Exploring Identity, Agency, and Belonging in an ELA classroom for NYCPS
November 19, 2024 | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm EST
New York, NY
About this event:
Multi-Session
Our multi-session professional learning series are designed for in-depth exploration of themes and topics that help educators strengthen their skills and competencies. Session information is included in the event details.
Instructor-Led
This professional learning event will be led by Facing History staff. When you register, you will receive instructions for how to attend the event.
This event qualifies for CTLE (New York).
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Together We Will:
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Experience a Facing History approach to ELA through hands-on reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities using our collections: Coming-of-Age in a Complex World and Borders and Belonging.
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Practice strategies to foster and sustain student-centered classroom communities.
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Consider the implications of adolescent development research on pedagogy and practice, your sense of purpose as an educator, and your relationships with students.
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Develop the mindset and tools to build units that center student identity, invites perspective taking and ethical reflection, develops literacy and critical thinking skills, and expands students’ civic capacities and sense of agency.
Adolescence is a time when young people are crafting stories about who they are, how they understand the world, and how they fit into society. Literature has the power to inform and transform the way adolescents see themselves and others. Facing History’s approach to teaching literature integrates social-emotional learning, civics education, and equity with new research in adolescent development. It is designed to help your students value the complexity of identity, process texts through a critical and ethical lens, and develop their sense of agency.
In this workshop we will explore Facing History’s newest English Language Arts collection, Borders and Belonging, highlighting stories and counter-narratives that investigate the complicated world of belonging and the tangible and intangible borders that can shape it. This in-person workshop continues our collaboration with the New York City Public Schools' "Meeting the Moment" initiative -a collaboration focused on helping educators nurture crucial conversations on democracy, civil rights, and human rights in classrooms and school communities."
This workshop is only for New York City Public Schools middle and high school faculty.
The registration fee for this event has been waived thanks to generous funding from Facing History and Ourselves donors and NYCPS.
Location: New-York Historical Society
Address: 170 Central Park W, New York, NY 10024
Certificate of Completion
New York educators are eligible for up to 6 CTLE hours after completion of this event.
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