How can we get students to embrace academics and develop a love of learning? Can we influence our students' ability to reach potential? As part of this year's theme "Knowing Our Students", the Teaching & Creativity Center presents...
Accessing the Brilliance of Tomorrow's Leaders
Today’s educators compete with contemporary cultural norms that devalue the true identity of youth. They struggle with media images and messages that are readily available and received by children, which consistently contradict productive scholarly messages given by guardians and teachers, and are faced with masses of students of color struggling daily to find their place of “success” within the academic arena. When we listen to the thoughts and observe the brilliance of our youth we cannot dismiss the awesome responsibility we face in preparing our children for the future; however, many educators continue to utilize deficit educational models that focus on the peril and problems of energetic and often challenging and misunderstood young people. This keynote and workshop will examine historical and contemporary media images that influence not only our children but communicate to the world significant inaccuracies about their intellectual capabilities. Both will also address ways in which we can apply culturally responsive pedagogy to access the voice and promise of our future leaders as well as describe a renewed framework for challenging young people to embrace academics and accept and maintain their true cultural identity.
Presenter: Dr. Ronald Rochon, Dean of the School of Education and Associate Vice President for Teacher Education at Buffalo State College in Buffalo, New York. For more about this speaker, please see Dr. Rochon’s bio and photo on the TCC website when you register.
When: Wednesday, January 13th from 9:00 am until 12 noon; 8:30-9:00 am sign-in and refreshments
Where:Warshof Conference Center, R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center (Monroe A and B)
RSVP: Visit the TCC website at https://web.monroecc.edu/TCC/events to indicate if you plan to attend.
Contact: Karen Coffey <mailto:kcoffey@monroecc.edu> or Gene Marino <mailto:emarino@monroecc.edu>.
Join your colleagues for breakfast and some intellectual stimulation on a winter morning.
Karen Coffey
VaPA
12/08/2009 |