EDUCATING FOR CHANGE WORKSHOPS

FACILITATED BY BONNIE M. DAVIS, PH.D.

How to Teach Students Who Don't Look Like You

Available in Full, Half, and Extended Day Formats

Half-Day Workshop

The half-day workshop based on the book lays the groundwork.  It establishes the "big picture" of the work: understanding one's own culture, understanding others' cultures, and examining why there is an achievement gap between cultural groups.

The outline for the half-day workshop focuses on the background knowledge needed for teachers so that they can understand the necessity of culturally proficient classroom strategies.  The work begins with the "self" and proceeds outward from there.

Purpose

*    Examine culture and its impact upon student achievement.
*    Recognize the barriers to working across cultures.
*    Understand one's own culture and how it forms a "lens" with which to view the world.
*    Explore how understanding the role of culture can improve classroom instruction.
*    Engage in professional interaction.
*    Reflect on personal practices and perceptions.


Full Day Workshops

The agendas for the two full-day workshops differ in their intent.  The first outline (A) is for a full-day workshop that focuses on culturally relevant teaching strategies.  The second outline (B) is for a full-day workshop that focuses upon the impact of race upon achievement.

Full-day Workshop A
                   
This full-day interactive workshop focuses on strategies to improve the academic achievement of ALL students.  It examines cultural proficiency and cultural competence with an emphasis on students "who don't look like you."
 

Using brain-based instructional strategies, the workshop explores how to create a classroom community that honors every voice.  Participants practice the research-based strategies found in the book that engage students to improve their academic achievement across the disciplines.
 

Participants should be prepared to write, read, and learn!   During the workshop, participants identify the strategies modeled by the presenter, reflect upon their instructional practices, and practice culturally relevant teaching strategies to implement in their classroom and their schools.
 

Based on the material found in the book, the workshop also includes plans for further implementation of the information found in the workbook so that participants continue their professional growth.

Purpose
*    Examine culture and its impact upon student achievement.
*    Recognize the barriers to working across cultures.
*    Understand one's own culture and how it forms a "lens" with which to view the world.
*    Explore how understanding the role of culture can improve classroom instruction.
*    Engage in professional interaction.
*    Reflect on personal practices and perceptions.

Full-day Workshop B
                   
This full-day interactive workshop focuses on the impact of race upon student achievement. It examines cultural proficiency and cultural competence with an emphasis on students "who don't look like you."
 

Using brain-based instructional strategies, the workshop explores how to create a classroom community that honors every voice.  Participants practice the research-based strategies found in the book that engage students to improve their academic achievement across the disciplines; however, it differs from Workshop A in that it incorporates Chapters 5 and 6 and examines the impact of race and racism upon student achievement.
 

Participants should be prepared to write, read, and learn!   During the workshop, participants examine race and its impact upon student achievement as well as identify the strategies modeled by the presenter, reflect upon their instructional practices, and practice culturally relevant teaching strategies to implement in their classroom and their schools.
 

Based on the material found in the book, the workshop also includes plans for further implementation of the information found in the workbook so that participants continue their professional growth.
 

Purpose
*    Examine culture and its impact upon student achievement.
*    Recognize the barriers to working across cultures.
*    Understand one's own culture and how it forms a "lens" with which to view the world.
*    Explore how understanding the role of culture can improve classroom instruction.
*    Examine issues of race and racism and their impact upon student achievement.
*    Engage in professional interaction.
*    Reflect on personal practices and perceptions.
 

Three-day Workshops

(University credit offered: 2 credit hours)

How to Teach Students Who Don't Look Like You: Culturally Relevant Teaching Strategies is a three-day interactive workshop focusing on strategies to increase the academic achievement of ALL students.  The diverse learner population includes students from other cultures, students learning English as an additional language (ELL), migrant students, and students challenged in the traditional classroom. This is a hands-on workshop where participants will practice brain-based differentiated instructional strategies as well as examine current research and write self-reflections in the book.  Two hours university credit is available for the three-day session.

Purpose
*    Examine culture and its impact upon student achievement.
*    Recognize the barriers to working across cultures.
*    Understand one's own culture and how it forms a "lens" with which to

     view the world.
*    Examine issues of race and racism and their impact upon student

     achievement.
*    Explore how understanding the role of culture can improve classroom

     instruction.
*    Engage in professional interaction.
*    Reflect on personal practices and perceptions.