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.
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.
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.
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
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
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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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.
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:
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.
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.
