Professional Development: Teaching about Race and Racism

11/02/2017 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM ET

Admission

  • Free

Location

Iona College
715 North Avenue
New Rochelle, NY 10804
United States of America
Room Number: Thomas J. Burke Lounge
Building Number: Spellman Hall

Summary

Professional Development: Teaching about Race and Racism

***THERE IS NOW A WAITING LIST FOR THIS EVENT***

Opening Remarks: Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr.
Westchester County District Attorney

Speaker: Susan Brownbill-Vega,
Assistant District Attorney, Director of Community Affairs, Bias Crimes Unit Chief

Workshop: Sara Wicht, Independent Educational Consultant

Description

***THERE IS NOW A WAITING LIST FOR THIS EVENT***

 

Description: 
Explore commonly held beliefs and biases that influence an educator’s ability to be responsive to all students.  Engage in personal reflection, learn strategies for facilitating difficult conversations, plan student-centered instruction and investigate ways to include teaching about implicit bias, race, racism, police violence and crimes against humanity in your academic instruction.  This interactive workshop is designed for K-16 educators, administrators and counselors. 

Participants will receive “use tomorrow” classroom resources and publications from Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. They will also receive 4 CTLE credit hours.

This training is suitable for K-16 educators including teachers, administrators and counselors.

 

Program:

Opening Remarks: Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr.
Westchester County District Attorney

Speaker: Susan Brownbill-Vega, 
Assistant District Attorney, Director of Community Affairs, Bias Crimes Unit Chief

Workshop: Sara Wicht, Independent Educational Consultant

 

Presenter Bio:


Sara Wicht is an independent, educational consultant.  She has over two decades of experience as a classroom teacher, teacher mentor, professional developer, curriculum designer and educational writer.  She has worked in public schools in Minnesota and Texas and at the American School of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As the Senior Manager of Teaching and Learning with Teaching Tolerance, Wicht led curriculum development of Teaching Tolerance’s award-winning K-12 curriculum, Perspectives for a Diverse America and teacher trainings online and across the country.  Wicht holds a MA Ed in Language and Literacy and a BA in English from Hamline University, St. Paul, MN, and is certified in secondary English/Language Arts.

Since 2012, Wicht has facilitated professional development on anti-bias education at national conference events hosted by the National Council for Teachers of English, National Council for Social Studies, Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color, National Association of Multicultural Educators, Association of Middle Level Educators, Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, American School Counselor Association, Human Rights Campaign and the National Coalition on School Diversity. Most recently, she provided in-person professional development for Global Islam and Arts Teacher Fellows through the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and for Chicago-area educators at the IL Holocaust Museum and Education Center on “Confronting Bias and Facilitating Difficult Conversations” and provided content for the America Divided Viewer's Guide.

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