“Celebrating the Magic of Black Characters” Learn how to bring the magic of Black characters to life in your classrooms at the 2021 Young Adult Colloquium: Come YAC with the Pack. Designed for educators, librarians, and future education professionals, you’ll hear from best-selling Black authors Tracy Deonn and Kwame Mbalia and guest scholar Jewel Davis…
Hear from best-selling Black authors Tracy Deonn and Kwame Mbalia and guest scholar Jewel Davis to gain insight and deepen your understanding of diversity, representation and the role of race, gender and history within diverse texts.
Please join us as we talk about addressing trauma as students return to school. In this session, we feature panelists who will present findings from focus groups that explored teachers’ and social workers’ experiences with the dual pandemic of racialized violence and COVID-19. In addition, panelists will discuss some of the ways that educators and…
Please join us as we talk about addressing trauma as students return to school. In this session, we feature panelists who will present findings from focus groups that explored teachers’ and social workers’ experiences with the dual pandemic of racialized violence and COVID-19. In addition, panelists will discuss some of the ways that educators and…
Sun Children is the story of 12-year-old Ali and his three friends. Together they work hard to survive and support their families, doing small jobs in a garage and committing petty crimes to make fast money. In a turn of events that seems miraculous, Ali is entrusted to find a hidden treasure underground. He recruits…
Learn about a different United Nations sustainable development goal during each session of the Office of Global Engagement's fall workshop series. The SDGs offer ways for the world to better the lives of everyone on the planet. The workshop series will focus on "Quality of Life" and feature a faculty member, student group representative, and…
We will discuss best practices regarding resume templates and content for pre-service teachers. In addition, we will look at ways/ activities to try to pursue while student teaching to help set your resume apart from other first-year teachers when the time comes. There will be given time to look at resumes, ask questions, and discuss…
Cherry Award Lecture with Hollylynne Lee, Ph.D., Professor Mathematics and Statistics Education and Finalist for Baylor University’s Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching will give a lecture with the title: “Data Moves and Discourse: Design Principles for Strengthening Statistics Education” When: Thursday, Sept. 23 | 3 to 4 p.m. Where: Coastal Ballroom in Talley…
Cherry Award Lecture with Hollylynne Lee, Ph.D., Professor Mathematics and Statistics Education and Finalist for Baylor University’s Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching will give a lecture with the title: “Data Moves and Discourse: Design Principles for Strengthening Statistics Education” When: Thursday, Sept. 23 | 3 to 4 p.m. Where: Coastal Ballroom in Talley…
The first Courageous Conversations in Community will include College of Education faculty who prepare future teachers and an alum of our teacher education program. Paula McAvoy, Ph.D., and Crystal Chen Lee, Ed.D., along with College of Education alum and teacher John Hensley will focus on the importance of preparing teachers to work effectively with diverse…