Monday Musings from The Kravis Center Monday Musings October 5, 2020 Focus: Election questions and answers
Kravis Center Q&A drop-in session: Wednesday, September 30 from 2:00-3:00
Dear Colleagues,
Miles here! Last week, I screened President Trump's opening remarks from the White House Conference on American History for my freshmen. We had a productive conversation about the relationship between the President's insistence on preserving the "magnificent truth" of America's founding and history and the novel When the Emperor Was Divine. The novel explores a family of Japanese Americans removed from their home and interned during WWII. My students, sitting at various points on the ideological spectrum, wrestled with the difficulty of our nation and its fraught history.
Miles and Fiona, on behalf of the Kravis Center
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As we approach the end of FT1 (congrats!) and reflect on our build and design of FT2 curricula, here is an interesting article from Education Week about academic honesty and authentic assessments.
Day 1 of the Instructional coaching annual workshop was today and one of the speakers, Christian Van cited an article he wrote for TheConversatiom.com. Hope isn't mere wishful thinking: it's a valuable tool we can put to work in a crisis.
Difficult Dialogues is an article that I came across last week on the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching website that I have found helpful, especially given our TAG discussions.
DEI PD opp:
Connecticut Center for School Change offers several PD opportunities on equity and online learning. How to become and antiracist without knowing how to talk about race? _______________________________________________________________________________ Professional Development Opportunities
SEL in the classroom: Here is the link to the numerous PD opportunities through One Schoolhouse, one of which is Protecting Student Mental Health in Hybrid Learning Environments with Lisa Damour
Harvard GSE programs for educators - so any worthwhile workshops for teachers.
DEI PD opp:
Connecticut Center for School Change offers several PD opportunities on equity and online learning. How to become and antiracist without knowing how to talk about race? Follow us on Twitter! |