Helping school staff engage Black and Latino males (CRSE Aligned): Black and Latino males have unique circumstances that often make engaging in school more difficult than their peers. Steele and Aronson (1994) asked the question, “What are the consequences of exposure to an environment rich with devaluing stereotypes about one’s group?” In other words, what happens when you are constantly surrounded by messages and social cues that tell you the group you identify with shares negative characteristics? Until school staff understand what often impacts the psyche of Black and Latino boys, closing the achievement gap will be insurmountable. Our professional development focuses on helping teachers understand the key attitudinal constructs of racial ethnic-identity, academic self-efficacy, the possible future-self, stereotype threat, and the intersection between student outcomes for Black and Latino boys.