Join PA-NAME at the

10th Annual Global Well-Being & Social Change Conference

April 20 – 22, 2023

The Ware Center, Lancaster PA

42 N Prince St., Lancaster, PA 17603

Presented by The Learning Institute at Millersville University

Co-sponsored by Millersville’s Social Justice Collective,

Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Educators and Regen-All

In partnership with Millersville’s Social Justice Collective, the Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Educators (PA-NAME) is co-sponsoring a one-day hybrid event as part of the 10th Annual Global Well-Being and Social Change Conference.

This hybrid event, titled “Social Change Conference,” aims to provide: 1) an overview of the new Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Culturally Relevant and Sustaining Education (CR_SE) Program Framework Guidelines; and 2) a series of workshops to assist teacher educators with incorporating the CR-SE competencies into their teacher preparation, induction, and professional development programs.

For educators who request ACT 48 credits, please submit this form.

SOCIAL CHANGE CONFERENCE
Saturday, April 22, 2023

In-Person at the Ware Center, Lancaster, PA and Virtual

8:00 – 8:45am, Registration and Breakfast

8:45 - 10:50am, Opening Session

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8:45-8:50am, Welcome

Dr. Carol Watson (PA-NAME) and Dr. Miriam Witmer (Social Justice Collective at Millersville University)

8:50 - 8:58am, Opening Remarks: Culturally Relevant Framework: Ensuring all learners have access to opportunities to succeed.

Dr. Damaris Rau, Superintendent of the School District of Lancaster, Retired

8:58 - 9:00am, Introduce Keynote Speaker

Dr. Aileen Hower, Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator of the Masters in Education in Language and Literacy and Graduate Coordinator of the Program Specialist: ESL Certificate

9:00 - 10:00am, Keynote: “Hitting for Contact”

Mr. Matthew Kay

Keynote: When it comes to leading tough conversations, Hollywood has taught many of us to always swing for the fences. Yet this all-or-nothing approach to tough conversations, especially race conversations, just as often leads to catastrophe as it does to success. In this interactive keynote, Kay will present a counter vision to home-run-or-nothing thinking and work with fellow teachers to design curriculum build for regular, predictable successes.

10:00 - 10:50am, Overview of Culturally Relevant Sustaining Educator Competencies

Co-Presenters: Dr. Juliet Curci, Assistant Dean of College Access and Persistence, College of Education and Human Development at Temple University, and Co-Director of the Pennsylvania Educator Diversity Consortium and Dr. Donna-Marie Cole-Malott, Assistant Professor of Professional and Secondary Education at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, and Co-Director of the Pennsylvania Educator Diversity Consortium

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Developing Your “Talking Game” 7-12

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Speaker: Mr. Matthew Kay

Strand: 7-12 & IHE

Location: Choral

This session encourages teachers to reflect upon their personal strengths and weaknesses with communication, specifically as it impacts their classroom discussions with students. In it, teachers work through strategies to develop communication skills that are too often thought of as fixed, working together to prepare themselves to lead powerful race conversations. We specifically work with how to enter and exit conversations thoughtfully, how to manage conflict, and how to develop our conversational flexibility and agility, and determine which situations require which of these skills.

Marginalization in Schools through Curriculum and Climate – Backlash and Progress over the Past Few Years

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Speaker: Dr. Tiffany Wright

Strand: PK-12 & IHE

Location: 3-05

This interactive presentation will engage participants in discussions around the current climate in schools for students and educators. Current movements (i.e. social emotional learning, “don’t say gay”, critical race theory, and policies related to transgender students” will be discussed. Finally, the presenter will briefly share some research related to workplace climate for LGBT educators.

Is it Me?: Exploring Conviction and Culturally Relevant & Sustaining Education

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Speaker: Dr. Nakeiha Primus

Strand: PK-12 & IHE

Location: 3-14

This workshop will explore how personal ideologies, beliefs, and conviction ground how teachers, students, families...anyone with a stake in education, ground the procedures, policies, and everyday practices in today's schools. Working from a holistic narrative framework, participants will be prompted to assess what, how, where, and why their personal ideas about culture, ability, and teaching/learning generally show up in unintended ways in classrooms. Participants will leave with tangible and practical ways to enact culturally relevant and sustaining methods by first starting within.

