At a Glance
Includes four trainings with certified facilitators, self-paced activities, and free digital resources.
Topics
- Culturally Responsive Education
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Positive School Environments
Outcomes
- Gain a better understanding of diversity
- Develop cultural identity
- Learn the value of diversity
- Reacting to differences
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Last Updated: February 24, 2021
Details
Audience Role
- Education Support Professional
- Teacher
Grade
- Elementary School
- High School
- Middle School
Session Length
Sessions can be tailored to the needs of the state or local affiliate
Session Format
In person
Modules
1
Understanding Diversity
Take part in an interactive process that helps you better understand the language and imagery of diversity in light of America’s changing demographics and the importance of diversity to NEA’s history and philosophy.
2
Developing Cultural Identity
Our values, beliefs, and self-concept, most of which are developed at a very early age, affect the way we think, behave, and make assumptions about people who are different from us. Learn how the absence of information—the silent teacher—can contribute to assumptions, even bigotry, about the status and basic rights of people who are different.
3
Reacting to Differences
The treatment we extend to others is rooted in perceptions, values, and beliefs about them and their entitlements, resulting in the emergence of privileged and oppressed groups, or in this workshop exercise, the creation of “insiders” and “outsiders.”
4
Valuing Diversity
How do you respond to the diversity issue? Are you better at discussing or reacting to some dimensions of diversity than others, for instance, race vs. sexual orientation? Although you may quickly react when offended by things others say or do, do you recognize when and how you offend others?
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