{"id":53270,"date":"2021-03-12T20:38:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T01:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?page_id=53270"},"modified":"2023-04-18T23:20:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T03:20:20","slug":"2020-equity-and-social-justice-webinar-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/z-old-website-structure\/equity-social-justice-webinars\/2020-equity-and-social-justice-webinar-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Equity and Social Justice Webinar Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"

5\/13\/2020: Boston Debate League and BU Wheelock Present a Discussion on Criminal Justice Reform<\/h3>
Every year, the Boston Debate League partners with students, teachers, and schools to dive deeply into a significant area of public policy. In the coming school year, students will be researching, writing, and debating about the many facets of criminal justice reform, from the high-level creation of policy to the ways those policies impact communities of color, immigrants, and others across the country.<\/p>\n

Join the BDL and BU on May 13th for a discussion with Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins and BU Wheelock’s Willie Rodriguez, Clinical Instructor in Juvenile Justice and Advocacy, as they explore the role that punishment should play in our justice system. Are prisons obsolete? What crimes should be prosecuted, knowing the long-term implications?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

5\/21\/2020: Don\u2019t Look Away: Embracing Anti-Bias Classrooms<\/h3>
BU Wheelock is honored to welcome Boston Public Schools and lead authors of the book Don\u2019t Look Away: Embracing Anti-Bias Classrooms<\/i> for a webinar on the importance of all early education professional leaning in as change agents in the lives of young children and their families.<\/p>\n

Special guests from Boston Public Schools, Jason Sachs, Executive Director of Early Childhood and Marie Enochty, Program Manager for Early Childhood, will join authors, Iheoma Iruka, Stephanie Curenton, and Kerry-Ann Escayg, to discuss how educators in Boston and the state might learn from and use the book in their work.<\/p>\n

The goal of this webinar is to ensure that participants understand and embrace anti-bias and anti-racist teaching approaches by creating affirming culturally-rich classroom environments that protect children from psychological trauma and create a space for healing.<\/p>\n

Geared toward pre-K through elementary teachers, school and district leaders, coaches, trainers, and childcare providers, this webinar will also be recorded and made available on the BU Wheelock website.<\/p>\n

Panelists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Authors<\/em><\/p>\n

Iheoma U. Iruka, Chief Research Innovation Officer & Director, HighScope Educational Research Foundation<\/p>\n

Stephanie Curenton, Associate Professor, Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development<\/p>\n

Kerry-Ann Escayg, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska at Omaha<\/p>\n

Boston Public Schools<\/em><\/p>\n

Jason Sachs, Executive Director of Early Childhood<\/p>\n

Marie Enochty, Program Manager<\/p>\n

Watch the Recording on Youtube!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

6\/4\/2020: How to Manage and Expand Your Job and Career Opportunities in Response to COVID-19 and the Era of the 4th Industrial Revolution<\/h3>
Long hailed as the strongest economy in the world, COVID-19 forced what for many was a shocking revelation that the era of our robust U.S. stock market and period of unprecedented business profits did not increase income and access to decent work opportunities for the over 30 million Americans who recently lost their jobs.<\/p>\n

While we can hope that many will find employment once the crisis passes or stabilizes, a second challenge to accessing decent work is the rise of a 4th Industrial Revolution (4th IR) and its advanced use of technology to how we work (e.g., artificial intelligence and machine learning; Schwab, 2012).<\/p>\n

This workshop is for those who are ready to more effectively manage and expand their occupational and career opportunities. The workshop will describe the technical and deeper human skills that are high demand in this 4th IR and describe free-access and low-cost opportunities for developing those skills (Cappelli & Tavis, 2018; Lim-Lange & Lim-Lange, 2019; Schwab, 2012<\/p>\n

Panelists:<\/p>\n

Scott H. Solberg, Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development.<\/p>\n

Watch the Recording on Youtube!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

6\/11\/2020: Ryan Symposium Roundtable Discussion: \u201cThe Sweet Spot: Where Social and Emotional Learning, Civics, and Character Education Meet\u201d<\/h3>
Following an independent listening of the podcast The Sweet Spot: Where Social and Emotional Learning, Civics and Character Education, meet expert guests Louise Dub\u00e9 (Executive Director of iCivics) and Marc Brackett (Founding Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence) as well as Kern Partners in Character and Educational Leadership faculty members: Hardin Coleman, Karen Bohlin, Ariel Tichnor-Wagner, Deborah Farmer Kris. Join a Roundtable discussion further exploring the intersection of character education, social-emotional learning, and civic education.<\/p>\n

Leading the conversation will be Hardin Coleman (Boston University), Karen Bohlin (Montrose School, LifeCompass Institute for Character & Leadership), and Deborah Farmer Kris (Montrose School, LifeCompass Institute for Character & Leadership). The Symposium will conclude with remarks by Thomas Lickona, an international leader in character education and the founding director of the Center for the 4th and 5th R.<\/p>\n

Watch the Recording on Youtube!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

6\/18\/2020: Equity in Family Engagement: Perspectives on Engaging Families in their Children's Literacy Development<\/h3>
Families of color are very active in their children’s literacy learning. As a result of this activity, an increasing number of family engagement programs are tailoring their content to honor families’ lived experiences and cultural knowledge to promote children\u2019s literacy development at home.<\/p>\n

This webinar will highlight three culturally sensitive family literacy programs for African American, immigrant, and Latinx families in early childhood, and discuss virtual ways to engage diverse families in their children\u2019s learning. The goal of this webinar is to provide practical strategies for family engagement that involved embedding literacy practices within everyday routines, such as cooking and doing laundry.<\/p>\n

Panelists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shana E. Rochester, AACTE\/Holmes Postdoctoral Associate, Boston University<\/p>\n

Jeanne Paratore, Professor Emerita, Boston University<\/p>\n

>Diana Leyva, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh<\/p>\n

Moderator:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stephanie Curenton, Associate Professor, Boston University<\/p>\n

Watch the Recording on Youtube!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

6\/25\/2020: Virtual Learning: Engagement, Equity, and Early Lessons<\/h3>
Sponsored by Aspire Institute and in partnership with the Teacher Collaborative, the objective of this webinar is to hear firsthand experiences from educators who have found ways to engage online, but also to hear about early lessons for future planning, hybrid or remote in nature for K-12 students.<\/p>\n

This webinar will highlight three culturally sensitive family literacy programs for African American, immigrant, and Latinx families in early childhood, and discuss virtual ways to engage diverse families in their children\u2019s learning. The goal of this webinar is to provide practical strategies for family engagement that involved embedding literacy practices within everyday routines, such as cooking and doing laundry.<\/p>\n

Panelists:<\/p>\n

Chantei Alves, Boston Public Schools<\/p>\n

Elly Berke, Boston Public Schools (ESL teacher at the Mattahunt School in Mattapan)<\/p>\n

Takeru Nagayoshi, New Bedford Public Schools (2019 MA Teacher of Year & BU Wheelock 2019 Young Alumni Award Recipient)<\/p>\n

Gene Reiber, Hanover Public Schools<\/p>\n

Moderator:<\/p>\n

Kenann McKenzie, Director, Aspire Institute, BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development<\/p>\n

Watch the Recording on Youtube!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

7\/8\/2020: Help! I Need A (Better) Job!<\/h3>
We all have talent. But are you aware of how your talent and skills could transfer to higher-paying jobs? This webinar is designed for those who are stuck in a job, unemployed, or who recognize that they need to continuously fine-tune their skills and interests to keep pace with a fast-changing world of work.<\/p>\n

This 90-minute webinar will explore:<\/p>\n