10 am - 12 noon CST and 3 pm - 5 pm CST. Please join Dr. Rose Wan-Mui Chu and the Elevate Teaching project team in the development of a state-sponsored recruitment and marketing campaign to elevate the teaching profession and increase the diversity of the teacher workforce in our state. 

In this upcoming convening we will share exciting progress of the project: including our findings, marketing & messaging developments, advancements generated from previous convenings, and the many ANET circle conversations we have conducted to date. We will also share next steps in the project and additional opportunities for your involvement.  Participants will also have a chance to connect with each other through several breakout activities. 

Everyone is welcome, regardless of whether you have attended our previous convenings. Your lived experiences and continued engagement are critical to the current campaign and long-term movement to transform the public narrative about the teaching profession. Together, we are developing messaging and content that will inspire the newest generation of teachers.

We look forward to seeing you!

Wednesday November 2, 2022: 10AM or 3:00PM

Please join Dr. Rose Wan-Mui Chu and the Teacher Recruitment Marketing Campaign project team as we continue the development of a marketing campaign to elevate the teaching profession and increase the diversity of the teacher workforce in our state. This work, which is sponsored by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) is aimed primarily at high school and college students who are in the process of deciding their career paths, as well as adults seeking a career change. These efforts seek to continue to identify, confirm and address the incentives and motivations for individuals to enter and stay in the teaching profession, as well as the barriers that discourage them from exploring and continuing their professional journey in teaching and to help build a network of champions passionate about the teaching profession and equity in Minnesota.

We are excited to host the second of several Action Network to Elevate Teaching (ANET) Convenings to build on the work we did together in August and to share with you the TRMC project progress to date. Everyone is welcome, regardless of whether you have attended our previous convening. Your lived experiences and continued engagement are critical to the current campaign and long-term movement to transform the public narrative about the teaching profession. Together, we hope to develop messages and content that will inspire the newest generation of teachers.

Wednesday November 2, 2022: 10AM or 3:30PM

Please join Dr. Rose Wan-Mui Chu and the Teacher Recruitment Marketing Campaign project team as we continue the development of a marketing campaign to elevate the teaching profession and increase the diversity of the teacher workforce in our state. This work, which is sponsored by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) is aimed primarily at high school and college students who are in the process of deciding their career paths, as well as adults seeking a career change. These efforts seek to continue to identify, confirm and address the incentives and motivations for individuals to enter and stay in the teaching profession, as well as the barriers that discourage them from exploring and continuing their professional journey in teaching and to help build a network of champions passionate about the teaching profession and equity in Minnesota.

We are excited to host the second of several Action Network to Elevate Teaching (ANET) Convenings to build on the work we did together in August and to share with you the TRMC project progress to date. Everyone is welcome, regardless of whether you have attended our previous convening. Your lived experiences and continued engagement are critical to the current campaign and long-term movement to transform the public narrative about the teaching profession. Together, we hope to develop messages and content that will inspire the newest generation of teachers.

*This is a make-up session of the event held on 8/17

Please join Dr. Rose Wan-Mui Chu and the Teacher Recruitment Marketing Campaign project team as we share an overview of the work that we're engaging in, and to help build a network of champions passionate about the teaching profession and equity in Minnesota.

Over the last months, we’ve been developing a marketing campaign to elevate the teaching  profession and to increase the diversity of the teacher workforce in our state. This work, which is sponsored by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) is aimed primarily at high school and college students who are in the process of deciding their career paths, as well as adults seeking a career change. These efforts seek to identify, confirm and address the incentives and motivations for individuals to enter and stay in the teaching profession, as well as the barriers that discourage them from exploring and continuing their professional journey in teaching. 

We are excited to host the first of several Action Networking Convenings where, with your support and lived experiences, we hope to develop messages and content that will inspire the newest generation of teachers.

*This is a make-up session of the event held on 8/17

Please join Dr. Rose Wan-Mui Chu and the Teacher Recruitment Marketing Campaign project team as we share an overview of the work that we're engaging in, and to help build a network of champions passionate about the teaching profession and equity in Minnesota.

Over the last months, we’ve been developing a marketing campaign to elevate the teaching  profession and to increase the diversity of the teacher workforce in our state. This work, which is sponsored by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) is aimed primarily at high school and college students who are in the process of deciding their career paths, as well as adults seeking a career change. These efforts seek to identify, confirm and address the incentives and motivations for individuals to enter and stay in the teaching profession, as well as the barriers that discourage them from exploring and continuing their professional journey in teaching. 

We are excited to host the first of several Action Networking Convenings where, with your support and lived experiences, we hope to develop messages and content that will inspire the newest generation of teachers.