Partner
Support
Dr. Ruiz leverages her leadership experiences to support partners in their work and customizes to the needs of the individuals, the school and/or the organization. Blanca offers the following supports:
Coaching
Throughout this partnership, Dr. Ruiz works with individuals to gain continued perspective on what it means to be critical conscious and lead for equity. Together they develop both immediate and long-term goals for the school. She works with leaders to reflect on data and evaluate follow-up from the analysis.
Facilitating
Ruiz uses her training space to serve as a facilitator of learning. She works with teams and individuals to build a scope and sequence of workshops. Participants engage in individual, small group, and large group reflection and dialogue. Participants then apply their learning to a tactical task.
Consulting
Dr. Ruiz works with both individuals and teams to ensure there is mission and vision alignment anchoring in racially equitable practices. She utilizes change management frameworks to drive school and organizational transformation. Dr. Ruiz works with clients to gather data before strategically planning.
Work with Dr. Ruiz
During workshops facilitated by Dr. Ruiz, participants will reflect on their personal experiences, push their thinking about beliefs from messages they have internalized, develop critical consciousness lenses, and place language and terms on experiences to dismantle and interrupt systems of racial oppression. Participants should expect to increase content knowledge, engage in small and large group reflection and dialogue, and practice application through case studies and/or role plays.