The Leadership Challenge Hidden in the CR-SE Guidelines: School Structure and Infrastructure Built on Relation and Responsibility

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Speaker: Dr. Barbara Stengel

Strand: School Leaders & IHE

Location: 3-15

In this session, I consider PDE’s CR-SE Guidelines (individually and as a set) through the lens of relational pedagogy and relational capacity. I make the case that these Guidelines, though clearly valuable, cannot be fully implemented by individual teachers without changes in the structure and infrastructure of schools, and I pose this as a leadership challenge. A case study of the Bailey STEM Magnet Middle School turnaround in Nashville, TN anchors both the Guidelines and ideas about relationality and responsibility in the day-to-day life of students and teachers in schools.

11:00am - 12pm

Breakout Session #1

Decolonizing Your Classroom Using CR-SE

Speaker: Dr. Jennie Burke

Strand: PK-12

Location: 3-05

“[t]his history is not your fault. But it is absolutely your responsibility,” Nikki Sanchez TED Talk.

This workshop encourages participants to use the CR-SE competencies to explore ways their classroom and curriculum (in all subject areas) are places of colonization. Once that has been identified, the session will reveal was to remove harmful materials and instead represent Indigenous people is a manner that respects their cultural, psychological, and economic freedom.

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Inclusive Pedagogy: More Than a Box of Tools

Speaker: Dr. Karen Rice

Strand: School of Social Work

Location: 3-14

Inclusive pedagogy is a specific way of teaching, a mindset that is intentional. It encompasses educators’ interactions with students, teaching strategies, course material, types of assignments, and evaluation measures. Inclusive pedagogy leads to intentional course adjustments that supports the needs of all students enrolled in the course with the aim of ensuring their successful completion not only of the course but of their degree. Students enrolled in courses where educators embrace inclusive pedagogical approaches are empowered to take risks, make mistakes, and embrace a community of learning, thus supporting their own knowledge and that of others within the class.

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How to Utilize concepts from Educational Psychology to Promote Social Justice in the Classroom

Speaker: Dr. Sandy Deemer

Strand: PK-12 & IHE

Location: 3-15

This session will engage participants in activities that aid them in understanding current research on stereotype threat and how that research has been used to foster changes in teachers’ practices as they create equitable environments in the classroom. These activities will be both self-reflective and action-oriented in nature so that participants utilize their own experiences and beliefs as a foundation of empowerment to “be the change” needed in our society.

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1:20pm - 2:20pm

Breakout Session #2

12:00n - 1:20pm, Lunch on Your Own

Establishing and Building Authentic Relationships with Proactive Restorative Circles

Speaker: Ms. Jassinya Alvarado-Padilla

Strand: PK-12

Location: 3-14

Exploring the use of restorative circles to establish and build relationships with students, peers, colleagues, etc. Restorative Circles a technique that builds and restores relationships through equal opportunity sharing and listening. Whether you’re new or experienced with restorative circles, I invite you to join me.

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"Isolation" to "Advocacy": The Journey of a Black Male Educator

Speaker: Mr. Leon Smith

Strand: PK-12

Location: Choral Room

Black male educators currently comprise only 1% of all teachers in Pennsylvania. Nationwide, it is less than 2%. Many black educators find themselves isolated as "one of the only" in their schools. This session will focus on the journey of one such educator who tapped into the rich and historic legacy of black educators of the past in order to inspire his advocacy for greater teacher diversity through affinity spaces, mentorship, and political advocacy.

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Resources for Working with Immigrant and Refugee Children

Speaker: Dr. Carol Haney-Watson

Strand: PK-12 & IHE

Location: 3-15

This session will share a variety of resources to better understand and work with immigrant and refugee students and their families. Participants will leave with a list of relevant children's literature, websites, a simulation, and other ideas for classroom activities.

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Cultural Intelligence: A Prospect for Teaching in a Diverse Learning Environment

Speaker: Dr. Abdul Ibrahim

Strand: PK-12 & IHE

Location: 3-05

An individual’s success in thriving in a globalized world requires an ability to adapt to a variety of cultural situations. One of the most culturally diverse environments is our classrooms; however, research has shown that the majority of educators in these environments are culturally insensitive. In this interactive session, the presenter will walk the attendees through reflecting on their Cultural Intelligence (CQ). Through our conversation, the presenter will guide attendees on various aspects of CQ by emphasizing on ideas for diversifying the curriculum, contents, teaching strategies, and activities to reflect our CQ.

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2:30pm - 3:30pm

Breakout Session #3

3:30-4:00 Closing Circle (PA-NAME)
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SOCIAL CHANGE CONFERENCE Saturday, April 22, 2023

In-Person at the Ware Center, Lancaster, PA and Virtual

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