The eagle institute
The Eagle Institute is EAF’s audacious response to scale the Foundation’s impact for more young men of color. Through its professional learning offerings, EAF trains, consults with, and convenes adults nationwide to strengthen their capacity and practice by learning from Eagle’s experiences for effectively engaging young men of color. We believe that the success of the Eagle approach is adaptable and scalable in communities across the country. EAF works to fill this knowledge gap in a cost-efficient and effective manner.
With the current calls for equity and anti-racism, educators are increasingly tasked with teaching new curricula that elevate the hidden voices that have been removed from our history books and left out of many classrooms. To effectively teach Black Studies and the hidden voices that are being introduced to NYC public schools, school communities require training and professional development opportunities to help educators navigate the emotions and trauma involved in teaching these subject matters. The goals of the EAF Mindset Readiness Training are to develop the capacity of the participants to:
- Engage in productive conversations about race
- Deepen understanding of your racial experiences and perspective to examine how it informs your lens as an educator
- Explore the distinction between biased beliefs and culturally responsive beliefs
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SERVICES: TRAINING, CONSULTING, CONVENING
The Eagle Academy Foundation’s provision of technical experience is both wide and deep. Through the Eagle Institute, EAF is equipped to provide swift response technical assistance and support across a broad variety of areas. The range of topics includes mindset readiness, post-secondary success, climate and culture, infrastructure systems and structures, youth adult partnership, school design and development, and strategic planning.
The Eagle Academy Foundation maintains an exceptional team of professional staff and consultants who are all highly accomplished educational leaders and recognized experts in the fields of Black and Latino male achievement, school and not-profit leadership and partnership development, school improvement, relational learning, and change management.
The Eagle Institute’s annual professional development conferences have served over 2,000 U.S. educators and school leaders since its launch in 2016. Given the immense and urgent crisis continuing to affect young men of color, EAF’s Eagle Institute remains ready to support educators, school and systems leaders nationwide to adapt proven strategies to improve the life outcomes for young men of color wherever they are.
THE INSTITUTE
Enhances educators’ capabilities to meet the needs of male students of color.
Increases the number of schools with positive cultures and interventions to support the academic achievement and social-emotional flourishing of Black and Latino male students.
Influences policy changes with evidenced-based research, tactics and programs for engaging and developing high achieving young men of color.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The Eagle Academy Foundation’s provision of technical experience is both wide and deep. Through our extensive cross-school network of experienced Eagle educators and Eagle Institute consultants, we are equipped to provide swift response technical assistance and support across a broad variety of areas. The range of offerings includes training, coaching, school design and development consulting, school climate and culture diagnostic and evaluative studies, turnaround strategies, and scaling of best practices for effectively engaging young men of color.
Educators and school leaders nationwide have approached EAF to adapt its proven Eagle Model given the crisis for young men of color is immense and urgent. Moreover, The Eagle Academy Foundation’s annual professional development conferences have served over 1,000 U.S. educators and school leaders since 2008.
The Eagle Academy Foundation has developed and maintains an exceptional team of professional staff and a network of education consultants nationwide. Our professional staff and consultants are all highly accomplished educational leaders and recognized experts in the fields of Black and Latino male achievement, school design and development, diagnostic review, school culture and climate improvement, relational learning, mentoring, and change management.
