RI EduLeaders of Color seminar

GOT EQUITY? Seminar: Engaging Students Using Culturally Relevant Content
Organized by RI Eduleaders of Color 

Chace Center lobby at 20 North Main Street
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Session 1
This session is intended to explore the intersectionality between Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, creating the safe space necessary to foster an optimal learning environment and supporting ELs in our classrooms. Together, we will have an opportunity to deepen our communal understanding, share best practices, and engage in authentic dialogue, to best meet the needs of all students.
Session 2
Using artworks and artifacts to connect to students’ unique identities, backgrounds and interests is a powerful approach to value and center students’ experiences in relation to specific curricula. This session will use examples of culturally relevant objects at the RISD Museum and will provide strategies for responsive teaching with art. Led by museum educators, who work with classroom teachers teaching different subjects and ages, we will explore a range of media and share strategies and practices for selecting and working with art to ensure and support students’ culturally diverse experiences and interests. We will also address challenges and pitfalls and provide guidelines for inclusive practices.