Introducing our Keynote Speaker, Malika Ali
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Introducing our Keynote Speaker, Malika Ali
As the Director of Pedagogy at Highlander Institute, Malika is passionate about working to develop educators to be change agents of instructional and systemic equity and to nurture students’ cognitive development through culturally responsive and sustaining pedagogy. Prior to working at the Institute, Malika served as an Innovation Specialist and a high school science teacher. She was a Rhode Island District Teacher of the Year and served on Governor Raimondo’s STEAM and Equity in Educator Preparation Working Group. Malika holds an M.Ed. in Education Policy and Management from Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. in Public Health from Brown University.
As a daughter of strong and brilliant Eritrean refugees, Malika has spent her life critiquing the systems that perpetuate educational inequity, and she is proud to be a part of the struggle to ensure that all children have access to, and can take advantage of, an empowering education.
Please join Malika in her keynote webinar followed by Fireside Chats to continue discussions on Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Pedagogy.
Keynote Title: Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Pedagogy: Engaging and Empowering Students to Own Their Education Journeys
Keynote Description: We will ground ourselves in a pedagogical framework that outlines, in a process-oriented way, how we can disrupt compliance-focused teaching and, instead, nurture independent learners who are critically conscious and are empowered to transform their lives, their communities, and society.
Fireside Chat #1: Administrators, in this session, we will have an open space for questions and discussion on any topics related to instructional equity and Culturally Responsive Teaching.
Fireside Chat #2: All are welcome in this open space for questions and discussion on any topics related to instructional equity and Culturally Responsive Teaching.