3rd Annual Conference on 多样性、股票, and 包容 in Education: Creating Learning Environments that Eng年龄 Diverse Voices

3rd Annual Conference on 多样性、股票, and 包容 in Education


Presented by 格温内斯仁慈大学's School of Business and Education

周二加入我们吧, 4月25日和星期三, April 26th for GMercyU's 3rd annual DEI in Education Conference. The event is free and offers Act 28 credits; it is open to PreK-12 and higher education educators, 管理员, 和工作人员, as well as interested students and parents.

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星期二主题演讲 

DEI的DNA 博士. 罗纳德·W. 惠特克二世, Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Associate Professor of Education and the Director of the Center for Urban Education, 股本, and Improvement (CUEEI) at Cabrini University 

By arguing how DEI is directly aligned with future opportunities for individuals, and sustainability for organizations, this keynote provides participants with the understanding of how DEI skills is directly aligned to the success of the 21st century evolving marketplace. Additionally, through applicable DEI frameworks, theories, and 范例 实践, participants will learn the skills to analyze, 创建, 并保持DEI的卓越, in and across organizational boundaries.  Thus, the aim of this keynote is for participants to have increased confidence to 促进, inspire, and man年龄 high-impact DEI transformational initiatives.  

摆脱电子游戏mg官方网站博士. 惠特克
Ronald惠特克.pngKnown as a modern-day Freedom Fighter, Dr. 罗纳德·W. 惠特克, II is the appointed Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Associate Professor of Education and the Director of the Center for Urban Education, 股本, and Improvement (CUEEI) at Cabrini University. 此外,博士. 惠特克 also holds the distinction of being a Schouver Fellow at Duquesne University. 此外,博士. 惠特克 serves as the Senior Pastor of the Historic Mother African Union Church, which is the nation’s oldest independent Black church. Dr. 惠特克 completed his Doctoral Degree in Educational 领导 at Duquesne University. He also earned a master's degree in education at the University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree in business administration at Eastern University, and two undergraduate degrees from Geneva College where he graduated magna cum laude. 此外,博士. 惠特克 earned a Certificate in Culturally Sustaining Teaching from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), and a Certificate in Diversity and 包容 from Cornell University. As a researcher and scholar, Dr. 惠特克 publishes articles that focus on the psychology of race and racism, 与多样性有关的问题, 股本, 包含(一些), culturally relevant and sustaining pedagogy, and the societal and educational disenfranchisement of African American males. 

Dr. 惠特克 presents his research at both national and international scholarly conferences, and within K12 educational milieus. He is revered amongst colleagues for engaging in “tough conversations” in a respectful manner. Dr. 惠特克 was a 2018 Delta Eplison Sigma 教师 inductee, a 2017 Black Theology Fellow at Princeton Theological Seminary, a 2016 America Educational Research Association (AERA) Asa Hilliard/Barbara Sizemore fellow, 2014年的优等生, and a 2012-2014 University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Barbara L. 杰克逊学者研究员. His forthcoming book is titled: Put Some Respect On My Name: The Fierce Urgency of Culturally Reverence Pedagogy For Black Males! 

周三主题小组

Best Practices in Creating Learning Environments that Eng年龄 Diverse Voices: Expert Perspectives with Cherrissa Gibson, 人力资源总监, 专业发展, and 股本 at Pennsbury School District in Fallsington, Pennsylvania; Liliana Madrid, Special Assistant to the President for 多样性、股票, and 包容 at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina; and Otis Clarke, high school geography teacher in the Navajo Nation, 亚利桑那州. 

分组会议

每天晚上, after the keynote address and panel, choose the track(s) you'd like to attend during breakout sessions from 7:00 p.m. 到晚上8点.m. 晚上8点.m. 到晚上9点.m.

跟踪: Setting the St年龄 to Eng年龄 Diverse Voices topics 

  • 处理内隐偏见
  • 多样性、股票, 包容, and Belonging Learning Exchanges
  • Tips and Tools for Fostering an Inclusive Work Environment
  • 做内在的工作

跟踪B: Teaching Strategies to Eng年龄 Diverse Voices topics

  • Democratic Inclusive Classroom
  • Universal Design for Learning and Culturally Responsive Frameworks
  • Planting Seeds of Justice through 学生 Voices
  • Group Projects in Online 课程

跟踪C: Supporting Diverse Identities topics

  • 基于身份的俱乐部
  • Learning a Second Langu年龄 in US and Israel
  • 支持LGBTQ学生
  • Belonging for 学生s with Intellectual Disabilities

Asynchronous posters on additional topics will be available as part of the conference registration.