RESEARCH & PRACTICE FORUM
Rethinking Cultural Dynamics: Transforming School for Every
Learner
June 23-26, 2008
8 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
The Research & Practice Forum will engage teams of P-12 educators
(administrators, teacher-leaders and human service professionals) in
bridging research and practice to improve leadership and pedagogy
for addressing racial disparities in achievement and building
cultural proficiency within their schools.
School teams will:
- Engage with professional leaders and researchers to enhance
their knowledge and skills for developing culturally proficient
schools
- Build upon their existing assets and identify data-driven
methods for revising their school improvement plans to address
racial disparities in academic achievement
- Gain ongoing support for developing cultural proficiency in
their schools overtime
Presenters
  Sonia
Nieto, Ph.D.
Professor emerita, language, literacy, and culture, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, School of Education, Department of Teacher
Education and Curriculum Studies
Joseph F. Johnson, Ph.D.
Executive Director of the National Center for Urban School
Transformation and the QUALCOMM Professor of Urban Education at San
Diego State University
  Romain Dallemand, Ed.D.
Superintendent, Rochester Public Schools
David
Heistad, Ph.D.
Executive director of Research, Evaluation and Assessment for
Minneapolis Public Schools Local professional leaders and researchers
Panels and breakout sessions will be led by professional leaders
and researchers from P-12 schools in Minnesota and the University of
Minnesota.
Registration and information
To learn more about the forum and to register,
download the brochure [.pdf].
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