Educational Equity Workshops
Presented by The Howard Group
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Examining Implicit Bias
June 28, 2021
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The implicit bias session will focus on helping educators examine their own biases and prejudices where issues of race are concerned. Given the racial diversity in schools today, it is critical that educators understand the role that implicit bias can play in instruction, expectations for students, teacher-student engagement, and relationship building. This session will deal directly with the role of race, racism, and the manner in which racial microaggressions can affect students’ prospects for learning and future academic success. Participants will engage in active learning activities that consider the origins and impact of assumptions, stereotypes, and microaggressions. Participants will begin to explore strategies for disrupting bias and consider ways to make school and classroom spaces more just and equitable.
Presenter: Kenjus Watson, Ph.D., is the Program Evaluation Director of SF BUILD. His research concerns the biopsychological impact of everyday anti-blackness and colonization on Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color, and the potential of abolition to bring about a re-Indigenization of Education and greater wellness for students and communities.
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Culturally & Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy
June 30, 2021
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
This session will provide pedagogical, teaching, and classroom strategies that provide an inclusive, equitable, and empowering learning environment for culturally and linguistically diverse learners. Participants will discuss the key concepts of culturally responsive pedagogy and culturally responsive classroom management strategies and develop a plan of action to make their curriculum, classroom structures, and teacher-student relationships responsive to a diverse student body. Participants will be introduced to approaches that can be used to take course content at any grade level or subject matter and modify the content to be situated in a more culturally meaningful context for learners.
Presenter: Oscar Navarro, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Teacher Education at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He is also a Board Member for the Critical Educators for Social Justice, a special interest group of the American Educational Research Association and a founding member of the People's Education Movement, Los Angeles.
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Supporting Language Learners
July 26, 2021
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
This session will focus on highlighting students' linguistic competencies and identifying how they overlap with the forms of language and literacy valued in schools. Participants will be invited to reflect on, discuss, and try out practical strategies for exploring and expanding their own students' linguistic repertoires.
Presenter: Ramón Antonio Martínez Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. His research explores the intersections of language, race, and ideology in urban schools. Before entering academia, Dr. Martínez was a bilingual elementary school teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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Additional Information:
Location:
All sessions will be held virtually via Zoom.
Participants must be registered in order to receive session link. Must register for each individual session separately.
Cost:
No fee to attend. Lunch will not be provided.
Recommended Audience:
District & Building Administrators, Specialists, K-12 Educators, Paraeducators.
Act 48 Hours:
5 hours per session.
Participants must attend the entirety of the session and complete the session evaluation in order to receive Act 48 hours.
Registration:
Registration deadline is one week prior to each event date. Each session requires a separate registration.
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Questions? Contact:
Gretchen Stoudt
CIU 20 Professional Learning Department
gstoudt@ciu20.org
610-515-6506
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