Co-Constructing an Antiracist Curriculum and Community
Join us for our third 2021–2022 virtual teach-in, a day of workshops focused on examining and improving our curriculum, teaching, and learning to make us a more equitable, just, and inclusive community. All are welcome to this free event.
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| 9:30–9:45 am | Mindfulness | Jacob Aqua | Refresh and calm |
| 10:00–10:15 am | Welcome | Amy Rutstein-Riley | Framing the day |
| 10:15–11:15 am | Decentering White Comfort in Equity Work: A Presentation on Examining Internalized White Supremacy | Victoria Gill, Ana López | We will address the issue of white discomfort and how we can recognize when we prioritize our discomfort over equity work in education. We will provide strategies to unpack, understand, and analyze peoples’ roles in white supremacy through an anti-racist lens. |
| 11:15 am–12:00 pm | Brave Dialogues: Developing Informed Responses | Kay Martinez, Marianne Adams, Barbara Steckel, Barbara Govendo | A discussion of how we can develop informed responses to challenging situations in classrooms and community. |
| 12:00–1:00 pm | Lunch Break/ Interactive art installation |
Kathryn Bartholomew | Interactive timeline of the movement towards inclusive education; also visible in University Hall 2nd floor. |
| 1:00–2:00 pm | Critical Review Workshop Part I: Is Your Syllabus Perpetuating Inequity? A Workshop on Critical Content Analysis of your Syllabi/Teaching) | Victoria Gill, Ana López | Using diverse tools, we will rethink our syllabi structure and brainstorm approaches towards aligning our courses with school and university EDIJ goals. Bring a syllabus to examine, and be prepared with access to your Blackboard course. |
| 2:00–3:00 pm | Critical Review Workshop Part II: Programmatic department breakout sessions | Graduate School of Education Department Chairs. For GSOE faculty only. | Continuation of Critical Review Workshop Part I, within departments |
| 3:00-3:15 pm | Break; begin with stretch | Marianne Adams | |
| 3:15–4:00 pm | Transformative Reads! Bring an antiracism-related book that impacted you in powerful way. | Erika Dawes, Valerie Shinas, Alexandra Kirby | Share a book you found transformative, or add to your list of must-read books. We will all have a chance to share a “Book Talk." |
| 4:00–5:00 pm | Listening to Teacher Candidate Voices: Antiracist Pedagogy | Student panel, with co-facilitators Amy Stratman, Christina Jache, and Stephanie Spadorcia | Are you ready to teach all students? What is your understanding of equity and inclusion. What do you want GSOE faculty to know? |
| 5:00–6:00 pm | Concluding Our Year of Equity and Belonging | Amy Rutstein-Riley | Recap of this work to date and priorities for the coming year. Thoughts from participants. |