(NAME-MCE) 14th Annual Developing a Multicultural Curriculum Institute - Gentle - Reminder of Registration Deadline: July 31, 2009

[Howe, William]

14th Annual Developing a Multicultural Curriculum Institute
Gentle - Reminder of Registration Deadline: July 31, 2009 
 
14th Annual Developing a Multicultural Curriculum Institute
 
August 19-21, 2009 * 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Ledyard, CT
 
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. 
 
What is the content? The three days will follow a model based on four
key steps to becoming a multicultural educator: awareness, knowledge,
skills and action. These steps include awareness of how culture affects
teaching and learning, the knowledge we need to be culturally
responsive, how to create multicultural lesson plans; and how to develop
an individual and organizational action plan. The highly interactive
format will use videos, mini-lectures, experiential exercises, and small
and large group discussions. Each participant will receive an extensive
resource manual and a DVD. 

There will be drawings for free textbooks. 

Participants will work in-class to develop a multicultural lesson plan
format. Continental breakfast, lunch and tour of the Mashantucket Pequot
Museum are included! 

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.
 
Brochure is at
http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/pdf/equity/multicultural/dmc09.pdf

Register at www.aces.org <http://www.aces.org/> 
 
Registration Deadline: July 31, 2009 
 
 
 
 
Comments from Past Participants
 
All teachers should have the opportunity to spend a few days together
and reflect on the issues we have had the opportunity to reflect upon.
The time needed should be given/granted. Nuria Vidal, Education Advisor
- Consulate of Spain, New York City
 
I found the workshop helped me synthesize multicultural education theory
and I now have skills to move theory into practice. Cindy Sammons,
Multicultural Consultant, Chicago, IL
 
We all need to develop/change our ways of thinking about multicultural
education and educating multiculturally, and this workshop had a great
mix of theoretical and practical information and process. Philip Hall,
Middle School Teacher/Diversity Coordinator - The Wheeler School,
Providence RI
 
Wonderful learning experience.  I was able to pick up a number of
strategies and skills that I could use with my student teachers in
helping them develop a multicultural approach in their teaching. Lucy
Mule, Assistant Professor, Smith College, Northampton, MA
 
Top quality program. A great value for personal and academic work.
Moses Stambler, Program Social Worker, Southern Connecticut State
University
 
The materials and positive manner that it was presented provides
educators with a non-threatening means of bringing MCE to their
colleagues and staff. Jack Ceccolini, Assistant Principal, Rochambeau
M.S.
 
This was one of the most interesting and certainly the most useful
workshop I have attended in 25 years of teaching. I was sorry to see the
workshop end.  The books and handouts were relevant and will be utilized
constantly. Carol M. Carpenter, Social Studies Teacher, Mystic Middle
School
 
This workshop is a must for any educator-teacher, administrator, parent,
office supervisor - to understand how to create an environment that
provides safety, acceptance, and freedom to live and learn in our
ever-changing world. Abbe Karmen, MS History Teacher, Greenwich Academy
 
>From the workshop I learned that the value of multicultural awareness
will not be exclusively implemented in an educational curriculum, but to
practice and share the same principles with our own family members.
Ivonne Gigueroa, Family Advocate Head Start, WECC - Windham Public
Schools
 
This workshop is powerful and transforming! It not only teaches about
and how to use multicultural education, but it also reaches each
participant on a personal level, helping to inspire us on each of our
own journeys - Personal as well as professional. Karianna Rosenberg,
Multi-Cultural Specialist Educator, Storyteller/ Spanish and ESL Teacher
 
Through this in-service program I have developed a greater respect,
knowledge and empathy for my fellow human beings who live on our tiny
planet Earth. Philip J. Insalaco, Head Teacher - Ken Gunderam Early Care
and Education Center, Taftville, CT
 
The active, hands-on approach is wonderful...sensitive sharing of
personal stories helped us all open up...lively, animated games inspired
us to do more with our own students.  On top of this, the content and
approach to multiculturalism is perfect! Ruth Rose, 3rd Grade Teacher,
Madison-Island Ave. School
 
All school staff should have these 3 days of enlightenment!  In fact all
people should!  Many ideas were ones I've had for years, but this forced
me to slow down to think about them more and have a very meaningful
exchange with others.  Barbara Carman, South Elementary South, Windsor
Locks, CT
 
The workshop was wonderful.  I wish my whole school staff was here.  I'm
going to encourage all of them to go to the next one. Rebecca Earl,
Language Arts Teacher - Memorial Boulevard Middle School, Middletown, CT
 
