CRTL Pre-Conference Institute 2024
Wednesday, April 17th
A full day of in-person training in culturally relevant pedagogy. This special pre-conference session is to train educators, administrators and staff in CRTL principles, and to prepare them to train others in their institutions. The CRTL Train-the-Trainer Institute covers one of two offered modules:
Please note the module change.
Module 1: Facing Whiteness
This module reviews the history of the United States through the lens of race as one way to recognize the extent of White supremacist ideology and systemic racism, and the need for anti-racist educational practice. Participants explore how the social construction of Whiteness was developed through legal, social, and pseudo-scientific means, and how this history impacts our present lives. The emphasis is on developing an anti-racist action plan.
Module 2: Social Capital & Learning
Participants will learn the concept of social capital: How the people one knows affect the development of one’s human capital, knowledge, skills, and abilities. In addition, participants will learn how to direct students’ efforts to expand their social capital networks of knowledge.
At the institute you will select your module of choice, the group will split, and we will conduct trainings on these two modules, simultaneously. If you are sending a team, the team would be divided between the workshops and train each other when you return home. Each attendee will leave with one training completed.
Institute attendance will be limited to keep group size small and interactive, so register early. Please note that registration for the conference is separate from institute registration.