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PD Highlights - August 2, 2021
WTU Summer Professional Learning!!!
Register TODAY for these exciting, engaging and informative summer professional development courses and workshops HERE. Courses and Workshops that are still open:
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (8/7 and 8/14) FREE
Decolonizing the Curriculum (continues on 8/3) FREE
Financial Literacy Fridays for MS and HS Educators (5 part workshop series continuing 8/6) FREE
OSSE Licensure Focus Group
OSSE is launching a series of focus groups to enable us to better understand how our educator credential candidates are experiencing our website. We’re hoping to hear directly from current or aspiring DC teachers and school service providers who have recently engaged with OSSE’s educator credential website. Interested individuals will be eligible to participate in a 45-minute virtual focus group, and should complete this brief interest form by Friday, Aug. 6, 2021.
PD Highlights - July 26, 2021
WTU Summer Professional Learning!!!
Register TODAY for these exciting, engaging and informative summer professional development courses and workshops HERE.
Courses and Workshops that are still open:
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (8/7 and 8/14) FREE
Decolonizing the Curriculum (starts 7/27) FREE
Financial Literacy Fridays for MS and HS Educators (5 part workshop series continuing 7/30) FREE
Managing Behavior in School Communities (starts Monday 8/9)
OSSE Licensure Focus Group
OSSE is launching a series of focus groups to enable us to better understand how our educator credential candidates are experiencing our website. We’re hoping to hear directly from current or aspiring DC teachers and school service providers who have recently engaged with OSSE’s educator credential website. Interested individuals will be eligible to participate in a 45-minute virtual focus group, and should complete this brief interest form by Friday, Aug. 6, 2021.
Recognizing WTU Trainers
Please congratulate Nadia Torney (Kimball ES) and Dr. Casey Collins (Walker-Jones EC) who are both facilitating national professional development training with the American Federation of Teachers at the 2021 Virtual Summer Educator Academy. Our WTU trainers ROCK!!!
Math Alliance Opportunities
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Caste in the Classroom - a documentary film by the Data for Better Schools group with the Young People’s Project - has been selected for the Bronze Lens Film Festival August 17th -22nd, 2021! To register for the 2021 Bronze Lens Film Festival, please visit: https://bronzelens.com/registration/
- To see Caste in the Classroom and related resources, visit: https://www.typp.org/dbs
- NCTM Annual Meeting & Exposition - empowering the voice of teachers - from critical conversations to intentional actions, Atlanta, GA, Sept. 22-25, 2021. See: https://www.nctm.org/atlanta2021/
PD Highlights - June 19, 2021
WTU Summer Professional Learning!!!
Register TODAY for these exciting, engaging and informative summer professional development courses and workshops HERE.
The following Courses and Workshops are still open:
Financial Literacy Fridays for MS and HS Educators (5 part workshop series continuing 7/23) FREE
Managing Behavior in School Communities (starts Monday 8/9)
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy – August Sessions (Starts Aug 7)
Nobis Project Anti-Racist Global History Think Tank
July 21 2 pm – 4 pm ET
July 28 4 pm – 6 pm ET
*Attendance at all sessions is not required, join when you can!
Cost: Free
At this annual event we bring together highly innovative educators, scholars, designers, and community leaders for a multi-day workshop. During this year’s virtual workshop participants will develop content and resources materials focused on an anti-racist approach to teaching global history. Think Tank participants will each have the chance to share about the challenges and successes as it relates to anti-racist global history.
Educators will share project examples from their classrooms. Academic scholars will share about new research and trends in their fields. Community leaders will share about the problems their communities face and the impact of the solution initiatives they are involved in.
Think Tank participants will then be led through a series of design thinking exercises in order to develop curriculum or resources. Following the Think Tank participants are encouraged to continue to work together in developing and piloting materials.
Math Alliance Opportunities
Caste in the Classroom - a documentary film by the Data for Better Schools group with the Young People’s Project - has been selected for the Bronze Lens Film Festival August 17th -22nd, 2021! To register for the 2021 Bronze Lens Film Festival, please visit: https://bronzelens.com/registration/
To see Caste in the Classroom and related resources, visit: https://www.typp.org/dbs
PD Highlights - July 12, 2021
WTU Summer Professional Learning!!!
Register TODAY for these exciting, engaging and informative summer professional development courses and workshops HERE.
Courses and Workshops that are still open:
Hispanic Culture and Spanish Language I (started this past Saturday 7/10-makeup session required)
Strategies for Student Success Section 3 (4 part workshop series starting 7/13) FREE
Financial Literacy Fridays for MS and HS Educators (4 part workshop series starting 7/16) FREE
Instructional Strategies that Work for All Disciplines (starts Saturday 7/17)
Managing Behavior in School Communities (starts Monday 8/9)
Be sure to check out the latest Professional Development Newsletter for additional PD opportunities.
July Professional Development Newsletter
WTU Summer Professional Learning!!!
Register TODAY for these exciting, engaging and informative summer professional development courses and workshops HERE.
Courses and Workshops that are still open include:
Hispanic Culture and Spanish Language I (starts this Saturday 7/10)
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (2 part workshop starting this Saturday 7/10) FREE
Strategies for Student Success Section 3 (4 part workshop series starting 7/13) FREE
Financial Literacy Fridays for MS and HS Educators (4 part workshop series starting 7/16) FREE
Instructional Strategies that Work for All Disciplines (starts Saturday 7/17)
Managing Behavior in School Communities (starts Monday 8/9)
Decolonizing the Curriculum
Join Washington Teachers’ Union and Teaching for Change as we host a Decolonizing the Curriculum summer series beginning July 27th. This six-session FREE series will feature presentations disrupting the master narrative in classroom curriculum, by providing hands-on strategies with lessons to be used in-person and virtually.
Each session is standalone (2 PLU's per session) so attend one or all six Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. EST via Zoom.
Tuesday July 27th at 5:00 p.m. EST Decolonizing the Curriculum with Teaching for Change
Thursday July 29th at 5:00 p.m. EST Tackling Controversial Topics in Early Childhood Education with Laleña Garcia
Tuesday, August 3rd at 5:00 p.m. EST COVID Tribunal with Caneisha Mills
Thursday, August 5th at 5:00 p.m. EST Politics of Hair with Dr. Cierra Kaler-Jones
Tuesday, August 10th at 5:00 p.m. EST Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Role Play with Jessica Rucker and Judy Richardson
Thursday, August 12th at 5:00 p.m. EST Teaching about Voting Rights with Ursula Wolfe-Rocca
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Summer Professional Learning!!!
Thank you to the over 100 educators who joined the WTU Summer2021 Virtual PD Institute last week.
If you missed it, you still have a chance to register TODAY for other exciting, engaging and informative summer professional development courses and workshops HERE and for our FREE Decolonizing the Curriculum series, in partnership with Teaching for Change, HERE.
AFT TEACH Conference 2021
AFT TEACH 2021 starts Tuesday, July 6, at 1 p.m. EDT with a welcome session featuring a keynote by AFT President Randi Weingarten! The agenda is packed with more than 60 sessions on essential topics covering social emotional learning, anti-racism, civic engagement and participation, and countless more tools and strategies you can use for the new school year. Plus, attendees can participate in five health and wellness sessions and two movie nights. Don’t delay; register now.
BONUS: All workshops will be available on demand for 90 days starting July 6.