2019 Twin Cities Conference Program

CONFERENCE 2019 Twin Cities

EDUCATION MUST... amplify students’ voice, agency, conscience, and intellect to create a more equitable, just, and sustainable world.

EDUCATION MUST... encourage the active participation of students in their learning, in their communities, and in the world.

In April of 2017, a small group of progressive educators from public, independent, charter, and university level schools gathered on the campus of the University of Minnesota to begin brainstorming this conference. Over the weeks, months, and years to follow, the group grew in size, energy, and passion. Now the moment is here -- you are here-- and it’s time to activate our network with amazing programs, films, speakers,

EDUCATION MUST...

and of course wonderful and inspiring conversations! This weekend we’re thrilled to welcome you to the 2019 Progressive Education Network

respond to the developmental

National Conference: Educating for Democracy—Navigating the Current

needs of students, and focus

and Channeling the Future of Progressive Education.

on their social, emotional,

With gratitude for all that you bring to this conference and to your

intellectual, cognitive, cultural,

students every day, welcome to the Twin Cities. Enjoy the conference!

and physical development.

PEN 2019 CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE EDUCATION MUST... honor and nurture students’ natural curiosity and innate desire to learn, fostering internal motivation and the discovery of passion and purpose.

EDUCATION MUST... emerge from the interests, experiences, goals, and needs

Alissa Abelson

Janet Kimmel

Shane Zack

Ann- Marie White

Joanne Esser

Simon Tyler

Catherine Squires

Kavan Yee

Theresa Collins

Hilarie Rath

Lars Esdal

Tim Leone-Getten

Holly Fidler

Melissa Andersen

Traina Lambert

Jaime Dinen

Paul Creager

Vanessa Steele

Event Coordinator—Rosemarie Ndupuechi, 3E Productions

IN THIS PROGRAM Conference Overview 3 Featured Speakers

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empathy, communication and

Conference Schedule

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collaboration across difference.

Resource Fair

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Directory of Presenters

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In Appreciation of Chris

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foster respectfully collaborative

Memorial Fund Grant Awardees

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Become a PEN Partner

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Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors

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Thank You to Our Wonderful Donors

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of diverse constituents, fostering

and critical relationships between students, educators, parents/guardians, and the community.

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Featured Speakers ANGELA DAVIS THURSDAY 6:00 PM Ted Mann Concert Hall Opening Evening Panel moderated by Angela Davis, Panel: Andrea Jenkins, Alan Page, Kamie Page, Marika Pfefferkorn Angela Davis is the host of MPR News with Angela Davis. Prior to launching a career in radio, she was a news anchor and reporter at WCCO-TV and KSTP-TV, the CBS and ABC affiliates in Minneapolis/St.Paul. Angela has won five regional Emmy Awards for anchoring and covering breaking news. She holds a journalism degree from the University of Maryland, College Park and is a longtime member of the National Association of Black Journalists. She’s the mother of two teenagers and serves on the board of YWCA Minneapolis.

PAUL GORSKI FRIDAY 8:30 AM McNamara Keynote Paul is the founder of the Equity Literacy Institute www.equityliteracy.org and EdChange www.edchange.org.

He has 20 years of experience helping educators strengthen their equity efforts in classrooms, schools, and districts. He has worked with educators in 48 states and a dozen countries. Paul has published more than 70 articles and has written, co-written, or co-edited twelve books on various aspects of educational equity including Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap tinyurl.com/y47gs86x and Case Studies on Diversity and Social Justice Education tinyurl.com/y5bzmlqu (with Seema Pothini). He is the author of the Multicultural Pavilion, edchange.org/multicultural an online compendium of free resources for educators. Paul earned a PhD in Educational Evaluation at the University of Virginia. He was a teacher educator at several universities for 15 years. He is also a published poet, a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and the biggest fan of Buster his cat. Books: Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap, 2nd edition (Teachers College Press), Case Studies on Diversity and Social Justice Education, 2nd edition (with Seema Pothini; Routledge), The Poverty and Education Reader (Stylus), Cultivating Social Justice Teachers (with Kristien Zenkov, Nana Osei-Kofi, and Jeff Sapp; Stylus)

