UTEP + BCC Workshops 2023-24
Spring Workshop: Perspectives on Teaching Math & Social Justice
In this workshop, educators will explore how white supremacy culture shows up in mathematics classrooms. We will collaborate around how we can be creative in resisting the norm and work towards a vision of social justice in the ways we teach and learn math. The workshop will center on a paper by Alexa Lee-Hassan (UIC Doctoral Candidate, UTEP Cohort 5), No Simple Formula: Navigating Tensions in Teaching Postsecondary Social Justice Mathematics, which will be shared with participants in advance of the workshop, and unpacking some of the key ways in which social justice and mathematics can be conceptualized in the K12 math classroom space. Facilitators: Sara Rezvi and Alexa Lee-Hassan, UIC Doctoral Candidates and UTEP Alumni
Educator Panel & Discussion: A Restorative Framework for Schools
Join a community of educators for an evening of exploring and collaborating around what a Restorative Framework that integrates trauma-informed care for self and students, transformative relationship building, and social justice-oriented curriculum can look like in classrooms and schools. The evening will include an educator panel, small discussion groups, and a closing restorative circle.
Teacher Lenses on Student Collaboration
Group work is great...unless it’s not. In this session, we will explore how to disrupt hierarchies among students and build more equitable collaborative spaces. We will choose a lens (teacher as athlete, coach, or researcher) through which to apply cooperative strategies in our classrooms. This workshop will be facilitated by Kate Carter, who is an instructional coach at the UChicago Charter School Woodlawn Campus. Dinner and PD hours will be provided.