Meredith Madden Series

Our Meredith Madden Course Offerings:

(15 contact hours=1 in-service credit)

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What your colleagues have to say...

variety of media that you could possibly use with your own students in the future. Great class!”

“This was possibly the most engaging professional development class I've ever taken - Meredith was an amazing facilitator, and I think everyone in the class learned a lot about the world and themselves.”

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Another Round for a new group: Step 1 Race, Racism and Anti-Racism Course 8 contact hours

Classes will be facilitated through mini-lectures and critical dialogue. Location: Zoom (All coursework will be accessed through Google Drive) Facilitator: Meredith Madden Audience: All Staff Time: 4:00 - 6:00 pm

Dates: October 4, 11, 18, 25 You must attend all sessions* 8 contact hours and CTLE Hours

This course aims to raise educator awareness for your own personal growth, but also to prepare you to create anti-racist educational spaces.

Participants will learn about key language and terms, and focus on understanding concepts of power, privilege, and oppression, racial bias, racial microaggressions, allyship, and equity.

Classes will be facilitated through mini-lectures and critical dialogue.

Step II: Race Dialogues Let’s Talk About Race: An Anti-Racist Book Study 6 contact hours

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Prerequisite: This is open only to participants who have completed the Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism Course (Step 1).

Description: In Let’s Talk About Race: An Anti-Racist Book Study, participants build off the foundation of the Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism Course by applying their content knowledge to the study of So, You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo anchored in anti-racist topics. In this Stage II course, participants use their racial literacy from Stage I to engage in race dialogues under guided facilitation framed by mini-lectures on the selected topics.

Participants must read select chapters of the book in advance of each class meeting. Participants will be given a copy of the book from the Rome Teacher Center.

Intended Outcomes: Participants will: 3.) Increase race-consciousness 4.) Increase identity awareness 5.) Increase race awareness 6.) Foster race dialogue skills

Step III - Anti-Racist Pedagogy: Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Action for Equitable Classroom Spaces12 contact hours

Prerequisite: This is open only to participants who have completed the Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism Course (Step 1) and Race Dialogues (Step II).

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Everyone comes together to learn strategies and have discussions around building a safe equitable classroom space for your students. More info to follow2.) Develop racial literacy

Facilitator Bio: Equity Prof: Meredith Madden the Equity Prof. Meredith Madden is an educator and

Has been doing social justice education work, including anti-racist education work, for nearly 15 years. She is a committed advocate for educational equity. She was awarded a Ph.D. in cultural foundations of education from Syracuse University. Her teaching experience includes 5 years as a middle school special education teacher in the Bronx, NY and Trumansburg, NY. As a graduate student, she was trained in Intergroup Dialogue facilitation and instructed courses across four years in the Intergroup Dialogue Program at Syracuse University. She also spent three years as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Education Studies at Hamilton College. Meredith is currently, an Assistant Professor of Education at Utica College. Through her community engagement commitments, she has created and facilitated numerous courses and workshops on social identity, racism and anti-racism, and educational equity in the Bronx, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, and Tompkins Counties. She currently works with many local school districts

Here's a sampling of what your colleagues said about Meredith's first offering:

“I would recommend taking the Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism course hosted by Dr. Meredith Madden. It gives you an insight to your own race beliefs in a safe environment. She takes you through various scenarios in a variety of media that you could possibly use with your own students in the future. Great class!”