DR. BETTINA L. LOVE SATURDAY 1:00 PM Willey Hall Closing Keynote Dr. Bettina L. Love is an award-winning author and Associate Professor of Educational Theory & Practice at the University of Georgia. She is one of the field’s most esteemed educational researchers. For her work in the field, in 2016, Dr. Love was named the Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellow at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. She is also the creator of the Hip Hop civics curriculum GET FREE. In April of 2017, Dr. Love participated in a one-on-one public lecture with bell hooks focused on the liberatory education practices of Black and Brown children. In 2018, Georgia’s House of Representatives presented Dr. Love with a resolution for her impact on the field of education. Dr. Love is a sought-after public speaker on a range of topics, including: antiblackness in schools, Hip Hop education, Black girlhood, queer youth, Hip Hop feminism, art-based education to foster youth civic engagement, and issues of diversity and inclusion. In 2014, she was invited to the White House Research Conference on Girls to discuss her work focused on the lives of Black girls. In addition, she is the inaugural recipient of the Michael F. Adams award (2014) from the University of Georgia. She has also provided commentary for various news outlets including NPR, The Guardian, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Dr. Love is the author of the books We Want To Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom and Hip Hop’s Li’l Sistas Speak: Negotiating Hip Hop Identities and Politics in the New South. bettinalove.com

JULIAN RANDALL SATURDAY 9:00 AM Humphrey Opening Poetic Performance Julian Randall is a Living Queer Black poet from Chicago. He has received fellowships from Callaloo, BOAAT and the Watering Hole, and was the 2015 National College Slam (CUPSI) Best Poet. He is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and his work has appeared or is forthcoming in publications such as New York Times Magazine, Poetry Magazine, The Georgia Review, Sixth Finch and in the anthologies Portrait in Blues, Nepantla and New Poetry from the Midwest. He received an MFA in Poetry from Ole Miss. His first book, Refuse, is the winner of the 2017 Cave Canem Poetry prize selected by Vievee Frances & was named a finalist for the NAACP Image Award in Poetry.

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Featured Speakers ANDREA JENKINS THURSDAY 6:00 PM Ted Mann Concert Hall Opening Panel Andrea Jenkins is a writer, performance artist, poet, and transgender activist. She is the first African American openly trans woman to be elected to office in the United States. Jenkins has experience working in community development in North Minneapolis, and in delivering social services in South Minneapolis.

Jenkins moved to Minnesota to attend the University of Minnesota in 1979 and was hired by the Hennepin County government, where she worked for a decade. Jenkins worked as a staff member on the Minneapolis City Council for 12 years before beginning work as curator of the Transgender Oral History Project at the University of Minnesota’s Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.

Andrea holds a master’s degree in Community Development from Southern New Hampshire University, a MFA in Creative Writing from Hamline University and a bachelor’s degrees in Human Services from Metropolitan State University. She is a nationally and internationally recognized writer and artist, a 2011 Bush Fellow to advance the work of transgender inclusion, and the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships.

JUSTICE ALAN PAGE THURSDAY 6:00 PM Ted Mann Concert Hall Opening Panel Justice Alan Page gained national recognition as a defensive tackle in the NFL during 15 seasons with theMinnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears, and then embarked on a legal career. Page earned a B.A in political science from the University of Notre Dame in 1967 and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1978. He served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1993 until he reached the court’s mandatory retirement age of 70 in 2015. Page was the first defensive player to win the MVP Award and only Lawrence Taylor has done it since. He is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame (1993) and the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1988), and is considered one of the greatest defensive linemen ever to play the game. Page has written several children’s books with his daughter Kamie. Visit tinyurl.com/y749y5pk to read about Justice Page’s writing projects with his daughter, Kamie Page.

KAMIE PAGE THURSDAY 6:00 PM Ted Mann Concert Hall Opening Panel Kamie Page, Alan Page’s daughter, is a second-grade teacher who lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has a Bachelor of Science in Communication from Northwestern University and a Master of Arts in Childhood Education from New York University. Outside of the classroom, she spends most her time with her husband Ben and their two bright and spunky children, Otis and Esther. Kamie and Alan share a passion for children’s literacy. Kamie’s years in the classroom teaching children to read and Alan’s years reading books to schoolchildren were the inspirations for their first children’s book: Alan and His Perfectly Pointy Impossibly Perpendicular Pinky. Kamie and Alan have also written two more children’s books: The Invisible You and Grandpa Alan’s Sugar Shack. Their 4th children’s book will be released in the spring of 2020.

