SOUTHWEST CENTER NEWS
November 2020
The Southwest Center and Educator Preparation Programs at KSC are committed to supporting educators, students and families in our region. We will continue to share resources to help you navigate the ever changing landscape of education. We are in this together and are here for you!
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Fall Webinar Series with KSC Educational Preparation Faculty
Rethinking Our
Book Choices:
Create safe spaces for students through culturally responsive teaching and the interactive read aloud
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
4:00-5:00 pm
Whenever possible, choose to read culturally diverse books with your students. Even in a remote setting, you can use an interactive read aloud as a powerful tool to promote cultural awareness and create safe spaces for all students, while building background knowledge, vocabulary, and comprehension. We’ll review culturally responsive teaching and key concepts of awareness, learning partnerships, information processing and community building. We’ll then take a look at current trends in children’s literature, the interactive read aloud, and how to assess your classroom libraries/book choices.
Audience: Pre-K all the way through postsecondary teachers
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Jennifer Alexander, MEd, has worked in a variety of educational settings with both children and adults. At KSC, she teaches courses in the Education Department where her favorite is Literacy in Diverse Classrooms. When she isn’t teaching, she enjoys camping, kayaking, skiing, gardening, and of course, reading. Jennifer received her master's at Lesley University where she did a double dip in literacy and language, plus elementary education and creative arts in learning.
We are pleased to offer this professional learning webinar at NO COST. Webinars will be recorded and available on the KSC Southwest Center website.
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Keene State College Webinar Series with Dr. Dottie Morris
Join us once a month for the next three months, beginning November 5, to explore implicit bias, the attitudes and stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner. The unconscious aspect is really important and we will learn together how to become aware of it and co-create more inclusiveness.
Dr. Dottie Morris, PhD, is Associate Vice President for Diversity and Equity at Keene State College.
Implicit Bias: Unearthing Unconscious Racism in Your Classroom and School
Thursday, November 5, 2020
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Using Thanksgiving as a case study, we will explore how implicit bias can can potentially play out in our schools. Implicit bias is unconscious - we don't even realize it exists. This is different from thoughts we might hide in order to keep the peace, and the opposite of explicit bias, which are attitudes or beliefs to which we fully admit.
Audience: K-12 educators, including classroom teachers, specials teachers, paraprofessionals, and administrators
Co-Facilitator: Dottie will be joined by Kelsey Kilburn, Principal at Nelson Elementary School in Nelson, NH.
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SAVE THE DATE
Honoring Inclusivity in Holiday Celebrations: It's Not All or Nothing!
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
4:00-5:00 pm
SAVE THE DATE
A Time of Healing: Martin Luther King's Beloved Community in our Classrooms and Schools
Wednesday, January 6, 2020
4:00-5:00 pm
We are pleased to offer this professional learning series at NO COST. Webinars will be recorded and available on the KSC Southwest Center website.
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North Country Partnership for SEL Resources |
The North Country Partnership for SEL Practices (NCP4SEL) supports social and emotional well-being from birth to adulthood throughout the North Country of NH. Check out their SEL guidance document.
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Special Education Compliance Training Webinars |
The New Hampshire Department of Education Bureau of Student Support will be providing free webinars on many of our ongoing compliance monitoring training topics to help special education teachers access the knowledge they need to provide special education services to New Hampshire students with disabilities.
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High 5 Adventure Learning Center/Keene State College Collaboration
Check out a blog from High 5 Adventure Learning Center highlighting a conversation between Dr. Jayme Hines, KSC Early Childhood Faculty) and Beth Buoro about the impact of the pandemic (both positive and negative) on students, families and educators.
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Hope, Heart, Healing
17th Annual NH Suicide Prevention Online Conference
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This FREE conference will be hosted by NAMI NH and will be held November 12 & 13
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Spring Semester Registration!
Keene State College begins registration for its spring semester on Thursday, November 12. If you’re interested in taking classes for college credit or professional development, this is a great year! Many of our classes are either fully online, or hybrid to allow for social distancing. Therefore, they are much easier to fit into your busy schedules!
View a complete list of classes HERE and contact our office at continuing-ed@keene.edu or 603.358.2290 if you have questions, or to register starting November 12!
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KSC has partnered with VESi to provide online courses for CEUs
Courses offered for 2.7 or 4 CEUs with fees starting at just $325.
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SOUTHWEST CENTER FOR EDUCATOR SUPPORT AT
KEENE STATE COLLEGE
Contact: Steve Bigaj
sbigaj@keene.edu / 603-358-2782
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