Below is a description of this years ItAGs:
1. Bridging the Gap: CBO Partners working in Schools for Social Change
2. Unveiling Islam for Greater Communal Awareness
3. Education for Liberation: Bringing Freire & Boal's ideas into NYC Public Schools
4. Making Schools Responsive to Immigrant Youth
1. Bridging the Gap: CBO Partners working in Schools for Social Change
This ItAG aims to provide a space for people working as liaisons and specialists for community based organizations in New York City public schools. For many new and small schools, the liaison is a valuable role that links community organizations and services to the everyday life of a school. Yet still, the role remains largely undefined and open to negotiation. This ItAG will be a space for those who are in those positions as well as those who are creating and supporting those positions in their schools or CBO. We will be examining the essential question: How can these roles be used to further the vision of social change each school holds? We will also be looking at what makes a school/CBO partnership successful? How can a
CBO support a school? How do we sustain these partnerships when funding runs out? How can we strengthen the connection between teachers and CBO partners?
Co- Facilitators:
Tene Howard is a Youth Development Specialist at the High School for Global Citizenship. She has worked for 8 years in youth development and after school programs.
Carly Fox is Puentes Program Coordinator at Pan American International High School, which opened this year in Queens and serves exclusively Latin American recently arrived immigrant students. Puentes is the name of the partnership the school has with Make the Road NY.
Coco Killingsworth is a Youth Development Specialist at the High School for Global Citizenship. She has been working in this position for 4 years and was a large
part of the school's planning and visioning team.
Dates: Mondays from 6:30-8:30 kick-off 1/25, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10 and finale 3/14
Location: TBA- possibly West 29th St.
2. Unveiling Islam for Greater Communal Awareness
With Islam emerging as the fastest growing religion in the United States, we are reminded about this country’s rich diversity of its people. Unfortunately, this richness with regards to the people and their belief systems has not always transferred to the larger sphere of public discourse. This ItAG will examine the need for more student and teacher discussion, support, and activities for those whose religious/spiritual belief practices do not coincide with the traditions, ideas, and even mis-conceptions of the larger body politic. Participants will examine some basic principles and practices within Islam in order to begin the discussion as to why many students may feel ostracized from larger societal activities. We will examine some polarizing vocabulary such as anti-Semitism and Zionism. Also, we will attempt to brainstorm methods in which these sensitive topics can be addressed between students and classroom/societal models that would foster greater communal acknowledgement and respect for one another.
The group will be facilitated by Alprentice McCutchen. Alprentice is currently an 11th year History Teacher in the New York State Department of Education. For the past nine years Alprentice has also been involved in the local Muslim and non-Muslim community of New York City as a member of Majidus Sabur Inc.
Dates: Tuesdays 6:00-8:00, kick-off 1/25, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/26, 3/4, 3/11 and finale 3/14
Location: TBA- possibly NYU
3. Education for Liberation: Bringing Freire & Boal's ideas into NYC Public Schools
This ItAG is a joint collaboration between NYCoRE and The Institute for Popular Education of the Brecht Forum. The group will explore Paulo Freire's pedagogy and Augusto Boal's repertoire and how they can contribute to an education for liberation in NYC public schools. Texts will include excerpts from Pedagogy of the Oppressed [red edition], Games for Actors and Non-actors, and assorted letters and "talking chapters" by Freire and others. The goal is to bring these texts to life and make sense of them for NYC Public School-- finding ways for people to put radical pedagogy into their daily practices, while also using theater of the oppressed tools and practices. Questions to be explored will include how we create dynamics for people to become more interested in reading the world and the word so that they become involved in transforming the world? How can literacy be framed as critical consciousness so that folks become revolutionaries or authors of a new world? How can we build senses of solidarity & community to battle the rugged individualism of capitalist America and the fratricidal, dog eat dog mentality found in many schools.
This group will be co-facilitated by Una Osato and Fernando Reals.
Fernando is a humanities teacher on Rikers Island and a member of the Institute for Popular Education at the Brecht Forum.
Una is an educator, performer and babysitter, who integrates the arts and social justice into all of her work, and is a member of NYCoRE's CACY working group.
Dates: Mondays from 7:00-9:00 pm kick-off 1/25, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10 and finale 3/14
Location: TBA- possibly Brecht Forum
4. Making Schools Responsive to Immigrant Youth
In this group, we will focus on the voices of immigrant youth as a springboard for exploring how to create safe spaces for these students. We will also explore current local and state policy pertaining to English Language Learners and examine how we can use these policies to advocate for our students and where these policies limit our ability to improve their educational outcomes.
This ItAG will be facilitated by Nelson Flores and Maryam Dilakian.
Nelson is an ESL teacher in the Bronx and a graduate student in Urban Education at the Graduate Center.
Maryam Dilakian is a teacher at the High School of World Cultures in the Bronx, a writer, and an immigrant.
Dates: Mondays from 5:30-7:30 pm kick-off 1/25, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10 and finale 3/14
Location: CUNY Graduate Center - 34th and 5th Ave - Room 5489
MUST BRING ID
ItAG Kick Off Meeting
A general kick-off meeting for all ItAG participants will be held Friday, January 25th, 6:00– 8:00 p.m.
Location: NYU - 239 Greene St. (between W. 4th and Washington)
Second Floor Cochrane Room
Refreshments provided.
(Call 917-686-2733 if you have trouble finding the location).
Registration
The registration fee is $30. Two teachers from the same school can register together for a reduced rate of 2 for $50. This will cover the cost of materials and support NYCoRE’s ongoing work.
Payment must be received at the kick-off event.
To
register:
Registration for 2008 is CLOSED
Please email NYCoRE at info@nycore.org for questions
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