Instructor: |
Ben White |
Location: | This course in conducted in an online environment using Canvas. |
Dates and Times: | April 3 – May 21, 2023 |
Credits: | 3 graduate |
Tuition: | $1,195 |
Today, more than ever, schools must be prepared to meet the varying educational, social, and emotional needs of all children. The U.S. population will be considerably more racially, ethnically and physically diverse by 2060, according to projections released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Therefore, it is absolutely essential that our educational resources and practices reflect the changing makeup of our classrooms to ensure that students feel welcomed and supported regardless of their race or culture. In this course, you will thoroughly explore white privilege, implicit bias, and equity through research, and courageous online discussions moving your educational practice towards that of an antiracist. This also course focuses on leveraging your classroom library to help foster a foundation for developing an antiracist climate in your classroom through intentional conversations and exposure to diverse literature representations.
Participants will also explore how to also evaluate and select the best multicultural literature when building classroom libraries while learning how to approach the conversation of race developmentally in grades K-12. This course will prepare participants to bring back to their schools a model for being an antiracist educator that they can use to leverage a call to action within the systems, curriculum and practices of the school community ensuring that students are receiving an educational experience that prepares them to be citizens of the world.
This course is designed for not only educators looking to begin their journey in antiracism in education but also to expand the learning of educators who have engaged in equity work to move beyond theory and into action.
Audience: All educators prek-12
Course Goals: At the completion of this course, students will be able to:
Dr. Ben White is an educational leader and researcher focused on providing an inclusive, safe, and fun educational learning experience for students. He has expertise in antiracism professional development, policy development and preparing aspiring school leaders. Additionally, he is experienced in early literacy, specifically teaching equity and diversity through literature, as well as creating systems which foster innovation. He currently serves as the Assistant Superintendent for SAU 29. He has also worked as a Director of Curriculum, Communication and Innovation, Principal at the elementary level, an Assistant Principal at the middle-level, Program Director for at-risk children through a non-profit, and served as an educator in grades PreK-8th. He has a BS and an M.S.Ed from Saint Joseph’s College of Maine and his Ed.D. through New England College. Benjamin White
Lyiscott, Jamila (2019). Black Appetite. White Food: Issues of Race, Voice, and Justice Within and Beyond the Classroom. Routeledge. ISBN: 978-1138480667
Kendi X, Ibram (2019) How to Be an An Antiracist Educator. ISBN: 0525509283
Benjamin White
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