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Below are the 12 Professional Learning Seminars which will be presented at the conference. Each participant will select two workshops, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. (Individuals who have paid and registered for the conference will receive an email with instructions to select 2 workshops.) Space will be limited, and workshops will fill on a first come first serve basis. So if you have not done so already, please register here.
- Introducing Underrepresented Students to Academic Rigor
(Session in Blackburn Center East Ballroom)
- Who Got Next? Using Cooperation and Competition to Increase Mathematics Achievement in Boys of Color
(Session in Miner 104)
- Boys in the Books: A Strategic Plan for Increasing Literacy Among Boys of Color on the Secondary Level
(Session in Miner 106)
- How to Help Boys Learn Self-Control
(Session in Blackburn Center 150)
- Band of Brothers: Creating Culture & Climate with Cohorts
(Session in Blackburn Center 142)
- The Men of Strength (MOST) Club: Primary Violence Prevention and Empowerment for Boys of Color in Middle and High Schools
(Session in Miner 107)
- “Shet-Up”: Re-Imagining Language and How We Use it to Build High Expectations, Positive Relationships and Academic Engagement for Boys of Color
(Session in Miner 117)
- It’s Not Magic Its Data
(Session in Blackburn Center 148)
- Become a True T.H.U.G. (Teacher Hurling Universal Gifts®) and Bring the Noise!
(Session in Blackburn Center Auditorium)
- Making a Difference with Mentoring
(Session in Carnegie Room B)
- Seeing the Classroom As a Boy – Implications
for Policy and Practice
(Session in Carnegie Room A)
- The Re-Imagined 21st Century Classroom
(Session in Middle School - room TBD)
1. Introducing Underrepresented Students to Academic Rigor
Rashid F. Davis, Santonyo Bangali, Victor John, and Rafael Vallejo
Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy (BETA)
Jason Gonzalez, Steven Luna, and Vincent Lu (BETA alumni)
In one of New York’s lowest performing school districts, students at the Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy (BETA) have been remarkably successful. Representatives from the school will discuss their experiences in introducing students to academic rigor, the benefits of raising expectations, and the systems they have put in place to support their efforts. Innovative approaches taken by BETA such as focusing on professional development, community partnerships, and exposing students to state exams early and often, will be shared with workshop.
Core area(s) of the Standards addressed:
Curriculum and Instruction; School Organization; Parent/Family/Community Partnerships
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2. Who Got Next? Using Cooperation and Competition to Increase Mathematics Achievement in Boys of Color
Clyde Cole, Founder and Principal and Bruce Copeland, Middle School Coordinator and 8th Grade Math Teacher
Academy of Business and Community Development (ABCD)
Boys are considered competitive, yet they function well on teams when the rules are clear and the goals and expectations are high. This workshop uses these “truths,” often manifested in sports, in the classroom. Attendees will leave with specific strategies on how to tailor curriculum and instruction, as well as classroom environment, to teach advanced mathematics to boys of color. The workshop will be interactive and attendees will also learn some Algebra! These strategies have been successfully implemented at New York’s Academy of Business and Community Development (ABCD), where eighth graders are learning and succeeding at Algebra I—a year prior to taking the high school state exams.
Core area(s) of the Standards addressed:
Curriculum & Instruction
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3. Boys in the Books: A Strategic Plan for Increasing Literacy Among Boys of Color on the Secondary Level
Nicole P. Newman
Howard University School of Education
This workshop addresses the need to modify the instruction of English/Language Arts so that is inclusive of the strengths, talents, experiences, and voices of boys of color. It will provide attendees with specific strategies and curricular-based activities to engage African American males in the reading and writing process, while also addressing state mandated initiatives driven by the No Child Left Behind Act.
The strategies used in the workshop are based on the research and work of several scholars who have proven successful with increasing literacy and academic achievement among boys of color. The workshop also dispels the myth of deficit thinking that the current statistics about African American males perpetuate.
Core area(s) of the Standards addressed:
Curriculum and Instruction
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4. How to Help Boys Learn Self-Control
Abigail Norfleet James
University of Virginia, School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Boys are frequently the focus of discipline problems in school, an issue compounded by the attitude of many who see normal boy behavior as problematic and who try to eliminate such behavior rather than help boys learn self-control. Boys’ schools around the world have developed discipline methods which work and this workshop will share many of those approaches with particular attention to the school climate and community within which the strategies have been developed. These methods are structured and consistent and work well with all boys both inside and outside of the classroom.
Core area(s) of the Standards addressed:
School Environment – Climate; School Counseling/Guidance
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5. Band of Brothers: Creating Culture & Climate with Cohorts
Leaders of Urban Prep Academies’ network of schools and students from the Class of 2010
Students come to school not only looking for an education, but also a community in which they can belong. To foster this sense of community, the Urban Prep network of schools places its students in cohorts called Prides. These Prides meet up to three times daily and become a family within a family.
This presentation will focus on how the Pride program was developed and has evolved. Topics such as the Pride Program’s curriculum, structure, and outcomes will be covered. Urban Prep students will contribute to this presentation by discussing their experience within their Prides. Presentation attendees will learn how Urban Prep has been intentional in utilizing this cohort approach to building relationships with students as a tool to increase student engagement in the educational process, drive overall academic achievement, and increase students’ social-emotional development.
