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Start the school year with this powerful Anti-Blackness/Anti-Racism professional development training opportunity!
Workshop Presenter:
Dr. Brian L. Wright, Award-winning Author and Associate Professor & Program Coordinator of Early Childhood Education, Department of Instruction and Curriculum Leadership, College of Education and Coordinator of the Middle School Cohort of the African American Male Academy at the University of Memphis
Entitled after the award-winning book, “The Brilliance of Black Boys” workshop will help educators, administrators, social workers/counselors, government officials, funders, and other educational equity stakeholders better understand and identify the promise, potential and possibilities of Black boys. For Black parents, families, and community members, it will be a refreshing reminder of the beauty and brilliance of our children and affirmation in the face of negative narratives and experiences with schools and other systems.
Drawing from a wealth of experience in early childhood education, Dr. Wright will present an asset- and strengths-based view of educating Black boys. This positive approach enables practitioners and school leaders to recognize, understand, and cultivate the diversity of social skills of Black boys in the early grades (Pre-K-3rd grade).
Two unique benefits are available to registrants only:
o Free electronic copies of select articles by Dr. Wright published in NAEYC’s Teaching Young Children Journal (usually only available to NAEYC members)
o Limited quantities of autographed copies of “The Brilliance of Black Boys”
This special workshop will provide practical skills and tools that can be put into practice right away including:
o Tangible illustrations of what is lost when Black boys are prevented from participating freely in boyhood, having to instead attend to adult and peer interactions and attitudes that view them as “bad boys” and “troublemakers”
o Classroom strategies to help young Black boys achieve their highest potential
o Other resources for supporting Black boys’ social-emotional development including a preview of “Black Boys are Lit” – an upcoming publication with a reading list of 300 authentic multicultural children’s books with Black boys as protagonist
“The Brilliance of Black Boys” is the fourth in a series of workshops as part of “Blacks, Believers & the Montessori Way” (BBMW) community awareness and empowerment campaign.
BBMW is sponsored by IMPACT LIVING Christian Center, a non-denominational faith community led by Black leaders, as a part of its planning process for opening Morning Glory Montessori, an all-boys, Afrocentric, Christian Montessori school in fall 2021. (www.impactlivingcc.org)
For more information about Morning Glory Montessori, click here.
This workshop is made possible by a grant from the Sheltering Arms Foundation.
gain an understanding of some of the rule governed processes and speech patterns that are often dismissed as “incorrect” or uneducated speech
gain a better understanding of language change and variation and consider and consider the stigma and bias around nonstandard varieties of English
this course is self guided through our teachable platform
complete the course in one 3-hour sitting or take as much time as you need to complete
We have moved to a “gift economy” structure for all class registration tickets, meaning although this content does have a cost to us as an organization, we trust you to select an option that is right for you. This may be based on your ability to pay, want to support our organization, or what you feel is an equitable price.
Registration – $30
Registration + Fund Someone Else’s Class – $60
Full Scholarship – $0 (RECOMMENDED ONLY FOR BLACK PEOPLE)
This course was developed by Haylee Horn, a linguistics student at the University of Rochester.
