The Other Side of Poverty in Schools workshop Tuesday, January 14, 2020 | 4:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Education Sciences Building, 325

In this intensive one-day workshop designed for teachers, administrators, counselors, specialists, and education professionals, you can expect to:

  • Learn about the five principles for change to establish positive relationships with and better support working-class students and families, and those experiencing poverty.
  • Develop research-based teaching practices sensitive to students experiencing poverty.
  • Take away powerful classroom ideas for incorporating social class-related content.
  • Get ideas for establishing positive relationships with families and students experiencing poverty.
  • Earn 4 continuing education credits

$110 per person, $85 each for groups of 10+, $40 for UMN faculty or staff, $15-$25 sliding scale student pricing (contact Clements@umn.edu for discount code).

REGISTERz.umn.edu/OSPSworkshops

Dinner 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.