Book Talk with Jenna Chandler-Ward
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Details
When : December 7, 2022
Where : The Independent Day School, Middlefield, CT
Topics : Professional development, antiracism
Cost : $55 per person
Description
LEARNING AND TEACHING WHILE WHITE
BOOK TALK WITH JENNA CHANDLER-WARD
Have you ever wanted to work through a book with the author? Join us for a book talk with Jenna Chandler-Ward, co-author of Learning and Teaching While White, for an interactive review of the book. Together we will ask questions as a community engaged in supporting schools in becoming effectively antiracist so that everyone can thrive. Bring your curiosity, your passion and something to write with!
ABOUT THE BOOK:
For too long, White educators have relied on people of color to make change to a relentlessly racist school system. Racial equity will not come until White educators recognize their role in supporting racist policies and practices, and take responsibility for dismantling them.
Learning and Teaching While White is an accessible guide to help White educators, leaders, students, and parents develop an explicit, skills-based antiracist practice. Through their own experiences working with school communities, and the strategies and tools they have developed, Jenna Chandler-Ward and Elizabeth Denevi share how White educators can gain greater consciousness of their own White racial identity, analyze the role of whiteness in their school systems, rethink pedagogical approaches and curricular topics, address the role of White parents in the pursuit of racial literacy and equity, and much more. Their book will empower White educators to be part of creating a more equitable educational system for all students.
Optional: You will have an opportunity to reserve a signed copy of the book at a discounted price ($20) Supplies are limited, so register today!
PROGRAM DETAILS:
Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Time: 10AM – 12PM (Light refreshments included)
Location: The Independent Day School, Middlefield, CT (driving directions sent upon registration)
Jenna is the Co-Founder of the popular site, Teaching While White, that hosts a blog and podcast series, and the Co-Author of, Learning and Teaching While White: Antiracist Strategies for School Communities. Jenna has been an educator in non-profits, schools, and colleges for over 20 years, working with students from kindergarten to college level. Most recently, Jenna had been a middle school English and drama teacher outside of Boston for over ten years. Jenna was also a founder and co-director of the Multicultural Teaching Institute, which produces workshops and a conference for educators on issues of equity and inclusion. Jenna currently lives in Cambridge, MA, on the Ancestral and Traditional land of the Massa-dchu-es-et and the Wampanoag. She is a diversity consultant, specializing in professional development for educators on issues of whiteness and its impacts on teaching, curriculum, and leadership. She holds an M.Ed. from Pepperdine University and a bachelor’s degree from Marlboro College.
