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"It's a book that answers the question 'What does it look like when a teacher has listened carefully to students, centers their voices and experiences in the classroom, and teaches in a way that gives them agency? Show us.'"
—Jennifer Gonzalez

Awakening Student Agency Through a Pedagogy of Voice

Pedagogies of Voice (PoV) Featured Learning Offerings

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Toxins that Undermine a Pedagogy of Voice

PoV Author-Led Book Study

We plan to offer a virtual 5-part, author-led book study of Pedagogies of Voice, with opportunities to build community and dig into two chapters per session. Please tell us a little bit about yourself so we can shape this experience responsively.

PoV Keynote

45-75 minutes with optional fireside author chat

Pedagogies of Voice: Street Data and the Path to Student Agency (Corwin, August 2025) expands on the Street Data framework to introduce 8 Pedagogies in Practice that help us awaken student voice and agency in our schools. In this interactive talk, participants will reflect on their experiences of voice and agency as learners and explore the case for a Pedagogy of Voice in the moment we are in. The authors unpack four domains of agency—Identity, Belonging, Inquiry, and Efficacy—that come to life through 8 powerful pedagogies. Not only will you gain new ideas and inspiration, you will walk away with tools to transform learning for the students and/or adults that you serve.

PoV Institute

1–2 Days | A Foundational Introduction to the Framework

This immersive institute introduces educators to Pedagogies of Voice: Street Data and the Path to Student Agency—a transformative framework designed to cultivate student agency and reimagine the purpose of education. We begin by tracing the historical roots of schooling and reflecting on how systems have often silenced or marginalized student voice. Together, we explore 10 toxins that diminish voice and 10 ways of being that awaken it, culminating in creating a Purpose of Education statement.

Through interactive learning and modeling practices like Storientation, Circle Up, Questions Over Answers, and Making Learning Public, participants engage with the Four Domains of Agency—Identity, Belonging, Inquiry, and Efficacy—and 8 Pedagogies in Practice, culminating in two powerful outcomes:

A compelling inquiry question (or Possibility of Practice) to guide ongoing learning
A listening plan to elevate the voices of learners at the margins

PoV Microcommunity Lab Series

4–5 Interactive Sessions | A Space for Co-Design, Bold Creation, and Real Community

The Pedagogies of Voice (PoV) Microcommunity Lab Series is more than just professional learning—it’s a hands-on design space where educators come together to build community, create transformative learning experiences, and teach with radical love and inclusion at the heart. Structured as a 4–5 session arc, this series brings together small teams of 4–10 educators to explore the 8 Pedagogies of Voice in Practice while co-creating learning experiences that center student agency, Street Data, and learners at the margins.

Each session combines storytelling, experiential learning, reflection, and supported design time, with expert coaching and facilitation. Together, we listen deeply to student voices, reflect on what’s working and what’s not in our pedagogy, brainstorm actionable ideas, and support each other in creating concrete, student-centered learning experiences that awaken student Identity, Belonging, Inquiry, and Efficacy. Guided by the belief that transformation happens in community, this series is an invitation to not only learn but also apply the PoV framework to real-world classroom practices. By the end participants will have created a PoV-aligned learning design for a lesson, unit, or professional learning session

PoV Community of Practice

A Year-Long Hybrid Learning Journey to Transform Your Practice

Building on the bestselling book Street Data (Corwin, 2021) and its core framework, the Equity Transformation Cycle, this year-long Community of Practice (CoP) integrates the Pedagogies of Voice framework (Corwin, 2025) to transform daily learning experiences toward the North Star of student agency. In partnership with a hosting district or organization, a cohort of educators comes together throughout the school year to engage in hands-on learning and collaborative work that centers student voice and drives real transformation. Participants will be steeped in learning and designing with 8 Pedagogies that awaken student Identity, Belonging, Inquiry, and Efficacy as they move through the ETC phases of Listen at the margins, Uncover root causes, Reimagine current practice, and Movew ith Courage.

CoP Outcomes Include:

Growing confidence and capacity to recognize and uproot toxic patterns in our learning environments
Building deep capacity within teams to lead student-centered pedagogical transformation
Developing a shared vision for liberating pedagogy rooted in student voice
Creating a brave, supportive community for transformation, even in challenging times
Honing a Possibility of Practice—shaped by listening to students at the margins of our classrooms and schools
Moving through the Equity Transformation Cycle to reimagine pedagogy and, ultimately, transform students’ daily learning experiences