Ep 029: Redefining Success For Parents, Students, and Teachers

Liz Dempsey Lee is an educator, consultant, writer, and avid coffee drinker whose questions about the interactions among families, schools, communities, and equity landed her in Lesley University's Individually Designed Ph.D. program. She graduated in May 2020 with an interdisciplinary perspective on the topic above.  Shortly after, she launched Liz Dempsey Lee Consulting with the goal of reframing equity as central to creating just schools, organizations, and communities. She runs a variety of workshops for parents, schools, and organizations including, Parenting for Equity and All Together for Equity: Building Community Support for Equity Initiatives in Schools. She also runs small discussion groups for parents interested in exploring their privilege.Listen to this inspiring Parenting With Impact episode with Liz Dempsey Lee as she unpacks the factors in the classroom and curriculum that often creates education inequity.Here is what to expect on this week’s show:Understanding the “soft skills” of in-person connection and interactionNew classroom modeling to give kids real-world skillsThe way the classroom functions is often excluding a large percentage of kidsLinks Mentioned:www.lizdempseylee.com10 Parenting Tips for School Success with Complex KidsThere are only 10 tips in this FREE parent’s guide from the experts at ImpactParents -- and they’re the only ones you need to give you the foundation to help your kids find school success! Used by parents all over the world, you learn quick steps to lighten the load and help smart kids feel good about school again.Connect with Liz:Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lizdemplee@lizdempleeTwitter https://twitter.com/LizDempseyLee@lizdempseyleeLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-dempsey-lee-9533192/@elizabeth-dempsey-leeLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices