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Session 7: Saturday, February 7, 2003 from 3:00-4:00 p.m.* *Extended sessions, marked with an asterisk, continue through both Session 7 and Session 8 (from 3:00-5:30 p.m. ) Please note: This is a draft schedule as of January 5, 2003 and is subject to change before the event is held. We post this to give you a good idea what workshops will be at the event. Please consult the final schedule once you receive your program book at the summit itself. Most rooms will not be announced until summit participants receive their program book at the summit itself. Authentic
Character Education: A Challenge to Current World Views Authentic Character Education: A Challenge to Current World Views Based on their book, Teaching Virtues: Building Character Across the Curriculum, endorsed by such educators as Vine Deloria, Jr., Parker Palmer, Noam Chomsky and Chet Bowers, Jacobs and Jacobs-Spencer show how the assumptions that underlie many current character education programs lead more toward compliance that character and show how a more integrated approach is an important link to education for democracy. Don Trent Jacobs (Four Arrows) is an Associate Professor at Northern Arizona University and is on the faculty at Fielding Graduate Institute. Former Dean of Education at Oglala Lakota College, his books, articles and regular column for Paths of Learning are flavored by traditional assumptions that guided indigenous learning for thousands of years. Jessica-Spencer Jacobs, M.A., is an Arcata math teacher who co-authored Teaching Virtues with her father. She is currently working on a math book relating to environmental sustainability. Differentiated Instruction for Diverse Learners This interactive workshop, which is appropriate for grades 2-6, will provide participants with the framework for differentiating their instruction through the use of primarily expository text. You will leave the workshop with one week's worth of center activities which can be leveled for diverse learners. Rubrics will be provided for use in evaluating the effectiveness of each center. Once in you're own classrooms, teachers will have the understanding to be able to create their own centers. Carol Moon Goodwyn is third grade teacher, GATE coordinator for her site, and Coordinator for the Mathematics Summer Institute for the Redwood Area Math Project. Martha Haynes teaches in the Education Department at Humboldt State University and is a supervisor for Elementary Education credential candidates. She has 20 years experience teaching elementary school students. Effective Instruction of Beginning-Level English Learners This interactive session demonstrates principles of effective instruction for English learners. Topics include: first- and second-language acquisition; meaningful language use; comprehensible input; and creating a low-anxiety environment. Larry Rice, a former bilingual and special education teacher, teaches elementary reading methods at Humboldt State University. Ignorance in the Cafeteria: Do We Really Know What We Eat? Do you remember school cafeteria food? Once the target of childhood jokes, the school kitchen is becoming extinct. Today schools are converting their kitchens and serving fast food and soda as a way to build revenue. Many school communities are concerned with what children are given as a choice to eat. Could there be a link to the decreased availability of fresh foods in the school cafeteria and the rising trends in child obesity, diabetes, and poor body image among young children? Learn how communities are taking a role in changing their school food systems. This session includes a facilitated open discussion of ideas, issues, concerns and steps toward improving your current food system. Michelle Dobrowolski is the former Operations Director of Slide Ranch, a farm-based environmental education center in Marin County, with responsibilities in program development, staff supervision and collaborating with community food organizations. She was also a member of the Marin Food Systems Project Advisory Committee. Inventing "White Trash": The Making of a Stereotype Hillbillies, Rednecks, Crackers, and White Trash. Ever wonder where these hateful stereotypes originated? Join Professor Matt Wray as he discusses his research into the ways educators, social scientists, moral reformers and medical doctors in the early 20th century invented the idea of the stupid, diseased, and incestuous poor rural white. How do these conceptions of poor white people complicate the work of educators in Northern California classrooms? Matt Wray has been described as "author, scholar, teacher, activist, consummate belcher, madman. Wray is many things to many people." Wray holds an M.A. in Social and Cultural Studies in Education and a Ph. D. in Ethnic Studies, both from UC Berkeley. In 2000-2001, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Museum of American History, where he conducted research for his forthcoming book, Inventing White Trash. He is co-editor of three anthologies: White Trash: Race and Class in America; Bad Subjects: Political Education for Everyday Life; and The Making and Unmaking of Whiteness. He is currently an assistant professor of sociology at University of Nevada, Las Vegas and has taught in education and ethnic studies at Berkeley and Humboldt State University. Motivational Activities to Teach Math Concepts and Skills This workshop will offer a variety of hands-on experiences that can engage students in their learning and increase their understanding of math concepts and skills. Come and explore some activities, games, and manipulatives to use with students from kindergarten through grade six. The activities presented will cover the math strands: number sense; algebra and functions; measurement and geometry; statistics, data analysis, and probability; and mathematical reasoning. Susan Haase has taught in elementary schools for nine years and this is her sixth year as a Resource Specialist Teacher. For the past three years she has been a guest presenter of mathematics curriculum for students in the special education teaching program at Humboldt State University. She is currently in the Master's of Education program at HSU, researching effective instructional strategies for teaching math concepts to students with learning disabilities. Native American Songs, Games, and Dances for the Classroom This session will allow participants to experience and learn a variety of Native American songs, dances, and games for enjoyment in the classroom and in life. The session will focus largely on grades 3-8 and all participants should come prepared to participate with joy! Kathe Lyth is the founder and director of the Redwood Coast Children's Chorus (RCCC). The RCCC will be performing at the summit on Saturday afternoon before the plenary. She has worked extensively with Native American music and has taught on the Navajo reservation. She has also developed a Native American song collection in conjunction with the Indian Action Council of Humboldt County. Organizing for Change: Harnessing the Media Machine on the North Coast and Beyond This session will focus on the strategies & tips for using the media to attract attention to your event, activity, or organization. We'll talk about tips for dealing with the media, developing a media list, ways to