IDTALK4ED LIVE EPISODE #203 -"Relearning Together: The IDTALK x CEUE Partnership"(Elms College CEUE)
In this episode, I had the honor of welcoming back Dr. Tyra Good, the executive director of Elms College Center for Equity in Urban Education (CEUE), as well as Dominique McDonald, academic coordinator for CEUE, and 2025 graduate Bianca Bonsu. In our conversation, the CEUE team talked about the origin and evolution of the program, reflect on their 5-month partnership with Identity Talk Consulting, share personal reflections about their reading of "Learning to Relearn", and much more! To learn more about Elms College CEUE, you can visit their main website at https://www.elms.edu/ceue/.
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Timestamps:
0:00-1:04 - Welcome to IDTALK4ED LIVE
1:05-4:02 - Podcast Subscription Reminders & Learning to Relearn Promo
4:03-8:40 - Introducing Dr. Tyra Good & Dominique McDonald
8:41-9:46 - Introducing Bianca Bonsu
9:47-18:05 - Origin & Evolution of Elms College CEUE
18:06-25:44 - Elms College CEUE's Impact on Bianca
25:45-26:23 - Thaddeus' Nature Notebook Promo
26:24-41:21 - Identity Talk x Elms College CEUE Partnership
41:22-51:02 - Elms College CEUE Reflections on "Learning to Relearn" (Pt. 1)
51:03-52:01 - Identity Talk Consulting Promo
52:02-1:06:24 - Elms College CEUE Reflections on "Learning to Relearn" (Pt. 2)
1:06:25-1:11:29 - How do you stay true to the teacher in you?
1:11:30-1:16:41 - How to connect with Elms College CEUE
1:16:42-1:18:03 - Thank Yous & Goodbyes
BIO:
Dr. Tyra Good is the founding faculty director, Center for Equity in Urban Education (CEUE) at Elms College. Good has more than 10 years of experience teaching education, and, most recently, she was assistant professor of practice in education at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA. Good is the founder and chief academic consultant for GOOD Knowledge Connections and the founder of the Black Educators Network (BEN) of Greater Pittsburgh. The BEN is a strategic team of K-12, Higher Education, and community educators working across school district and community lines to help ensure the academic and personal success of African-American youth from underserved communities.
Most recently, Dr. Good was awarded a 2019 National Deeper Learning Equity Fellowship through Big Picture Learning and Internationals Network for Public Schools. Deeper Learning Equity Fellows are exceptional leaders, education practitioners, policy advocates, and researchers who are committed to expanding Deeper Learning educational practices aimed at improving public education opportunities for underserved communities. Good received her bachelor’s in business management from Howard University, a master of arts in teaching from Chatham University, and a doctorate in educational leadership and evaluation from Duquesne University.
Dominique McDonald, Academic Coordinator for CEUE, is an alum of Western New England University with a B.A. in English and is currently working towards an M.Ed at Elms College. He recruits for the Applied Behavior Analysis, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master in Education, Master in Biomedical Sciences, Master of Biotechnology, Master of Bioethics, and Postbaccalaureate Premedical Studies Certificate programs. He is a lover of animals and the outdoors but also a big fan of reading fiction, playing video games and singing karaoke.
Bianca Bonsu has worked as a paraprofessional for the Springfield Public Schools for 10 years. She will be graduating from Elms College this year with a B.A. in Education and her Massachusetts teaching credential.