Teachers 4 Social Justice Conference, October 11, 2008

Teachers 4 Social Justice

“Teaching for Social Justice: Building Power, Making Change”
Saturday, October 11th, 2008 • 9am-5pm
Mission High School, San Francisco, CA
To register, visit http://www.t4sj.org.

• Keynote Speaker – Dr. Antonia Darder: Professor of Education Policy and Latino/a Studies
• Workshops – Building Classroom Community, Media Literacy, Ethnic Studies, and more!
• Resource Faire – Dozens of local artists, book publishers and authors.  Come visit Rethinking Schools booth at the conference!
• Networking – Meet teachers from New York, Washington, Oregon, L.A. and right here in the Bay who are committed to the struggle for educational justice.  This conference is attracting a national audience, come take part!

* Childcare – space is limited, please sign up asap.

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE!  Visit http://www.t4sj.org to register and for more info.

Thank a Teacher for Social Justice, May 30th

Thank a Teacher for Social Justice, May 30th

Here’s a great way to support progressive public education happening in classrooms all over the city in San Francisco and the Bay Area—a celebration of social justice teachers (please nominate one or more!) and a fundraiser for Teachers 4 Social Justice, a non-profit grassroots educator organization.

To learn more about T4SJ (and all the work the group does) and to nominate a social justice teacher who should be celebrated, please take a look at www.t4sj.org.

Thanks, and see you at Space180 on May 30th!

Pui Ling Tam
T4SJ.org

How To Read A Film: A Visual Literacy Workshop for High School Teachers

How to Read a Film

A Visual Literacy Workshop for High School Teachers and Media Educators
Thursday and Friday, June 19 and 20, 2008

The Pacific Film Archive presents a two-day intensive teacher workshop, How to Read a Film, now in its tenth year. This popular practicum is designed to help high school teachers and media educators equip young people with the critical viewing skills necessary to master twenty-first-century visual culture—from cinema space, through the video trace, to the vastness of MySpace—while encouraging the exploration of film and video as unique art forms.

For information about presentations, fees, and enrollment, please contact PFA Video Curator Steve Seid at (510) 642-5253 or seidtrak@berkeley.edu.

How to Read a Film: A Visual Literacy Workshop for High School Teachers is made possible by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Bernard Osher Foundation, and the Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Download the How to Read a Film brochure (PDF).

Building Excellent Schools – Apply Now!

Building Excellent Schools is an established national nonprofit organization committed to improving the academic achievement of students in the nation’s urban centers. Our core program is the Building Excellent Schools Fellowship, a 12-month, full-time, comprehensive training program that prepares dedicated, hard-working and talented individuals to design and open academically excellent urban charter schools. Fellows are paid a stipend of $80,000 for the year-long program.

Included in the year of intensive training is:

· 90+ training days at Building Excellent Schools’ central offices in Boston led by expert Building Excellent Schools’ staff and nationally recognized experts in charter school design and operation.
· Visits to 20-25 of the highest performing urban charter schools in the Northeast and beyond.
· Extended residency in a high performing urban charter school.
· Ongoing coaching and support around board and charter application development
In its quest to build and perpetuate educational excellence, BES holds the core belief that academic performance drives every element of a school, including design, leadership, culture, decisions, and governance. BES further believes that the only legitimate measure for a school’s performance is the academic achievement of its students.

For more information please visit our website at www.buildingexcellentschools.org

If you are interested in applying please contact:
Shayna Kent
skent@buildingexcellentschools.org
415-515-7271

Zora Neale Hurston Worshops for Teachers

The Florida Humanities Council invites K- 12 educators from across the U.S. to explore the impact of Eatonville, Florida on the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston, author of Their Eyes Were Watching God. This week-long workshop will be led by distinguished historians, folklorists, architectural historians and literature scholars. While examining Hurston’s life and work, participants will stay at Rollins College, located near Orlando. Stipends will be paid to help cover travel and living expenses.

Who: K-12 teachers (public & private), administrators, and other
school personnel
When: Three week-long workshops: June 15-21, June 22-28, June
29-July 5, 2008
Where: Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida
How: Visit our website at: www.flahum.org/Zora or call (727) 873-2010

On-line application deadline is March 17, 2008.