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In order to do your best work, you need to snap out of focused thinking. It’s actually the downtime–the diffuse thinking–that allows you to do your best work. When you reach a stuck point, are overwhelmed, need a spark of inspiration, or want to balance your logical brain with your creative side, consider one of these diffuse thinking activities.

The following tool contains core criteria for transformational professional design and facilitation. The assessment is divided into design and facilitation categories, with subcategories that focus on purpose, audience, details, and qualities of effective facilitation. Review the categories and complete the assessment by identifying where you fall along the scale from beginning to modeling. When you complete the assessment, reflect using the follow-up questions.

The following deck outlines guiding questions and brief reminders of what you might do to recover and heal in challenging moments.

To disrupt the narratives we learned in schools, and to support White students in recognizing their empowerment in antiracist work, we are sharing a collection of noted White antiracist/anti-oppression activists whose work can serve as a guidepost. We also recognize that these activists are products of their particular time and reflect the limitations of their time period. We also offer these examples as a way for White educators to think about their personal stake and role in challenging racism in their classrooms. This list is by no means exhaustive, but for those looking to build your curriculum, we hope you will find this list a helpful starting point. This is an attempt to highlight the work of White activists who stood up to racism when it was challenging, unpopular, and even illegal.

To educators preparing to support students when acts of discrimination occur, we offer these thoughts to prepare for classroom and school community (in the theme of self, students, and community).