(NAME-MCE) Aug 19-20-21, 2008 Developing a Multicultural Curriculum - 13th Annual Summer Institute 2008

[Bill Howe]

Aug 19-20-21, 2008  Developing a Multicultural Curriculum - 13th Annual
Summer Institute 2008
(brochure attached or at
http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/pdf/equity/multicultural/DMC08.pdf)



8:30 am - 4:30 pm



COST: $195 (Connecticut Residents) • $295 (Out of State Residents)



Registration Deadline: July 31, 2008



About the Institute: Since 1995, more than 4,000 people have attended this
nationally recognized training program – Developing a Multicultural
Curriculum (DMC). Developed originally in 1994 under a federal grant, DMC
was created to meet the needs of teachers wishing to learn more effective
strategies to teach minority students but also schools that wanted a
curriculum that would prepare all students for a diverse workforce and a
global economy. The 1996 Connecticut school desegregation case, Sheff v
O'Neill and the enactment of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation in
2002 further highlighted the need for a curriculum that included more
culturally responsive teaching strategies, as well as more content about
different cultures.



Who should attend? Preschool educators and staff, elementary, middle and
high school teachers; administrators and support personnel; student
teachers, teacher educators, and members of the school community who want to
support a culturally responsive curriculum while working toward eliminating
bias and harassment in schools.



Participants will learn:

• the four key elements that enable all students to achieve high standards;

• the 13 knowledge bases of diversity (based on the NCATE standards);

• the 15-30 teaching strategies needed by today's educators to meet the
learning needs of all students;

• the seven cultural competency skills required for the workplace;

• to define multicultural education and develop lesson plans and curriculum
accordingly;

• to consider strategies to address issues of race, ethnicity and economic
isolation outlined in Sheff v. O'Neill; and

• the implications for multicultural education in NCLB.



Location: Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, Ledyard, CT



Contact: Dr. William A. Howe

Email: william.howe at ct.gov


-- 
Bill Howe

13th Annual New England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME)
October 8, 2008, Connecticut Convention Center - Hartford, Connecticut
http://www.necme.org
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