MARIKA PFEFFERKORN THURSDAY 6:00 PM Ted Mann Concert Hall Opening Panel Co-founder Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) & Executive Director, Midwest Center for School Transformation (MCST) Twin Cities, Minnesota.

As an interdisciplinary and cross-sector thought leader, Marika Pfefferkorn is a change agent working to transform systems and improve outcomes for youth and communities of color across education, technology, and economic growth and vitality. Ms. Pfefferkorn works through policy, research and practice to end school push out at federal, state and local levels. Most recently focusing on the Cradle to Prison Algorithm, an emerging technological trend in education and juvenile justice equating the next iteration and expansion of the school to prison pipeline. She combines the work of community organizing and advocacy to facilitate community-centered solutions that reflect the interests of youth, families, and communities of color and marginalized communities.

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Conference Schedule SESSION 1

Studio Work and its Connection to Empathy and

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 • 10:00 AM-11:30 AM (90 min)

Critical Thinking

PROGRAMS

Allowing young children on-going opportunities to explore and

A case for belonging: an anti-bias education approach to

create in an art studio strengthens connections to empathy,

creating belonging and equity in the classroom

community, critical thinking and social emotional growth.

This workshop will look at how progressive educators can use

We will introduce our modified version of design thinking for

the framework of anti-bias education (ABE) to create equitable,

younger children and the layered social components involved.

inclusive classrooms of belonging for students that honor diverse

Through stories, photos and short videos we will dialogue together

identities and lived experiences. ABE enables students to bring

about how this model could exist in your classroom or community.

their whole selves to the classroom and empowers them to

COFFMAN 323 Presenters: Shelby Brown, Shannon Cruzen

name and reject racial bias, prejudices, and stereotypes, thereby increasing their learning and engagement.

Implementing Curriculum about Puerto Rico, Latin America

McNAMARA-MINNESOTA ROOM Presenters: Rebecca Slaby,

and the Carribean in a Culturally Responsive Way

Robin Starch

Presentation on Eugenio Maria de Hostos’ pedagogy of education, and how to implement curriculum about Puerto Rico,

Creativity, Collaboration and the Arts

Latin America, and the Caribbean in the U.S. classroom from a

How can the arts provide space for deeper thought, creativity, and

humanizing, culturally responsible, and anti-imperialist perspective.

engagement throughout the curriculum? Join us to explore ways

APPLEBY 11 Presenter: Paul Lippert Figueroa

that teachers can work together to create a holistic child-centered experience for students that also energizes teachers, and to discuss

Mentoring New Teachers in Progressive Practice: Lessons

ways to deepen collaboration within your educational context.

Learned from the Progressive Education Lab

JOHNSON ROOM-McNAMARA Presenters: Laura Pereira,

Young teachers coming into progressive schools face special

Marshall Anderson, Karen Salter, Sally Weideman

challenges. They learn to overcome them by doing, but good mentoring is critical to their success. In this session, members of

Growing the Circle of Influence for Progressive Education

the Progressive Education Lab will share practical mentoring advice

Practice through Creativity Development

learned through six years of training mentors to work with young

The purpose of this session is to illuminate the conditions that

teachers.

empower creative minds to grow. Participants will engage

BRUININKS 432 Presenters: Emily Jones, Susannah Wolfe,

in classroom creativity challenges, to help develop a deeper

George Zeleznik, Jane Moulding, Lise Charlier

understanding of the creative process. Nurturing creative minds, will provide a vessel for navigating the roaring river of life.

Channeling the Future, Preparing Students for PBL

COFFMAN 307 Presenter: Jason Blair

n order to prepare students for PBL, we created a 4 Phase system which provides a gradual release of responsibility as students

Climate Change, Global Warming, and the Green New Deal

progress to more independent levels of learning. Instead of all

It will be up to the current secondary school generation as key

students working on independent projects from the beginning,

players, to help solve the environmental crisis. This workshop will

new students have more teacher-directed experiences as they

focus on ways to meaningfully engage our students as the key

build foundational PBL skills

players in solving this crisis.

