Credit

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

CEU certificates will be provided to all participants. To receive a CEU certificate upon completion of each day's program activities and sessions, please complete the CEU request form:

• July 27 CEU request form will be linked here

• July 28 CEU request form will be linked here

CEU certificates will be emailed.

Administrative CEUs have been requested and are pending approval. Please contact the organizing team if you need an administrative CEU.

Graduate Course Details

EDUC 6998 Minnesota Educational Equity Edcamp 2021

July 27-28, 2021 | 9:00am-12:00pm | Online

Three additional online discussion sessions to be arranged

1 semester credit

Co-sponsored with Northeast Metro 916 Intermediate School District

INSTRUCTOR

Trish Harvey | tharvey03@hamline.edu

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Minnesota Equity Edcamp engages participants in a collaborative process of exploring educational equity and justice. Within the context of a safe, supportive and collaborative community, participants will be asked to participate in self-examination, critical thinking, and problem solving in order to be prepared to be more effective agents of education change.

COURSE PROCESSES

The following methods and instructional strategies will be used to actively engage the learners in the course content:

• Participation in Edcamp sessions

• Small and large group discussion

• Journaling with focused prompts

• Online discussions

• Action Plan template

• Project sharing

ASSIGNMENTS

1. Edcamp Reflection (25%): Reflect on the panel and breakout sessions. Focus on new insights, affirmations, challenges and resources/strategies attained. (See reflection assignment)

2. Online discussion forums (15%): Participate in three online discussion forums. These forums will explore the selected readings as well as themes from Edcamp.

3. Personal Action Project (40%): Construct a personal action plan to address educational equity and social justice in an education-related setting. (Follow action plan template)

4. Participation (10%): All participants are expected to participate actively, respectfully and collaboratively in all course activities and contribute to a safe, supportive learning environment.

COURSE CALENDAR

MN Educational Equity Edcamp | July 27-28, 2021 | 9:00am-12:00pm | Online

• Participate in sessions

• Written log

Online readings and synchronous discussions | To be arranged

• Read selected readings

• Participate in three online discussion sessions

Final project online sharing session | To be arranged

• Personal Action Plans

PERSONAL ACTION PLAN ASSIGNMENT

ACTION GOAL

Identify an existing inequity and engage in a personal action project to better understand and help dismantle it.

REFLECTION GOAL

Reflect on ways in which you have contributed to or challenged inequities in and out of schools.

The above two course goals require you to propose some type of personal action plan project related to equity and social justice. The choice of project is highly individual and will be determined by your particular professional and/or personal situation. Examples of projects participants have done in the past include:

• Developing a social justice education workshop for colleagues;

• Attending school board meeting to weigh in on an issue with important equity and social justice implications;

• Getting involved in community organizations that advocate for the rights of people over whom they enjoy some level of privilege;

• Initiating a series of organized dialogues among teachers and administrators about racism in schools;

• Writing a grant to support equity and social justice in one or more schools

• Preparing activities to engage students in confronting inequities in the school environment.

The Personal Action rubric details the contents of the plan. Post an initial description of plan online. During our last meeting time together, you will present your proposed plan with the group. In addition, please submit a written description of the plan (3 page maximum) (double-spaced). Your plan should answer the following:

· What inequity did you set out to address; what was the purpose of your action?

· Who participated in your action?

· What goals/outcomes did you hope to achieve by your action?

· What was the impact of the action?

· Will you continue the action you have begun?

The project will be graded using the Personal Action rubric.