prepare spokespeople for an event, and different ways to write a press release. This session will enrich your understanding of the ways in which the media can positively, and negatively, affect the outcomes your organization seeks to accomplish. Dawn Arledge is an Evaluation Coordinator for the Center for Applied Social Analysis & Education (CASAE) at Humboldt State University. She received her MA in Sociology from HSU and has assisted in teaching the HSU course Education for Action for two semesters. Play It, Live It: Using New Games in Character Education Come ready to play and learn! Participants will have an opportunity to learn: how to lead several games, appropriate uses and settings of each game, and what concepts can be taught using each game. We will cater to the needs of participants, playing games until the group has "got it" and then discussing the uses, settings, and teaching capacity of the game. Participants will receive a list of the games played with concise descriptions. Please wear clothing appropriate to moving around and having fun! Tyler Ludlow is currently the director of Humboldt Adventure, which operates a challenge course and other experience-based programs for youth, families, and organizations. He has worked extensively with youth groups in programs that emphasize life skills and character education. SEEING RED - Storytelling and Native American Culture Traditional stories should provide a window on the culture from which they spring; but what happens when that "window" is clouded with stereotypes and inaccurate information? In this workshop, noted Cherokee storyteller, Gayle Ross will help clear up some widespread misunderstandings about native culture found in popular children’s books authored by non-natives and provide some helpful alternatives to some common school activities which perpetuate stereotypical images. Drawing on the wisdom found in the ancient teaching stories, the workshop is guaranteed to challenge some assumptions and to provide plenty of food for thought. Handout and bibliography provided. Gayle Ross is a Cherokee Storyteller and a descendent of John Ross, the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation during the infamous "Trail of Tears." During the past two decades, Ross has become one of the nation's best-loved and most respected storytellers, and has published five critically acclaimed children's books. She has been a featured artist in touring shows sponsored by the National Council of Traditional Arts, and has been a speaker at the national conventions of the American Library Association, the International Reading Association, and the International Board of Books for Young People. The Problem of Equity and Democracy as Driving Forces in Education In this session, the workshop leader will discuss why equity and democracy should be viewed as the by-products of trying to achieve other values in education, rather than as the driving forces for change. There seems to be little or no reason for equity or democracy unless a person holds certain values such as compassion and "right relationship." Using evolving definitions within holistic education, she will explain why "Ultimacy" must be the aim of education if it wants to achieve equity and democracy in society. Ultimacy (a term coined in the 1950s to describe the most that a human can be) is a "personal project" that has social outcomes. While some notions of Ultimacy are more religious in nature (e.g., salvation, enlightenment, Satori, etc.) and others are more psychological (e.g., self-actualization, individuation, etc.), they all involve the personal development of such universal values as compassion, right relationship, and integrity, which have social consequences. When adult agendas focus on social outcomes such as equity and democracy as educational goals, rather than Ultimacy, it invites corruption by side stepping the higher truths of humanity (e.g., a person might care about democracy at home but be content with dictatorships abroad which allow us to exploit the economy or environment of that country abroad). From this perspective, the presenter will then discuss concepts of knowledge that seem necessary to facilitate students‚ development toward Ultimacy, which differ substantially from the concepts of knowledge that dominate mainstream schooling. For example, does a person come to know compassion in the same ways a person comes to know the distance of the moon from the earth (i.e., by reading about it)? If Ultimacy really does require education to have different concepts of knowledge, what are the implications? Robin Martin will complete her doctorate from Iowa State University in May 2003, with a focus on teacher development for holistic education. She currently is helping to start the Holistic Education Elementary School of Portland, scheduled to begin in the fall of 2003. In addition, Robin coordinates the Paths of Learning web site, <http://www.pathsoflearning.net/> www.PathsofLearning.net, as was as being the assistant to the director of Holistic-Education.net. What Do Middle School Students Think About Reading-Both Silent and Guided? This session will feature results from two inquiry projects conducted with local middle school students about DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) and a new Language Arts textbook that invites active participation. We gained valuable insights about reading, teaching, and learning by talking with our students. Karen Cole, Christina Schlatter, and a panel of middle school students will lead this workshop. Both Karen and Christina are secondary credential candidates in English at Humboldt State University. Why and How We Should Support our Community's Activists Environmental and community activists serve the public good just as surely as do teachers, firefighters, police officers, librarians and medical personnel. Yet they tend to be treated as "community orphans,", left largely unsupported, unpaid and unnoticed. The quality of all our lives would surely be much worse without the very important work they do. How can we best support our local activists? What do they need? What can we offer? How can we move towards equity between these public servants and mainstream public servants? Fhyre Phoenix is a long-time community and environmental activist who, like other activists, has rarely been compensated for his service to the community. Fhyre has a Masters degree in Human Service Administration, has been the executive director of three non-profit organizations and has raised more than $2.3 million for a variety of causes that have served the communities in which he has lived. He has a passion for healthy communities and compensated activism. EXTENDED SESSIONS: *Taking Service Learning to the Streets: Educators Join the Community Square Dance! This workshop utilizes an exciting role playing game to explore community perspectives on service learning projects. Learn why preparation and exploration of parental and community concerns may impact your service learning activities. Materials include tools to make school/community partnerships meaningful and successful. Veray Wickham is Community Involvement Coordinator for San Joaquin County Office of Education, Region Six Service Learning Lead and California Service Communities Initiative Coordinator.
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