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Multicultural Education
15th Annual Multicultural Leadership Institute
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
2 Recurrent Sessions: 8:00 - 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 - 4:00 p.m. (a.m. session repeated)
Southwest High School at 7001 South 14th Street
A.M. & P.M. Snacks provided
Credit: 3.5 Flex time (for district or building flex time-if approved by Principal or District Administrator)
Registration: Register online through staff development. Registration is limited to 400 per session.
Questions? Contact Kendra Penrod at 436-1605 or kpenrod@lps.org
Featured Speaker: Author Bonnie M. Davis, "How to Teach Students Who Don't Look Like You"
Bonnie M. Davis spent 30 years in the classroom teaching middle and high school students. She is the recipient of several awards, including Teacher of the Year, the Governor's Award for Teaching Excellence, and the ADL's Community Service Award.
Davis’ area of expertise is "closing the achievement gap" and meeting the requirements of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) by using instructional strategies that meet the needs of ALL children. She is a presenter at the national level.
How to Coach Teachers Who Don’t Think Like You (2007) and How to Teach Students Who Don't Look Like You: Culturally Relevant Teaching Strategies (2005) were published by Corwin Press. Davis’ publications also include African-American Academic Achievement: Building a Classroom of Excellence and numerous articles on literacy instruction, including A Cultural Safari, a NCTE Paul Farmer Writing Award winner.
Davis holds a Ph.D. in English with an emphasis on cultural literacy.
