(NAME-MCE) Free Workshop - Cultural Competence in Education

[Bill Howe]

Cultural Competence in Education



*W*ith an ever-increasingly diverse student population and the demonstrated
need for a culturally competent workforce, educators must learn to adopt
culturally responsive teaching strategies. Today’s classrooms must
re-examine both the content of what we teach and how we teach it in order to
reach all students. This workshop will provide participants with key
knowledge areas to better enable them to work with students of color, and to
prepare all students for a future of diversity.









 The
Connecticut State Department of Education,
with the generous support of

*Seymour Public Schools*

offers you this FREE one-day workshop.
.6 CEUs will be awarded for full attendance.
Deadline to register is May 12, 2010.

 *
Wednesday, May 19, 2010*

*8:30 - 3:30 pm*

*Seymour** Middle School*

*Media** Center*

*211 Mountain Road, Seymour, CT 06483*



 “The State of Connecticut Department of Education is committed to a policy
of equal opportunity/affirmative action for all qualified persons and does
not discriminate in any employment practice, education program, or
educational activity on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex,
disability, age, religion or any other basis prohibited by Connecticut state
and/or federal nondiscrimination laws.  Inquiries regarding the Department
of Education's nondiscrimination policies should be directed to the Equal
Employment Opportunity Manager, State of Connecticut Department of
Education, 25 Industrial Park Road, Middletown, Connecticut  06457, (860)
807-2071.”

*Cultural Competence in Education – May 19, 2010*



*Who Should Attend This Workshop?**

*         This workshop should be of interest to any school faculty or
staff, as well as
          parents/guardians.



*
**What are the Objectives for this workshop?

*

The participant will learn the:



1.    Seven Key Cultural Competence Skills

2.    Seven Characteristics of Culturally Competent schools

3.    Thirteen Knowledge Bases of Diversity

4.    Four Key Steps to Increase Student Achievement





*
**What are the directions to the workshop site?**

**The workshop will take place at:

**Seymour Middle School, Media Center*

*211 Mountain Road**, Seymour, CT 06483**

*

*Route 8 South
*Take Exit 22 (Bank Street) in Seymour.  Turn right at the bottom of the
exit onto Route 67.  Continue straight (you will go under the Route 8
overpass) and past the Stop and Shop entrance.  Continue on Route 67 past
McDonald's and Klarides Shopping Plaza.  At the Mobil Gas Station, make a
left onto Mountain Road.  Continue on Mountain Road until you come to a
three way intersection.  Continue straight past the farm on the left,
Seymour Middle School is on the left.

*Route 8 North
*Take Exit 22 (Bank Street) in Seymour.  Turn left at the bottom of the exit
to the traffic light.  At the traffic light turn left on to Route 67 (Bank
Street).  Continue past the Stop and Shop entrance.  Travel on Route 67 past
McDonald's, Klarides Shopping Plaza. At the Mobil Gas Station make a left
onto Mountain Road.  Continue on Mountain Road until you come to a three way
intersection.  Continue straight past the farm on the left, Seymour Middle
School is on the left.





*About the Presenter*







Dr. William A. Howe is the education consultant for multicultural education,
gender equity and civil rights at the Connecticut State Department of
Education.

Dr. Howe is the founder of the New England Conference on Multicultural
Education (NECME). He is the Past-President of the National Association for
Multicultural Education (NAME), based in Washington, DC.  In 2006 he was
awarded the G. Pritchy Smith Multicultural Educator of the Year Award at the
Annual Conference in Phoenix, AZ. In 2008 he was appointed by Governor M.
Jodi Rell to serve on the newly created Asian Pacific American Commission.
He was an Honoree at Connecticut Immigrant and Refugee Coalition (CIRC) for
the 11th annual “Immigrant Day” at the State Capitol Tuesday, April 15,
2008, a day to honor immigrants from throughout Connecticut who have made
valuable contributions to their communities and/or professions.



He is on the boards of several organizations, including the STEM National
Advisory Board, Advisory Board for Native Village, Asian Pacific American
Coalition of CT (APAC), University  of Connecticut Asian American Studies
Institute, Advisory Board of Programs in International Educational Resources
of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies, Education Advisory
Committee for the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Hartford
Public Library Center for the Book, and the editorial board of Multicultural
Perspectives, the official journal of the National Association for
Multicultural Education (NAME).



He has been an educator for almost 30 years in the US and Canada and has
made six trips to China and one to South Africa to study multicultural
education.  In 2007 he made his first trip to Israel to study the Holocaust.
He has given over 300 workshops, lectures and keynotes on diversity,
multicultural education and organizational development. He is a regular
presenter at state and national conferences, has appeared on both radio and
television on diversity issues. Over the past fifteen years he has trained
over 14,000 educators in multicultural education.

He is co-authoring a textbook on multicultural education, a book of
inspirational stories about teachers, and was a co-author of the Handbook
for Achieving Gender Equity through Education, 2nd Edition.



   *The Connecticut State Department of Education
wishes to express its gratitude to
Seymour Public Schools for its generous support of this workshop.***


Application to Attend



*Wednesday, May 19, 2010*

*8:30 - 3:30 pm*

*Seymour** Middle School*

*211 Mountain Road, Seymour, CT 06483**

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*Please Mail, or FAX no later than 4 pm on May 12, 2009 to:*

April Judd
Seymour Public Schools
98 Bank Street, Seymour, CT 06483
Tel: 203-888-4564, ext. 1902, Fax: 203-888-1704.

You will be notified by Seymour Public Schools via E-MAIL if your
application has been accepted. Please ensure your e-mail address is working.

*Maximum enrollment is 45 people. There is no on-site registration.
Attendees must be pre-registered.*