COFFMAN 325 Presenters: Jen Agamite, Rick Swartz,

COFFMAN 324 Presenter: Dave Lehman

Melissa Brockman, Jenna Mixer

Creating and Performing Original Plays By using existing structures, improvisation, games, and writing activities students collaborate, create, and perform their own theatrical productions. Devising plays allows students to have more autonomy, patience, empathy, and to take risks. What and whose stories do you want to tell?

MISSISSIPPI ROOM—COFFMAN UNION Presenter: Dave Edson

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Service and Confronting Bias

Open-ended, unstructured play occupies a vital role in the social-

We will explore the connection between service and confronting

emotional, physical, and academic development of adolescents.

bias. When we dive into service opportunities and activism, we

This workshop will describe how self-directed and creative play can

often cross boundaries of race, class, age, gender, relig ion, and

be facilitated for young adolescents. Examples, practical

more. These experiences can reinforce biases or help us break

takeaways, and inspiring stories and observations will illustrate the

down our assumptions and prejudices. Through discussion and

benefits of giving adolescents time to play.

activities, we will examine how to recognize and fight our own

COFFMAN 303 Presenters Will Hudson, Gloria Mitchell,

biases when we engage in the community.

Melissa Barone

APPLEBY 226 Presenters: Jon Raimon & students from Lehman Alternative Community School

SESSION 1 Fostering Natural Language Acquisition through Playful

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 • 10:00 AM-1:00 PM (180 min)

Inquiry Based Learning

PROGRAMS

focus on the best practices of using a playful inquiry-based

Rhythms: An Interactive Exploration of City and Country School’s

approach to foster fluency in second language learning.

Integrative Movement Program

Specifically, we discuss this in the context of a progressive Chinese

Rhythms, founded in 1922, is based on the belief that “all children

immersion setting.

have their own inner rhythm.” Through movement, each child has

APPLEBY 102 Presenters: Lian (Kate) Foreman, Xuejing Lv

an innate capacity to respond to music, interact with materials, and express themselves through dramatics inspired by social studies.

Connecting the Disciplines through Collaborative Problem

Attendees will move, discuss, and reflect about the pedagogical

Solving: Interdisciplinary Design

underpinnings of this integrative program.

Our team challenges students to use design thinking to solve

COFFMAN 304 Presenters: Kate Tarlow Morgan, Madeleine

human-centered problems and allows time to collaborate and

Buhler-Rose and Zelda Gay

work in a shared, genuine inquiry toward solutions. Student teams empathize, innovate, design, tinker, build, present, and implement

Teaching A People’s History through Imaginative Inquiry:

solutions. This process and project needs nothing more than

Centering Stories of Struggle, Igniting Possibilities of Change

flexibility, cardboard, and imagination.

In this workshop, the Institute for Imaginative Inquiry will take

BRUININKS 123 Presenter: Kate Tabor, Anthony Shaker

participants on an experiential, on-your-feet adventure exploring the innovative pedagogy of Imaginative Inquiry (II). In II, students

Taking Student Learning On the Road

grapple with the essential questions of the curriculum through

Taking student learning “on the road” can create a lasting impact.

exciting imaginary contexts that invite them to use their skills,

Civil Rights tour guide Mia Henry and teacher Leigh Ann Erickson

knowledge, emotions, morals, and instincts to make decisions,

discuss their partnership in teaching truth about race, power and a

understand their impact on others, and learn about the world. By

divided nation. In this roundtable, participants will strategize ways

asking students to step into and take action in the stories of our

to create travel and education partnerships that change minds,

world, instead of being passive observers, II becomes a tool to

hearts and culture in schools and communities.

practice social change.

