MPA Jeff Duncan-Andrade - Note to Educators: Hope Required When Growing Roses in Concrete

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Metropolitan Principals' Academy (MPA) Leadership In-Service Workshop

Jeff Duncan-Andrade — Note to Educators: Hope Required When Growing Roses in Concrete    

What are the material conditions that affect youth before they even step foot in our classrooms? What does it mean to develop educational environments that are relevant and responsive to these conditions? How should these educational spaces define success for students and teachers?

This session focuses on developing educators who are better equipped to create educational environments that understand and respond to the social toxins that emerge from racism and poverty. The session closely examines the types of social toxins that young people face in the broader society and discusses the impact of these conditions on student identities. Inside of this framing, Duncan-Andrade draws from his 20 years as an urban educator to explore the concept of hope, as essential for nurturing urban youth.

This discussion equips leaders and educators to:

· Leverage research-based critiques of up-by-your-bootstraps theories of individualized success being pedaled to schools.

· Utilize concrete, research-based strategies that foreground relationships, relevance, and responsibility as essential ingredients to altering the business-as-usual approach.

· Support community responsive practices that transform engagement and educational outcomes.

About the Presenter: Jeff Duncan-Andrade, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Raza Studies and Education at San Francisco State University. He is a founder of the Teaching Excellence Network (www.10teaching.org), The Community Responsive Education Group (www.communityresponsive.org) and Roses in Concrete Community School (www.rosesinconcrete.org). As a classroom teacher and school leader in East Oakland for the past 24 years, his pedagogy has been widely studied and acclaimed for producing uncommon levels of social and academic success for students. Duncan-Andrade lectures around the world and has authored two books and numerous articles/book chapters on effective practices in schools. He has been ranked as one of the nations’ most influential scholars by Ed Weeks’ public influence rankings for the past three years.

Jeff Duncan-Andrade’s Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CwS60ykM8s

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