A very powerful tool to be used in our schools.  I think every teacher
should be exposed to this workshop. Armanzo Zarazu, Torrington Spanish
Teacher, Torrington High School
 
The collaborative approach used throughout the workshop encouraged the
sharing of multiple perspectives.  This was a wonderful experience to
warm the heart, tickle the funnybone, and inspire the mind! Mary Gates,
Grade 5 Teacher - Whisconier Middle School, Brookfield, CT
 
Absolutely fantastic workshop from the activities on day 1 to the movie
"Color of Fear" on day 3 the program was outstanding.  The material
presented was timely and practical.  The facilitator set an atmosphere
that prompted an incredible honest, open dialogue.  It was a positive,
enlightening experience.  It will change how I view multiculturalism
forever.  Every teacher and administrator should take this workshop.
Carol McMahon, Cranbury, CT
 
This workshop is like no other I have ever had the opportunity to
experience.  We have a moral responsibility to hear and try to
understand what needs to be said.  It will change your life. Maria
Ierard, Department of Mental Retardation, West Region, CT
 
Wow! What a great workshop.  It was informative enlightening and fun.  I
felt safe to share feelings and express opinions.  It was a great
opportunity to network. Andrea Kelly, Program Coordinator -Kids Korner
at Northern Middlesex YMCA
 
This workshop gave me many meaningful activities to use in my classroom.
I was able to learn new content in a non-threatening way.  Every teacher
and administrator should attend this workshop! Christina Carmon, South
Elementary School, CT
 
I feel charged to completely create my program to be truly
multicultural.  I now have the tools to support my staff that they are a
vital part in the students' lives and what they learn in their journey
to becoming "whole."    I applaud you on how you created a safe
environment in the first hour.  Terri Delahanty, Coordinator Extended
Day Program - University of Hartford Magnet School
 
Thank you for teaching me so much and for making me feel so welcomed!
Lupe Vivier, 4th Grade Home Room Teacher - The Wheeler School -
Providence, RI
 
This was a most exciting and enjoyable workshop. It was well paced and,
as should be, quite diverse, especially the workshops staff. This should
be a required workshop for all school staff. James Mays, Teacher, Adult
Education-Hartford
 
A liberating experience. I have great pride in having lived through
these decades of change -I look forward to being an agent of change and
looking for the gifts in all people.
Merrilee Gladkosky, Art/Enrichment Specialist, Chester Elementary
 
It is a wonderful experience; it is a "real learning experience". During
those three days I had the opportunity to think, and realized how
important it is to be proud of our roots.
Carmen Martinez Rivera, Bilingual Educator, E.C. Goodwin
 
This workshop not only is helpful in creating a curriculum that is
multicultural, but does so in a way that can be incorporated the next
day.  It also naturally created ways to have all of the subjects be
fully integrated in a way that is meaningful and effective.  It is done
in such a way that will be easy for every educator- arts, academics, and
support. etc., to implement naturally.  "A whole new school without all
the work!"
Kate Eskra, Arts Integration Teacher, Interdistrict School For Arts and
Communication
 
This was an absolutely inspiring, enlightening and affirming experience.
The content was applicable, the presenters excellent and the group
phenomenal. 
Kathleen Marzano, Fourth Grade Teacher, Pine Grove School
 
I believe that this workshop should be mandated by the state or town.
Even though I am a race/culture seminar facilitator and have a lot of
experience in this area, I certainly needed this workshop to learn how
to institutionalize multicultural curriculum into my school with the
help of administration and other staff members.
Arlene Berkowitz, Teacher (ESL), Windham Middle School
 
Incredibly relevant and timely topic accompanied by accessible materials
and activities. This was a user-friendly workshop, I will implement
throughout my years as an educator.
Michele Nunn, Teacher Grade 7, Dolan Middle School
 
Excellent forum for discussion!  Eye opening in terms of teacher needs,
perceptions and stumbling blocks and incorporating Multicultural
Education across the curriculum.
Christine Smith Willett, Children's Reference Librarian, Mashantucket
Pequot Museum Research Center
 
As a first year teacher, I feel this seminar will be extremely helpful
in developing my personal teaching "style". Melissa J. Hoyt, Special
Education Teacher, Plainfield Central Middle School
 
This multicultural curriculum workshop was one of the most valuable
professional development experiences I've had.  Everyone left changed
and convinced there was some specific thing she could do. Thanks all of
you, You made it a wonderful experience. Anne Alpert, Director, Side by
Side Community School
 
 
William A. Howe, Ed.D.
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