PRESIDENT’S ROOM—COFFMAN UNION

McNAMARA-HERITAGE GALLERY Presenters: Kelli Dawn

Presenters: Leigh Ann Erickson, Mia Henry

Holsopple, Elaine Chu, Jessie Kirk, Ella Moran

The Revolution Will Not Be Standardized: How to apply

Using Culturally-Responsive Pedagogy and Practices to

more authentic, inquiry-based, student-centered assessment

Deepen Educational Equity in Progressive Schools

strategies in your 3-8 classroom

This workshop will guide participants through the process

We propose to present authentic assessment techniques that are

of initiating and deepening whole school work on culturally-

rooted in the philosophy of progressive education and experiential

responsive pedagogy and practices in progressive school settings.

education. Through research and inquiry-based activities we will

Participants will have the opportunity to experience activities

share evidence, examples, and resources to support assessment

created and used at City-As-School, a public experiential learning

strategies that can be more culturally responsive, inclusive,

school in New York City that serves youth between the ages of 17

transformative, accurate and empowering than traditional

and 21. Everyone will leave with ideas for practical application in

standardized assessments.

their home settings.

APPLEBY 302 Presenters: Mikki Sanders, Michelle Holmes

COFFMAN 319 Presenters: Rachel Seher, Sarah Gil

Middle School Students Need to Play, Too

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Progressive Educational Practice into the Future:

Transforming an Urban Asphalt Space Into a Magical Outdoor

A Collaborative Co-Creation

Space On a Shoestring Budget!

This workshop is a participatory co-creation of possible thriving

In our Outdoor Space, children can be observed creating narratives

futures in education. We will use design principles, the discipline of

for imaginary play, constructing, using mathematical reasoning,

“futurism,” and mindfulness practices. Participants will return to their

applying knowledge of physics, challenging their large motor skills,

schools and organizations with a model for future casting which can

and developing their social-emotional skills. We will turn back

be used to imagine Preferable Futures for Progressive Education.

the clock to where we started with asphalt and an empty rooftop.

COFFMAN 301 Presenters: Randy Bartlett, Michelle King,

We will guide you through our planning stages, which will include

Adam Lobel

identifying the qualities crucial to creating a rich outdoor space.

COFFMAN 302 Presenters: Nadine Brockman, Jasmine Davis,

Beyond the Low Hanging Fruit of Pronouns: Embedding Equity

Lucy Corea, Dana Nasralla

and Inclusion in Science Classrooms through Lens Shifting Science teachers often find it challenging to bring issues of equity,

Lessons from Forest Schools: Teaching and Learning Outside

inclusion and social justice into class without it feeling forced.

In this interactive session, participants will learn the core routines,

Shifting the lens through which science viewed makes it easier to

philosophies, and strategies used in many forest schools and how

go beyond changing the pronouns in problem sets. This workshop

they can be adapted for use in any school setting. The majority of

provides tools for individual teachers and entire departments.

the session will be outside where participants will experience the

BIG TEN-MCNAMARA Presenter: Ann-Marie White, PhD

forest school ethos through interdisciplinary activities.

COFFMAN 326 Presenters: Scott Morrison, Anna Morrison

Curriculum as a Path Not a Plan: Engaging in Hip-to-Hip and Emergent Learning at Every Stage Creating a path of learning with and for young people is a bedrock

SESSION 1.4

principle of progressivism; however, after early childhood, it remains

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 • 10:00 AM-2:00 PM

powerful, even life changing. Beginning with specific, concrete

HOUR IMMERSION PROGRAMS

examples from middle elementary through high school years across

Teaching the Middle East with your Muslim and Arab

a range of academic disciplines, participants will collaboratively

Community (THURSDAY OCTOBER 3rd; check registration for

create material that considers the interests of all participants in their

availability. We will leave from Graduate Hotel Lobby)

small group. What is the meaning and value of “curriculum” and

“Channel the future” more effectively with your Islamic and

how can learning emerge beyond early childhood?

Middle Eastern community. A mosque tour, varied presentations,

SKI U MAH ROOM McNAMARA Presenter: Diane Webber

and hands-on learning with teachers, mosque members, and artists will help you make better partnerships and engaging

Teachers Engaging with Children’s Pretend World: How to

students. Teachers will walk away with engaging activities for

Create an Environment Where Children’s Imaginations Drive

classroom use and get to try some delicious Middle Eastern

Their Learning, and Teachers Come Along for the Ride—

food. (original wording; this has been updated on 9/7/19 to the

A Case Study of Castle Bridge K-1 Classrooms

following wording) “Channel the future” effectively with your

This workshop introduces the K-1 practice at Castle Bridge,

Arab and Muslim communities. A museum and mosque visit, and

a public, inclusionary, dual-language school in New York City,

varied presentations with teachers and artists will give ideas for

where teachers take children’s developmental connection with

building cultural bridges and partnerships and engaging students.

