The Evolution of African American Experience: Increase Your Cultural Understanding of Your Students

Presenter: Dr. Keith Mayes

Four Day Series. Come for one, two, three, or all four days.

Day 4: WW II and the Early Civil Rights Movement

Culturally responsive pedagogy starts with the premise that race and class matter. Despite best efforts, some schools are unsuccessful in conveying to African American students that they belong. An educator’s understanding of the huge economic, social and cultural contributions that African American history has made to our nation can significantly impact interactions with students. Educators need to understand there are different forms of content knowledge and pedagogies necessary to begin closing the gap. How does a leader give support to teachers if they don’t know or understand it themselves?

It was only 150 years ago when the United States had slavery, and 50 years ago when our lives were segregated along racial lines. Do you understand the implications this timeline has on your students?

About the Presenter: Keith Mayes, Ph.D., History, Princeton, University, is an associate professor of African American History at the University of MN. His special expertise includes 19^th and 20^th century African American history, Kwanzaa and black American holidays, civil rights and the Black Power movement, black history and educational policy, and African American published history. His published work includes Kwanzaa: Black Power and the Making of the African American Holiday Tradition, Routledge, 2009, and another book is in progress.

This is a Metropolitan Principals' Academy (MPA) Special Learning Opportunity. MPA members receive a reduced registration fee. 

MPA Members $125.00/day.  Non-Members $175.00/day. 

 

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