I Belong: culturally-responsive interventions for science instruction
Participants will learn The Learning Garage (tm) intervention approach, a strategy developed through analysis of the 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology over the past 11 years.
eAccess Corp. created the list to motivate students to undertake demanding science courses. Several experiments have put members of the distinguished list into direct contact with either special education or far below proficient students. Partners in the institute are Meadows-Livingstone School, highly rated for its success with African-American students, and Marcus Book Store, celebrating its 50th anniversary as the nation's oldest black book store.
A comprehensive pilot, Potrero Progress, demonstrated the ability to raise student motivation and engagement by creating coursework as simulated entrepreneurial activities based on civic needs of the immediate residential area.
Such a strategy allows effective use of community resources as experts, facilitators and coaches to supplement the impact of the educator.
The San Francisco based institute will present two thematic units for engaging students in math and science courses: From Salt to San Francisco General and Roll Down Like Water: the Science of H2O.
I Belong will also present the 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology as a resource for infusion into coursework.
To register for the institute, recommended for elementary to community college science or general studies educators who work with large numbers of below-proficient students in math or science, call 415-240-3537 or email jwtempleton@californiablackhistory.com Advance registration for the institute is $150, which includes the following books and videos, before September 1. Late registration is $225.
Participants will receive the following resources: books: The Black Students Internet Guide; Our Roots Run Deep: the Black Experience in California, Vols. 1-4; Do Not Call Us Negros: How 'Multicultural' Textbooks Perpetuate Racism; Come to the Water: Sharing the Rich Black Experience in San Francisco Reach Wisely: the Black Cultural Approach to Education and Striking Gold in the Golden State: the National Black Business Month Guide to California; documentaries: A Great Day in Gaming, Freedom Riders of the Cutting Edge and Our Roots Run Deep: the Black Experience in California and Black Rock: Blacks on Alcatraz.
