Course Overview and Objectives
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Sunday, April 28, 2024, 1:35 PM
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Description
Based on the
NEA CARE Curriculum and broken down into three separate workshops, CARE
strategies prepare educators to implement research-based approaches that
maximize the value that diverse groups of students bring with them to school.
Part 1 focuses on student and community culture and how to recognize the role
culture plays in learning. Part 2 deals with the maximizing the broad range of
student abilities and fostering student resilience and Part 3 focuses on the
role of effort in learning and how educators can use a systems-based approach
to implementing a culturally competent learning environment.
1. Course Objectives
Participants will:
•Discover
how opportunity gaps fuel achievement gaps, and how community engagement can
close them.
•Incorporate
practices that synthesize how culture and knowledge of diverse populations
promotes relational and academic equity.
•Develop
a systems-based approach to identifying root causes of barriers to creating
equitable and diverse communities of learners and strategies for overcoming
those barriers.