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Diversity Training and Development

Contact Information

301-601-2900

Donna Graves, Supervisor
Bryan Avila, Instructional Specialist
Angie Burrell, Instructional Specialist
Nora Nasser, Instructional Specialist
Gina Gill , Administrative Secretary

Office of Organizational Development
Diversity Training and Development Team
Montgomery County Public Schools

Century 21
20010 Century Boulevard, Room 300
Germantown, Maryland 20874

Spring Training Opportunities

Use the link to view important information about professional development opportunities being offered by the Diversity Training and Development Team. The sessions are open to MCPS instructional staff. Stipends will be provided by the Diversity Team.

All trainings have been designed to support schools striving to close the achievement gap.

Spring 2008 Training (MS Word)

News

diversity team

Jamie Almanzán of the Pacific Educational Group presented “Courageous Conversations: A Latino Perspective” to MCPS educators in May and June. Mr. Almanzán (center) was hosted by the Diversity Training and Development Team (from left to right): Bryan Avila, Angie Burrell, Donna Graves, and Nora Nasser.

Diversity Team Blog

The purpose of the blog is to provide current information about items of interest to educators regarding diversity. Each member of the diversity team will post entries and links to web resources of interest.   We invite you to submit your comments and feedback on the blog page. 

View news and weblinks at the
DiversityTeam Blog
.

Diversity Team Resources

Recommended books, documents, and web links are available on the Diversity Resources page.


 

Announcements/Events

10th Annual American Indian Festival

Event Location: Rockville Town Center Date/Time: 11/10/2007 10:00 AM - 11/10/2007 5:00 PM Description: Authentic presentations, demonstrations and information about Native American culture and history. Authentic American Indian food and vendors.

Provost's Conversations on Diversity, Democracy, and Higher Education

Date: Thursday, November 8, 2007 Time: 12 p.m. (Noon) Speaker: Dr. Howard C. Stevenson, University of Pennsylvania Presentation: "Race in Institutions of Higher Education" Location: Nyumburu Cultural Center, Multipurpose Room Refreshments: Lunch is provided

The African Immigrant and Refugee Foundation Presents:

AIRF presents its Sixth Annual Conference Keeping the Spirit: Elders as Models, Youth as New Leaders Date: Friday-Saturday, November 16-17, 2007 Time: 8:30a.m. - 4:30p.m. (registration/breakfast: 8:00-9:00a.m.) Location: Montgomery College, Takoma Park Campus, Health Science Building 7977 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910

The Mid Atlantic Equity Center and the Maryland State Parental Information Resource Center

Half-Day/In-Depth Equity Institutes November 9, 2007
Calling all parents, teachers, principals and other administrators. MAEC and the MD PIRC are holding half-day/in-depth equity institutes on November 9th and spaces are filling fast. Don't wait a second longer to register! Use the link to register.

CHETs Modules Available

The Communicating High Expectations to Students (CHETS) modules are now available from the OOD website and Diversity Team page.

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Mission:

The mission of the Diversity Training and Development Team is to build capacity of MCPS instructional leaders to close the achievement gap by race and ethnicity.

Enduring Understanding:

Culture exerts a powerful influence on teaching and learning.

Essential Questions:

1. How do awareness, knowledge, and understanding of one’s own culture promote culturally competent teaching and learning?

2. How do awareness, knowledge, and understanding the cultures of students promote effective teaching and learning?

3. How can educators establish culturally sensitive learning environments and modify instruction to be culturally responsive?

Communicating High Expectations
to Students (CHETS)

This series of online modules is intended to assist instructional staff to understand the critical relationship between teacher expectations and student achievement. The modules provide a wide variety of learning experiences designed to assist teachers to examine their beliefs, values, attitudes, and dispositions as they influence teaching and learning.

CHETS Outline (MS Word)
CHETS Technical Overview (MS Word)

Schools that want to use pre and post assessments and private discussion boards, should contact Angela Burrell and David Kreisberg. Modules can be accessed without those features using these links:

Overview
Module 1 - Staff Talk
Module 2 - Personal Cultural History
Module 3 - Behaviors
Module 4 - Practices
Module 5 - Structures
Glossary

Book Club

The Diversity Training and Development Team Book Club was established as a forum for discussing current research and best practices related to diversity and equity.

Book Club Synopsis and Rating

Research Articles and Activities

The Diversity Team has created pre, during, and post activities for online articles in various categories. Click on the link below to access these resources.

Research Articles and Activities page.

Updated January 28, 2008 | Maintained by David Kreisberg

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