Engage & Explore: Ethnic Studies x Making

4720 Dunkirk Avenue,Oakland CA 94605

13 October, 2022

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Oakland educators, are you and your colleagues interested in exploring the histories, experiences, cultures, and issues of racial & ethnic groups in the United States? Interested in making this exploration come alive by integrating hands-on learning? Come take this 3 session participatory series to explore how to integrate making and ethnic studies into your curriculum through engaging in an inquiry cycle. Registration is free of charge and open to all K-12 Oakland Public School teams* of educators (district & charter) through a generous grant from the Koshland Foundation and the Rogers Family Foundation.. In this series we will:1. Explore the key themes from OUSD’s ethnic studies curriculum: Origins, identity & culturePower, privilege, and oppressionResistance and LiberationAction2. Identify an area of curiosity 3. Design a hands-on activity(ies) related to your area of curiosity 4. Engage in a short inquiry cycle to try out the activity(ies) with your learners 5. Receive coaching to support your inquiry 6. Gain a new lens with which to engage students in their learning By registering, you are indicating you will be attending all 3 workshop sessions and the coaching session. All meetings will be from 4 - 7pm. October 13 October 27 November 10 *coaching will take place either the week of 10/17 or 10/31- tba* Additional Information: Snacks will be provided at each meeting.A materials stipend will be provided to support your inquiry*School site teams can consist of 2-8 educators from your site. Each team member must register separately.Educators at independent or parochial schools may be able to participate for a fee if space permits. Please contact [email protected] with your request.**Note: these are in-person events. We kindly ask that you wear a mask when indoors, and recommend wearing a mask outdoors when not eating or drinking. About the Engage & Explore series: For the last 5 years, Agency by Design Oakland has offered a highly successful year long teacher fellowship. We heard from many educators who want to take the fellowship but can’t commit to a year long experience. We created the Engage & Explore series to give Oakland educators the opportunity to try out some of the key pieces of our liberatory maker-centered learning professional development. Each series will have a different focus and/or engage with a different aspect of the Agency by Design framework. Please check back throughout the year for additional learning opportunities.