Honoring Dr. Demmert
To register to attend the event:
http://2ndannualhonoringdemmert.eventbrite.com
Date/Time: May 16, 2012
Location: CEED (Miller Hall 005) & Miller Hall Collaboration Space (Next to Miller Market)
Time: 12:00-1:00 (Native Lunch @ VU 464); 1:30-3:00 (Keynote Speaker) ; 3:30-5:00 (Keynote Speaker) ; 5:00-7:30 (Reception/Presentation) @ Miller Hall Collaboration Space
Presenter: Rosemary Christensen (1:30-3:00)@ CEED, Miller Hall 005
Rosemary Ackley Christensen, is a Mole Lake, Wisconsin (enrolled member) and Bad River, Wisconsin (raised) Ojibwe educator and leader. She was an associate professor in Humanistic Studies & First Nations Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay for ten years and presently Emerita status (June 2010). She received her master’s degree (Ed.M.) from Harvard University (1971) and completed her doctorate (1999) at the University of Minnesota. Her dissertation is entitled: Anishinaabeg medicine wheel leadership: The work of Dave F. Courchene Jr.
In addition to teaching, Christensen has had lengthy experience as an administrator, curriculum developer, planner, writer, researcher and Indian education advocate. She worked for fifteen years in the Minneapolis public school district (MN), and nine years in Duluth atOjibwe Mekana. During her time at the Ojibwe curriculum & research laboratory she wrote with colleagues and produced five units for use in learning the Ojibwe language. She is currently promoting a (fusion) activity with academy colleagues in education wherein they learn four categories of knowledge of American Indian Studies. They can then incorporate these into their own curriculum, teaching content, and contextual environment, eventually impacting teaching and learning in a systemic way. She continually works onhoning a model promoting an American Indian learning and teaching style (methods) centered on core American Indian (AI) values and elder epistemology. She is modestly published with a co-authored book entitled Connective pedagogy: Elder epistemology, oral tradition and community (Aboriginal Press, University of Manitoba). It discusses her methodology used during decades of teaching in the academy. She is currently writing with two colleagues on a contracted book, Exploring the path to the Eighth Fire: Whiteness, Colonialism, Indigenous Knowledge and Education.
Topic Information: Commitment to the next generation: How we honor those we have gone before us.
Examination/analysis of process/procedure regarding our obligation and responsibility to the next generation through our work with each other is offered during presentation including how the resulting praxis forms not only the product available for use by those who come after, but keeps us pleased and satisfied during the process. Elder teachings regarding these “generational bundles” passed during our lifetimes are utilized as the basis for comprehension and intellectual grasp of topic.
Presenter: Stephanie Fryberg (3:30-5:00) @ CEED, Miller Hall 005
Stephanie A. Fryberg (Ph.D. Stanford University; Tulalip Tribes) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and an Affiliate Faculty member in American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona, and the Director of Cultural Competency and Learning Improvement for the Marysville School District. Her primary research interests focus on how social identities, such as race, ethnicity, and social class, shape how people understand their own behavior, the behaviors of others, and the social worlds in which they participate. Dr. Fryberg received the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Louise Kidder Early Career Award for contributions of research to society, the University of Arizona Five Star Faculty Award for excellence in undergraduate education, and in 2011 was inducted into the Multicultural Alumni Hall of Fame at Stanford University.
Topic Information: Social Psychology in the Classroom: Using Growth Mindset and Culture Relevance to Foster Identity Safety for Native American Students
The talk focuses on a new elementary school for Native American children (opened September, 2011). The aim was to create a school culture in which the curriculum, teaching techniques, and institutional policies incorporate evidence-based theories from education and social psychology. Throughout the school, we emphasize cultural relevance (e.g., culturally responsive pedagogy), the development of growth mindsets (i.e., the understanding that intelligence is malleable, learning is incremental), and identity safety (i.e., all students belong and can be successful). Through the application of insights from this research, the school directly challenges pervasive and negative socio-cultural ideas and practices that contribute to the achievement gap for Native American students. Specifically, I will discuss studies that enhance academic performance for these students by manipulating the culture relevance of education and beliefs about the malleability of intelligence, and then I will describe how we are implementing these findings.
CEED Award Ceremony
Date/Time: June 1, 2012 12:00pm
Location: Miller Hall Collaboration Space (Next to Miller Market)
This Awards Ceremony and Celebration recognizes and honors Woodring students who have done outstanding multicultural projects. Students are nominated by faculty for exceptional multicultural/diversity projects.
Scholarships for All Latino/a Students in Washington State
This Scholarship resource booklet provides information for Latin@ students to encourage and promote post-secondary education and bring awareness of the many organizations and community members contributing to the education of Latino/a youth. This HB 1079 version of our scholarships resources includes scholarships that are open to ALL students, regardless of citizenship or residency status. You may duplicate and distribute this resource guide.
For additional information contact Campaņa Quetzal, info@campanaquetzal.org
Campaņa Quetzal Scholarship Resource Development Team:
Jessica E. Salvador, Cynthia Sanchez, Chris Paredes, Antonia Martinez, M. Alejandra Perez, Norma Ramirez
Campaņa Quetzal is a coalition of parents, youth, educators, and organizations committed to unleashing the academic potential of each Latino student and eliminating the academic achievement gap.
Note:
These are not Campaņa Quetzal scholarships. Campaņa Quetzal provides this information as a service to help students access scholarships. The offering organization(s) is always the final authority regarding the details below. If you find incorrect or updated information here, or if you are an organization interested in adding your scholarship to future versions of this resource guide, please email us at info@campanaquetzal.org.
More information about HB 1079:
CEED is pleased to announce that the Center has been selected to house Woodring Dean Francisco Rios’ collection of Multicultural Perspectives. This is the official journal for the National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME). Dean Rios is the Senior Associate Editor of the prestigious journal. The journal consist of articles, essays, promising practices book and film reviews and other relevant materials for educators and students who wish to broaden their understands of and increase their knowledge of multicultural perspectives.
The journal was implemented in the 1993-1994 academic year. CEED has quarterly copies of each journal through June, 2011 and will obtain future issues. The journals are available to read in the CEED library and copies of articles can be made. Please stop by CEED, Miller Hall room 005, and peruse this thought-provoking and useful resource.
Additionally, CEED has acquired several curriculum books and teacher’s guides which focus on engaging students by connecting subject content to global issues and simultaneously developing and using skills such as critical thinking, collaboration with peers and applying global perspectives. These resources are available for check-out.
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