Read Across America
March is Reading Month, but we know that EVERY month is reading month! NEA's Read Across America celebrates reading all year round with recommendations and resources promoting diversity and inclusion through reading. The resources include options for face-to-face and virtual classrooms:
- Book recommendations for the month of March include:
- Elementary- Tiara's Hat Parade
- Middle School- Each Tiny Spark
- High School- They Called Us Enemy (available in our WISD Diverse Lending Library!)
- KidLit TV Read Out Loud Program- with videos of authors, actors and illustrators reading picture books aloud.
- Books by Theme to support lessons and units (some also available in the WISD Diverse Lending Library)
- Free Materials- both hard copy and digital
Upcoming Professional Learning
In this session Dr. Gholdy Muhammad will engage teachers in unpacking culture. Together, culture will be explored and revisited in deep, multifaceted ways. We will discuss our own cultural identities and approaches to learning the cultures of students.
By the end of this session, the teachers will understand culture and engage in a self-identity work.
Outcomes:
1. Educators will learn equity, anti-bias, and culturally responsive instruction.
2. Educators will learn how CHRE can be used to improve their teaching practices
3. Educators will explore their own cultural identities and ideologies for teaching and learning.
For IN COUNTY registrants ONLY please use the discount code of CRMT.
4:00-6:00 Virtual
**Prerequisite: Justice Leaders Core Course**
Are you a preschool or elementary teacher wanting more guidance on how to incorporate diverse, inclusive, and socially just picture books in your classroom? Join us to explore why diverse books are important, the various categories of diverse books (with great examples from Shayla's own home library!), how to prepare yourself to read more diverse books to your students, and what challenges and pitfalls may arise in your efforts.
Date: Thursday, March 4, 2021, 10am-12pm
-No Charge for public, private, and charter school staff in Washtenaw County; WISD staff; or Washtenaw County Youth serving organization. Districts will be responsible for any necessary sub costs.
All others, $25 per person.
Are you a preschool or elementary teacher wanting more guidance on how to incorporate diverse, inclusive, and socially just picture books in your classroom? Join us to explore why diverse books are important, the various categories of diverse books (with great examples from Shayla's own home library!), how to prepare yourself to read more diverse books to your students, and what challenges and pitfalls may arise in your efforts.
Date: Thursday, March 4, 2021, 10am-12pm
-No Charge for public, private, and charter school staff in Washtenaw County; WISD staff; or Washtenaw County Youth serving organization. Districts will be responsible for any necessary sub costs.
All others, $25 per person.
FREE TWO SESSION VIRTUAL EVENT from the Holocaust Memorial Center hosted by WISD
4:00-6:00
Media literacy skills have become essential for young people to successfully navigate and critically assess the ever-increasing amount of information they receive throughout their day - on social media, advertisements, television, and film. Therefore, it is crucial for students to comprehend and identify how media, both historically and in contemporary society, can be used as a tool to incite hate and violence against certain groups.
Media literacy skills have become essential for young people to successfully navigate and critically assess the ever-increasing amount of information they receive throughout their day - on social media, advertisements, television, and film. Therefore, it is crucial for students to comprehend and identify how media, both historically and in contemporary society, can be used as a tool to incite hate and violence against certain groups.
This learning opportunity examines the events of the Holocaust through the lens of media, by examining propaganda deployed by the Nazis to discriminate against Jews and other minorities. Educators will gain the tools to facilitate classroom discussions on the role and impact of Nazi propaganda during the Holocaust and support their students to critically analyze media in today’s world.
Have you read Cultivating Genius by Dr. Gholdy Muhammad and now would like to lesson plan with other teachers? Join us March 24th from 4:00-6:00 to put your learning into action. With resources and templates from Dr. Muhammad, you'll have time to think and plan with other teachers. Bring your books and ideas!
Virtual 4:00-6:00
*SCHECHS not available. Books not provided.
*SCHECHS not available. Books not provided.
Free for Washtenaw County educators. PART 2, follow-up from December 10 Workshop. Virtual. 5:00-7:00
In this workshop, participants will have an opportunity to engage in more intimate conversations about Anti-Black Linguistic Racism and how they can implement Antiracist Language Pedagogies in their respective classrooms. Participants will also have opportunities to ask specific questions about their teaching philosophies of language, language policies, curriculum, practices, syllabi, assignments, etc. Baker-Bell will share sample syllabi, assignments, and activities.
