(NAME-MCE) Outstanding Workshops on LGBTQ issues Scheduled for the 13th Annual New England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME) Oct 8, 2008

[Bill Howe]

Outstanding Workshops on LGBTQ issues Scheduled for the 13th Annual New
England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME) Oct 8, 2008 in
Hartford, CT. Go to www.necme.org <http://www.necme.org/> 

 

This Wasn't in My Lesson Plan! How Anti-gay Bias Impacts Student Learning &
Strategies for Change

This informative and interactive workshop will address the impact of
anti-gay bias and harassment on the students and the learning environment.
Participants will hear the stories of student experiences, learn and
practice new strategies to intervene with consequences, provide student
support and provide proactive homophobia and transphobia prevention
education. Rosalinda Noriega and Truc Nguyen, Safe Schools Coalition,
Olympia, WA.

 

Toward an End: LGBT Panelists Share Personal Stories with Q & A

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people, and supportive allies from
the Stonewall Speakers will demonstrate the model used during speaking
engagements for schools, colleges, agencies, workplaces and faith
communities. Our goal is to increase awareness of issues facing LGBT youth
and adults through personal stories and answering questions. This program
encourages support of the mostly closeted queer youth, family members, and
educators in our schools and workplaces. Geraldine Burke, CT Stonewall
Foundation, Inc. (Stonewall Speakers), West Hartford, CT.

 

Taking Action as School Professionals in Protecting Students from Harassment
and Bias-Motivated Violence

This interactive  session  offers teachers and  other  school professionals
practical  tools  and  strategies to help identify, prevent  and respond to
harassment based on race, color, ethnicity, gender, religion, disability and
sexual orientation in K-12 schools. Participants will view a compelling
video about a gay high school student who is victimized by
sexual-orientation-based harassment and violence in a suburban high school.
Participants will examine the challenges and practical steps they can take
to stop the harassment of individual students and address the broader school
climate concerns when their students do not feel safe in school. Richard
Cole, Civil Rights and Safe Schools Consultant, Boston, MA.

 

A Comprehensive Approach to Preventing School Bullying

Bullying behaviors result in many emotional, physical, legal and school
related problems. This presentation will provide participants with knowledge
and resources to implement an inexpensive, comprehensive bullying prevention
program. Participants will be introduced to the 10 strategies that represent
best practices in bullying prevention and intervention. Robert Salem and
Susan K. Telljohann, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH.

 

If These Halls Could Talk: A Program to Deal with Bullying in Our Schools

"If These Halls Could Talk " is a groundbreaking program for teachers and
parents wishing to gain a deeper understanding of bully behavior and school
violence. This workshop will discuss the effects of cultural and personal
bias on bullying behavior and how one can effectively implement a safe
school environment and attitude. Lee Mun Wah, StirFry Seminars & Consulting,
Berkeley, CA and John Boiano, Pulse Integration, Vernon, CT.

 

Strengthening Our Laws and Policies to Prevent Bullying and Harassment 

This session will provide an overview of anti-bullying legislation in New
England. The evolution of Connecticut 's law and the significant strengths
of Maine 's law will be emphasized. Also discussed and provided will be a
model comprehensive district policy first developed in Massachusetts to
prevent bullying and harassment, but now being adopted in other states. Jo
Ann Freiberg, CT State Department of Education, Hartford, CT and Randy Ross,
New England Equity Assistance Center at Brown University, Providence, RI.



Teaching Controversial Issues in School

The objective of this session is to support teachers in discussing
controversial issues in classrooms, such as race, poverty, sexism, sexual
orientation and homophobia, religion, anti-SS and disabilities. The
presenter will share strategies and communication skills on how to discuss
controversial issues in the classroom, and will provide lesson plans,
resources and information on controversial issues. 

Ellen Retelle, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT.



 

... and more ............

 

Bill Howe 

New England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME)
http://www.necme.org <http://www.necme.org/> 

 

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