Gesu School Symposum: Cultural Responsiveness in the Urban Classroom

Posted by Gesu School on October 3, 2016

Gesu School’s 19th Annual Symposium on Transforming Inner-City Education is November 4, 2016.

Topic: Cultural Responsiveness in the Urban Classroom, with Keynote Speaker Christopher Emdin, Ph.D.

The 2016 Symposium will examine how the teacher-student relationship should be framed in cultural awareness. At a time when many urban educators are teaching students with cultural backgrounds and experiences that vary from their own, dialogue on educating to the student’s life narrative is key. This symposium will discuss ways to challenge the current pedagogy of engaging students in an urban area, redefining what an urban education can look like.

Keynote speaker, Christopher Emdin, Ph.D., whose work has been featured on ABC, CNN, and PBS, is rocking the pedagogical rhetoric around this topic. Our vibrant, diverse panel will complement and challenge these emerging, controversial ideas of how to culturally engage students in the classroom.

Speakers:

Christopher Emdin, Ph.D., Keynote Speaker
Associate Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University
Author of For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood…And the Rest of Y’all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education

Pamela Barnett, Ph.D., Panelist
Dean, The College of Arts & Sciences, Trinity Washington University

Tamika Evans, Panelist
CEO/Principal, Global Leadership Academy Southwest

David P. Hardy, Panelist
Chief Executive Officer, Boys’ Latin of Philadelphia Charter School

Steven S. Piltch, Ed.D., Moderator
Head of School, The Shipley School

Tickets are free. To register and for more details: https://www.gesuschool.org/2016symposium

When and Where:

November 4, 2016, 1pm-3pm (Networking reception to follow)

Gesu School, Sherrerd Gymnasium
1700 West Thompson Street
Philadelphia, PA 19121

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More Information: Contact Sarah Stirzel Cuzzolina, Director of Annual Giving, 215.763.9077 or Sarah.Cuzzolina@gesuschool.org.

Always seeking to improve education for America’s inner-city children, Gesu School launched our Annual Symposium on Transforming Inner-City Education in 1997 to bring together funders, stakeholders, policymakers, and educators to tackle the tough issues in inner-city education today. From our first moderator, the late Tim Russert, to outstanding panelists like Stedman Graham, Joe Klein, and Paul Tough, the annual gathering brings together leading thinkers to stimulate productive conversation and energize us for our work in the field.