Karnad-Jani Consultancy Services

Beyond Book Clubs and Hashtags…

ABOUT ME

Dr. Rashmee Karnad-Jani

Rashmee is an anti-racist educator working in the Kindergarten to Grade 12 education sector in Ontario. She is an educational policy researcher and public scholar engaged in community-partnered multilingual research.  Rashmee completed her Bachelor of Science from the University of Bombay in 1987. She completed her B,Ed in Mathematics, Science and Technology from York University in 2004 and her M.Ed in Language, Culture and Teaching from the same institution in 2015. Rashmee earned her Ph.D in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Toronto in 2021.
MY SERVICES

What I Do

In my doctoral studies, in this dissertation, and in my professional spaces, I name my blended standpoint as a mirror that allows me to examine and check my institutional privilege. My acknowledgement of this blended standpoint is combined with my training as an institutional ethnographer due to which I do not subsume my research participants’ standpoint as a key understanding in IE is that every informant is an expert of their experiences.

Professional learning for educators

Sessions will be offered based on the needs reflected in professionals’ inquiries.

System navigation and educational advocacy support for families

Sessions will be offered based on the information needs expressed by families, parents and guardians.

Academic coaching in higher education

Sessions will be offered based on the higher education coaching needs requested in students’ inquires.

Partnership Possibilities

Educational Equity & Everyday Work

By holding up a mirror to our daily practice, ETFO members can continue to play a critical role in dismantling systemic racism. Through asset-based engagement with families across all demographics and socio-economic strata throughout the province of Ontario, we can continue to be agents of social change. Dr. Rashmee Karnad-Jani

Motivation

For educators who are engaged in authentic anti-racist educational work aimed at equitable access to educational outcomes, staying motivated can be a challenge. As part of a professional learning session, you will have the embeded opportunity to connect with other participants through the small group sessions I offer.

Support

For families seeking system navigation and educational advocacy, I offer the opportunity to walk through public facing websites of school boards with clear explanations of educational terminology so that the edu speak can be translated into everyday understanding. As I speak Hindi, Urdu, Gujrati, Marathi, Konkani and English. I can support educational information needs multilingually.

Mentorship

With 20+ years in Ontario’s educational setting, my formal and information mentoring experience will support educators, school settlement sector workers and Employee Affinity Groups build an ongoing awareness of institutional privilege, deepen their practice in culturally relevant and responsive skills, strengthen family-school partnerships.

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Years of Educational Advocacy
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Years of K-12 Educational Experience
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Years of Mentoring & Coaching
LEARN FROM ME

Cultivate Social Change Through Equitable Praxis

The blended standpoint is a mirror that allows us to see ourselves clearly as we stand with and walk beside mothers while asking the key question “If this were my child, what would I do, wish for and fight for". Dr. Rashmee Karnad-Jani (2021)

Writings

Reflections

Resources

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Why this, why now?

May 14th, 2024 was 20 years since I signed my permanent contract with a large publicly funded school board in the Greater Toronto Area of...
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