An Inspiring Talk for Educators
An Inspiring Talk for Educators honored educators for their commitment to K-12 youth and to inspire the community to reimagine teaching and learning to create more equitable and just educational systems. This year’s speaker, Professor Tyrone Howard, engaged the community in a conversation that affirms teachers’ experiences and promotes and centers critical wellness.
Filmed on May 4, 2022
Bookclub Discussion
Featuring Cal Poly Pomona Sociology Professor and Ford Foundation Fellow Dr. Anthony Ocampo, whose research and writing center race, immigration, and LGBTQ rights. The event features a discussion of his monographs centered on interviews that chronicle the way immigrants and their children attempt to carve out their place within American society. The discussion also considers how students have navigated Southern California high school classrooms. The discussion is based off of Dr. Ocampos’s two books: The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race and To Be Brown and Gay in LA: Race and Sexuality in the Immigrant City.
Filmed on March 10. 2021.
A Talk with Teachers
Featuring Jeff Duncan-Andrade, Professor of Latina/o Studies and Race and Resistance Studies at San Francisco State University. The event, held on Nov. 18, featured a Q&A discussion to consider how to foster humanizing pedagogical practices in the classroom both during and after remote instruction. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Elizabeth van Es and Dr. Nicole Gilbertson, the leadership of the Teacher Academy, and second-year doctoral student Jonathan Montoya.
Filmed on November 18, 2020.
Filmed on May 4, 2022
Teaching for Justice Conference: A Spotlight on Teaching Asian American Studies Across the Curriculum
For social justice to be integrated and sustained in public education, we must build local partnerships that empower and prepare teachers to implement Asian American Studies in the classroom. After nearly a year of conversations and collaborations between K-12 educators in Orange County, faculty and staff at UC Irvine, and education experts across California, the inaugural Teaching for Justice two-day conference was held in April 2022 at the University of California Irvine.
Click on the image to the right to take a glimpse of our inaugural conference.
Transforming Science Teaching Planning for the Post-COVID "New Normal"
The UCI Teacher Academy and UCI CalTeach present “Transforming Science Teaching: Planning for the Post-COVID “New Normal.” This learning sequence brings together science education leaders from across the country to share, discuss, reflect and dream about improving science instruction for social justice. The COVID pandemic amplified existing inequities, and we must take action individually and collectively to address them. Each session will last approximately 90 minutes and include a presentation and opportunities to work in small groups to plan for action.
This series features multiple events and recordings. Click on the image to the right to view them all.
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