Core area(s) of the Standards addressed:
School Environment – Climate: Focusing on school culture; Identity including rites of passage & rituals; as well as mentoring.
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6. The Men of Strength (MOST) Club: Primary Violence Prevention and Empowerment for Boys of Color in Middle and High Schools
Neil Irvin
Men Can Stop Rape
Since 2000, the Men of Strength (MOST) Club has mobilized over 2,000 young men to prevent sexual and dating violence. This interactive workshop will present the best practices and lessons learned from a decade’s worth of working with boys and young men of color to prevent violence against women and other men. Workshop attendees will be introduced to evaluation findings of high school and middle school programs as well as case studies of successful program implementations at these levels. It will also include discussion of successful collaborations with school systems, statewide organizations and local government agencies, and future directions for creating and sustaining programs that create healthier students, safer schools, and more engaged communities.
Core area(s) of the Standards addressed:
Identity including rites of passage/ rituals
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7. “Shet-Up”: Re-Imagining Language and How We Use it to Build High Expectations, Positive Relationships and Academic Engagement for Boys of Color
Shawn Hardnett
KIPP Polaris Academy for Boys
Does telling a kid to “Shet-up!” ever really work? It will often stop a behavior, but it will never change it. Change takes relationships. As a part of this workshop, participants will use the findings of ground breaking research to examine the learned relationship patterns of many boys from the hood as they enter the doors of the schoolhouse every day. Together, we will discover ways to get them talking, keep them talking, focused on what you want them talking about.
Core area(s) of the Standards addressed:
Curriculum and Instruction: Strategies for building relationships and reducing discipline
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8. It’s Not Magic Its Data
Tiffany Hardrick and Keith Sanders
Miller-McCoy Network
Data Analysis is a process of looking at and summarizing data with the intent to extract useful information and develop conclusions. Attendees to this workshop will perfect the art of analysis as they become familiar with the 3A process: Assess, Analyze, and Act. They will learn how to effectively analyze a set of student data and differentiate between recognizable trends and patterns. Additionally, attendees will learn how to create effective re-teaching plans for individual students, small groups of students, or whole groups of students to increase student achievement.
The data analysis process taught in this workshop is based on the process of high performing schools such as Miller McCoy Academy for Mathematics and Business in New Orleans and North Star Academy and the Uncommon schools Network in New York.
Core area(s) of the Standards addressed:
Teaching and Learning/ Assessment Practices
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9. Become a True T.H.U.G. (Teacher Hurling Universal Gifts®) and Bring the Noise!
Rita-Renée aka HG- the EduTainer
This technology infused, high-energy, interactive, exciting, musically-rich, and nostalgic presentation will captivate and inspire educators as well as administrators to take differentiation to another plateau at their institutions. It will demonstrate how to apply positive old school Hip Hop and old school R&B music as tools to teach across the English curriculum to reach the masses of young men. By merging brain-based teaching and learning techniques, cooperative learning, as well as Multiple Intelligences Theory, this presentation will help attendees to spark boys to become ultra creative, self-expressive, interdependent, critically thinking learners with a vested interest in their place within the global community.
Core area(s) of the Standards addressed:
Curriculum and Instruction
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10. Making a Difference with Mentoring
Jaime Harris and Kendrick Harris, mentoring coordinators
Eagle Academy
It has been well documented that mentoring makes a difference in the lives of young people. For male youth, providing an adult male mentor is absolutely critical. With a mentoring program, young men can better understand and learn to effectively reconcile family and life issues, develop and implement a plan beyond school, share life experiences, and engage in project-based community service.
This workshop will discuss how attendees can develop an effective mentoring program in their schools and how it can assist in creating a safe and productive environment. This workshop will offer valuable strategies in identifying mentors, mentor training and retention, and how to guide mentors in building valuable and effective relationships with mentees.
Core area(s) of the Standards addressed:
Parent/Family/Community Partnerships, Mentoring
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11. Seeing the Classroom As a Boy – Implications
for Policy and Practice
David Chadwell, Coordinator Single-Gender Initiatives
South Carolina Department of Education
Traditional classroom instruction is not meeting the needs of boys. But in South Carolina’s single-gender classrooms, African American male students have indicated that their self-confidence, motivation, participation, and desire to complete work are increasing. Attendees of this workshop will learn from the success of teachers across South Carolina, the nation's leader in single-gender education, in how to better meet the needs of boys. They will experience strategies as a learner, dialogue with peers about relevant data, adopt at least five strategies to take back to their classrooms, revise their instructional practices, and consider the benefits of single-gender classes.
Core area(s) of the Standards addressed:
School Environment-Climate, School Organization
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12. The Re-Imagined 21st Century Classroom
Yohance Maqubela
Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science
We currently live in a time when the technology of the day has greatly outpaced the standard tools of the teaching trade. With this in mind, presenters from the Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science will showcase a true 21st Century Classroom, by demonstrating the most useful current instructional technologies. The workshop will guide attendees in the selection and use of such computer hardware and software as e-curriculum and e-administrative tools, remote desktop applications, multiple large screen interactive displays, technology-enhanced differentiated instruction, and the global e-learning community. One of the primary focuses of the workshop will be to assist schools in identifying effective Instructional IT solutions that are both practical and affordable.
Core area(s) of the Standards addressed:
Curriculum and Instruction
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