fantasy into account as they facilitate learning spaces inside

Educators will walk away with activities for classroom use and try

and outside. Short films and teacher description will bring the

Palestinian food. Participants will need to dress in attire suitable

practice to life. In this roundtable workshop, participants will

for mosque entrance. Women will need to bring a headscarf

experience choosing and using materials to work and play with,

and cover arms and legs. Men will need to wear long pants. The

so that they can bring these ideas to their own practice. We will

partners in the workshop are Qatar Foundation International, the

also address how pretend and imagination weave together with

Tawfiq Islamic Center, the Somali American National Institute, The

dual language practice. This workshop will inspire participants

Somali Museum of Minnesota, and Mizna.

and rejuvenated their commitment to embracing the imaginary

VARIOUS LOCATIONS Presenters: Sharolyn Stauffer Griffith &

as a route to the cognitive. Note: While the practices that will be

Qatar Foundation International

presented are in K-1 classrooms, they are adaptable for younger and older classrooms.

COFFMAN 305 Presenters: Margaret Blachly,* Andrea Fonseca, Carmen Colón, Stephanie Alberto

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From Water and Woods to the Land of Books

SESSION 1.5

At the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, the largest, most

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 • 12:45-2:15 PM (90 min)

comprehensive book arts center in the world, we’ll share a project

PROGRAMS

based approach to learning which incorporates memory building,

Integrated Curriculums: Teaching Skillful Approaches to

survival skills, and the joy of being a buddy. A book making

Complex Problems

experience, lunch, and tour of MCBA are included.

How do we teach our students to approach, reflect upon, and

OPEN BOOK 1011 S Washington Ave #101, Minneapolis, MN 55415

discuss the most pressing environmental issues with which we

Presenter: Hilarie Rath

are currently faced? How do we open a dialogue with those whose views are radically different from our own? We began by

Inspiring Students to Take Action with Documentary Film

combining ostensibly unrelated disciplines (ethics and complex

Come to the Emmy-winning film CHASING CORAL! Team up

systems science) into a course called Environmental Philosophy.

with other participants to discuss ways we can use film to increase

This collaborative and co-taught course began with foundational

engagement, autonomy, and complexity in our classrooms. Speed

studies of argumentation, rhetoric and critical thinking, and identity

through the project-based curriculum that accompanies the film.

and leadership exercises to help students determine how they

Honing research questions! Crafting action plans! Leave with

interpret, process, and assign value. This workshop will highlight

everything you need to bring CHASING CORAL and this climate

our method (including interactive examples), how it worked, and

action project to your students.

why we think this collaborative approach to teaching helps students

McNAMARA ALUMNI CENTER—SWAIN ROOM

better prepare to be active, empathetic, democratic citizens in an

Presenter: Vickie Curtis

ever changing world. It will be presented by both teachers (science and philosophy) and a student who took the course.

Navigating the Current and Channeling the Future through

COFFMAN 324 Presenters: Dawn Zweig, Nathan Zweig,

MIND-ED Practices

Julia Angell

Anxious? Exhausted? Overwhelmed? In what ways do integrated mindfulness practices help us navigate our lives? Our students

Using Peace Circles to Navigate Social Emotional Learning

lives? The cultures and climates of our school communities?

& Academics

Participants “press pause” to experience a relaxed body and mind

Peace circles have existed for thousands of years, having ties to

using the MIND-ED curriculum. Learn how to facilitate and model

older cultures. In this active workshop, we will talk about benefits of

mindfulness strategies, discover resources and research, create a

using peace circles, learn to facilitate peace circles in a classroom,

mindfulness action plan for your learning environment.

and practice peace circles to build inclusive communities, address

U OF M RECREATION CENTER BEACON WELLNESS ROOM

conflicts, and discuss academic concepts.

