Becoming an Everyday Changemaker

Healing and Justice At School

Alex Shevrin Venet

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Routledge
01 April 2024

Teaching of special educational needs; Management: leadership & motivation

Series: Equity and Social Justice in Education Series

Educators with a vision for more equitable, caring schools often struggle with where to begin. I’m just one teacher, where can I start to make change? Is it even possible? How do I do this within current constraints?

In this new book, bestselling author Alex Shevrin Venet empowers everyday changemakers by showing how equity-centered trauma-informed practices can guide our approach to school change. Unlike other books on social justice, this powerful resource doesn’t tell you which changes to implement; instead, it focuses on helping you develop the skills, strategies, and tools for making change meaningful and effective.

Topics include change opportunities and why trauma makes change harder; skills for navigating the change journey such as building relationships, working from strengths, and navigating many streams of information; and sustainable structures for lasting change. Throughout, there are reflection questions to use as conversation-starters with fellow changemakers, as well as Rest Stops so you can pause and process what you are thinking about and learning. This book will help you start your change journey now, putting you and your students on the path to equity, justice, and healing.

By: Alex Shevrin Venet
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 860g
ISBN: 9781032597096
ISBN 10: 1032597097
Series: Equity and Social Justice in Education Series
Pages: 274
Publication Date: 01 April 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I: Understanding Change 1. How We Move Through Change Matters 2. Why Trauma Makes Change Hard(er) 3. Change Opportunities 4. Dreaming a Vision for Schools Part II: Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Skills for Navigating the Change Journey 5. both/and 6. Everything in Relationship 7. Slowing Down 8. Working from Strengths 9. Tuning in to Many Streams of Information Part III: Sustainable Structures for Lasting Change 10. Building a Foundation of Care 11. Anticipating Change and Crisis 12. Staying in Community through the Challenges

Alex Shevrin Venet is an educator, professional development facilitator, and writer. She is a teacher educator at the graduate level. Her teaching experience includes roles as a teacher/leader at an alternative therapeutic middle and high school, a community college instructor, and an elementary after-school teacher. She lives in Winooski, Vermont.

Reviews for Becoming an Everyday Changemaker: Healing and Justice At School

“Reading this book felt like a long, thoughtful conversation with a critical friend who is willing to dream of what human-centered school could look like while acknowledging the very real barriers in our way. It will be the perfect book, too, for any preservice teacher candidates who are fiery change agents looking for a little bit of light to shine through school cultures so they can break in with care and empathy for students first. Creating systems change takes all of us and Alex's book provides so many entry points for teachers regardless of where they are on their individual equity journey.” Jen Newton, PhD, Associate Professor of Teacher Education, Ohio University