The Other Side of Poverty in Schools workshop Wednesday, January 16, 2019 | 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Peik Hall, 28

In this exciting, stimulating, and intensive one-day workshop, teachers, administrators,counselors, and teacher educators will:

• Learn about the five principles for change to better meet the needs of working-class and poor students
• Develop research-based teaching practices sensitive to working-class and poor children and families
• Reflect on formative assessment of working-class and poor students across the curriculum
• Take away powerful classroom ideas for incorporating social class-related content
• Get ideas for establishing positive relationships with working-class and poor families
• Earn 5 continuing education credits

 

$125 per person, $100 each for groups of 10+, $50 for UMN faculty or staff, $15-$25 sliding scale student pricing (contact Clements@umn.edu for discount code).

REGISTER:z.umn.edu/OSPSworkshops

Coffee and breakfast baked goods included in registration fee.

The workshop will be co-led by Mark Vagle and Colleen Clements:

 

Dr. Mark Vagle, (University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development) a former teacher (elementary and middle school) and middle school administrator, is an award-winning instructor and an associate professor of education at The University of Minnesota. Dr. Vagle is author of over 50 books, articles, book chapters, blogs, interviews, and invited lectures about powerful teaching philosophies and practices. His most current research examines the profound influence social class has on the ways in which teachers and students perceive (and engage with) one another and how particular social class-sensitive pedagogies can be enacted in classrooms.

 

Dr. Colleen Clements, is a lecturer in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota. She holds a Ph.D. in Culture and Teaching. Her research focuses on social class and identity, equity in education, and anti-racist pedagogy.