Presenters: Sabrina Walters, Sharon Collaros PRESIDENT’S ROOM-COFFMAN Presenter: Theo Stripling The Future of Progressive Education: Empowerment through

Cultivating Productive Disagreement in the Classroom

Transformational Design

Productive participation in democratic society requires us to work

The Future of Progressive Education: Empowerment through

and speak across difference. Come explore reasons why teachers

Transformational Design provides an interactive and collaborative

might shy away from grappling with difficult conversations in the

workshop that engages participants in design thinking. Facilitated by

classroom, and reasons why we should, instead, be cultivating such

renowned education leaders, participants learn and practice strategies

conversations. An exercise in deliberative democratic discussion

to design flexible learning communities that empowers all people –

will allow K-20 educators to consider ideas for transformative

young and old – to pursue purposeful and authentic learning.

classroom practices.

FIELDING NAIR INTERNATIONAL 3453 Hennepin Ave S,

McNAMARA-MINNESOTA ROOM Presenter: Amy W. Grillo, Ed.D

Minneapolis Presenters: Randy Fielding, Wayne Jennings, Harry Boyte, Sam

OPEN SPACE

Neisen, Deb Meier, Nathan Strenge

Do you have an educational question that you’ve been wrestling with, noodling on, or wondering about? Something that you wish you could glean ideas, insights, or perspectives from other educators? OPEN SPACE is the place for you! No prep is necessary. We provide the structure. You show up with your “wondering.” Similar to the popular “UnConference” gatherings, Open Space happens in the moment. You can show up with

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a question/wondering in mind or simply participate in other’s

Navigating the Waters of Social Emotional Learning

conversations. It’s easy, fun, and productive for everyone!

In this session, participants will engage in hands-on activities to

McNAMARA CENTER MEMORIAL HALL

grow self-awareness, creative confidence and empathy. Come

Presenters: Maureen Cheever, Dan Schwartz, Kate Blaker

and learn practical ways to grow change agents in any setting.

The goal is not the product of being an agent of change, but the process of developing individuals with the confidence to become

SESSION 2

agents of change.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 • 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

MISSISSIPPI ROOM-COFFMAN UNION

Student Democracy

Presenters: Matt DeMatteis, Jason Blair

LACS is a small public school in Ithaca, NY, where student collaboration, decision-making and voice drive school governance

Writing a Progressive Curriculum: Head, Hearts, and Hands

and culture at weekly All School Meetings. Students must

How do we write a progressive curriculum that honors the whole

demonstrate community participation, service and leadership to

child and the tenets of Progressive Education? How does a

graduate. This workshop will be an interactive discussion about

progressive curriculum fit with contemporary education? Join

ideas and best practices for democratic schooling.

us to see our unique vision and organization of The School in

FORD HALL 155 Presenters: Bronwen Exter, LACS Students

Rose Valley’s curriculum. Participants will have opportunities to collaborate, brainstorm, develop visionary experiences and

GROUP MEETING: Empowering Children to Identify and Solve

practical applications. We will present the 11 curriculum statements

their Problem

that encompass teaching the heads, hearts, and hands of children

Routine Group Meetings allow students a constructive venue to

at SRV. Participants will be able to ask questions about our

solve problems with their peers. Following a specific structure that

progressive curriculum and think about how it may benefit their

is modeled by teachers, a rotating student leader runs meetings

own school community and/or teaching practice.

with teacher guidance when needed. Group Meetings are

APPLEBY 223 Presenters: Diane Luckman, Annie Suchecki

informed by progressive pedagogy and the democratic process.

APPLEBY 3 Presenter: Catherine Schroeder

Is Progressive Education Racist?

How to have this conversation in our schools.,”As educators

Looking to Know: Building Professional Community with

striving to lead and teach in socially-just ways, we must engage

Descriptive Process

with the systemic racism and oppression upon which our

Descriptive review holds on as foundational to some progressive

society was founded and take action to disrupt it. We need

practice, yet may be overlooked or neglected because of the

conversations about how schools continue to exist in service to

intensiveness of the processes. A hope of this workshop is to

white centeredness. We’ll share strategies, critique processes, and

bring descriptive process into the frame of the joy of knowing

facilitate discussion to empower us to take meaningful action.

children well, and the on-going process of knowing and creating

BLEGEN 120 Presenters: Debbie Millon, Sharon Besser

knowledge in community. Together we will look closely and deeply at one piece of a child’s work using the descriptive review-of-work

