Teaching-Learning Explorations From Educators In Deep Writing Project Curriculum
Abstract
Educators from Deep Center's Writing Project summer 2021 institute developed teaching-learning explorations based on the most pressing issues in their classrooms. On our panel, our cohort will discuss their experiences and findings on topics such as: 1. "Nothing can be changed until it is faced": Building capacity to support LGBTQ+ people in Southeast Georgia. This presentation shares the work of one educator to build capacity in a local university community to better support LGBTQ+ students and educators through two recent professional development workshops. 2. "Justicia del Lenguaje": Language justice and strategies for incorporating its principles into daily practice 3. "Rapport Gets Results": Building effective relationships with students to encourage academic performance 4. "Mantras For Teachers and Students": Mantras as writing practice (ongoing and regenerative) and daily exploration in thinking, writing, and surviving to help with focus / centering / mental health challenges 5. "Building and Sustaining Safe Spaces": Creating spaces for diversity and equity work within a conservative private middle school Our goals at Deep Writing Project are simple: Connect teachers who are committed to justice, equity, and transforming school culture Strengthen our educational practice through curiosity, self-reflection, and collaboration Develop teachers’ capacity to lead, write, and advocate We call our members “Collaborators” on purpose. We know each teacher is the expert of their own experience and brings unique funds of knowledge to our cohort, which is why our site is open not just to local K-12 teachers but to university and community-based educators, too. Through writing and Deep’s arts and culture approach, we remember how to imagine and play, get inspired, and become equipped to act as change agents within our own contexts. Collaborators tap into a group of supportive and resilient colleagues, and Deep serves as a solidarity conduit to lift their voices through our channels of advocacy. Our schools and community gain strong, mindful teachers who take initiative, value and uplift students’ and teachers’ voices, and use writing to lead and teach powerfully across all content areas. To learn more about joining Deep’s Writing Project, email megan@deepcenter.org.
Presentation Description
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Location
Room 109
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Ave'Lallemant, Megan; Shannon-Baker, Peggy; Alvarez, Anthonella; Majors, DeAnna; Dickinson, Joanna; and Bocanegra, Sara, "Teaching-Learning Explorations From Educators In Deep Writing
Project Curriculum" (2022). Curriculum Studies Summer Collaborative. 54.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cssc/2022/2022/54
Teaching-Learning Explorations From Educators In Deep Writing Project Curriculum
Room 109
Educators from Deep Center's Writing Project summer 2021 institute developed teaching-learning explorations based on the most pressing issues in their classrooms. On our panel, our cohort will discuss their experiences and findings on topics such as: 1. "Nothing can be changed until it is faced": Building capacity to support LGBTQ+ people in Southeast Georgia. This presentation shares the work of one educator to build capacity in a local university community to better support LGBTQ+ students and educators through two recent professional development workshops. 2. "Justicia del Lenguaje": Language justice and strategies for incorporating its principles into daily practice 3. "Rapport Gets Results": Building effective relationships with students to encourage academic performance 4. "Mantras For Teachers and Students": Mantras as writing practice (ongoing and regenerative) and daily exploration in thinking, writing, and surviving to help with focus / centering / mental health challenges 5. "Building and Sustaining Safe Spaces": Creating spaces for diversity and equity work within a conservative private middle school Our goals at Deep Writing Project are simple: Connect teachers who are committed to justice, equity, and transforming school culture Strengthen our educational practice through curiosity, self-reflection, and collaboration Develop teachers’ capacity to lead, write, and advocate We call our members “Collaborators” on purpose. We know each teacher is the expert of their own experience and brings unique funds of knowledge to our cohort, which is why our site is open not just to local K-12 teachers but to university and community-based educators, too. Through writing and Deep’s arts and culture approach, we remember how to imagine and play, get inspired, and become equipped to act as change agents within our own contexts. Collaborators tap into a group of supportive and resilient colleagues, and Deep serves as a solidarity conduit to lift their voices through our channels of advocacy. Our schools and community gain strong, mindful teachers who take initiative, value and uplift students’ and teachers’ voices, and use writing to lead and teach powerfully across all content areas. To learn more about joining Deep’s Writing Project, email megan@deepcenter.org.