Electives Program

process. This one piece of work will be contextualized within an

City and Country School’s Electives teachers will share an overview

array of the child’s work

of the Electives program, which values independent inquiry,

APPLEBY 103 Presenters: Catlin Preston, Margaret Blachly

self-expression, collaboration, and perseverance, essential to the school’s core values of student-driven work. 7th and 8th grade

Analysis, Reason and Reflection: Teaching Students to Think in

students have a wide variety of open-ended materials, tools,

a Media-Saturated World

and techniques to consider when developing written proposals

This engaging workshop will explore pedagogy, models and

for independent or collaborative pursuits to be supported by

(free K-12) resources for teaching habits of questioning all media

teachers as mentors. There will be an opportunity for participants

messages. Building on the work of Paulo Freire, we will use

to reflect and share their experiences in regards to student-driven

constructivist decoding of rich cultural texts – websites, social

explorations in their own classroom. Attendees will leave the

media, paintings, advertisements and more – to teach both

session with a full set of materials teachers use to support the

subject-area content and critical thinking.

proposal process as well as ample documentation of student work

PRESIDENT’S ROOM-COFFMAN UNION Presenter: Chris Sperry

and reflections.

BRUNINKS 512B Presenters: Dan Levy, Zelda Gay, Tyrone Brown-Osborne

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Honoring Elders Through Storytelling

barriers for students. Through combined exploration of the

Throughout this biography writing journey, students will learn

Universal Design for Learning principles and the workshop model,

about storytelling through photography. Our end goal is for

participants will leave the session better able to identify barriers for

students to appreciate, learn from, and honor their elders. We

learning in their classrooms, more versed in strategies for removing

will show you the variety of pathways we have taken in biography

those barriers, and better able to design and implement the

writing and then allow time for you to brainstorm ways to

classroom workshop that invites everyone to learn.

implement this into your own classroom.

BRUININKS 117 Presenters: Tracy Pendred, Megan Doyle,

COFFMAN 323 Presenters: Heather Korpal, Karen Duranceau

Lisa Carey, Mike Chalupa

Building Bridges for Change by Blending SEL with Academics

Integrating Art and Science

Synapse School is a “lab” school for Six Seconds, an international

With access to clean water and maternal health as the focus, this

emotional intelligence network. In this workshop, we will introduce

integrated science and art curriculum workshop will explore the

the Six Seconds EQ Model and the Synapse HEARTS curriculum

power of data, asking deep questions, hands-on projects, and

framework, with a particular focus on the competencies most

the importance of student reflection. This high school course was

important for project-based learning and educating change makers.

developed in partnership with the Harvard School of Public Health.

The goal of this workshop is to provide insights into how SEL and

COFFMAN 326 Presenters: Marilyn DelDonno, Tom Evans

academics can be fully integrated into a progressive curriculum.

COFFMAN 304 Presenters: Liz Davis, Katie Morgan,

Financial Literacy Beyond Budgeting and Balancing a Checkbook

Stephanie Seto

How do we teach students about taxes, investing, and credit? How can we be honest about financial complexity without overwhelming

Dialogues on Dialogue

students? How do we include political and civics lessons? How

Empowering students for intellectual excellence and social action

can the news (e.g. tax changes, and Jeff Bezos’ $80k salary) teach

through interactive conversations. At Peregrine School in Davis,

financial concepts and frame economic equity conversations?

California, we do projects in science, outdoor education, arts,

COFFMAN 302 Presenter: Michael Keim

and responsibility, but what makes our school “”progressive”” is modeling responsibility through teaching critical thinking and

Designing a 14-Year Learning Continuum for Service Learning

encouraging students to act in their world.

and Equity-Focused Work

COFFMAN 325 Presenters: Lorie Hammond, PhD,Chris

At LREI, we are rejuvenating our historic commitment to

Erickson, Marcia Reilly, Che Yi, Kent Peterson

progressive practice and public purpose by aligning our service learning and equity-focused work PK-12. We’ll share learnings from

Emerging Trends in Education: Big Data, Predictive Analytics

this work and use our emerging framework to inspire collective

and Algorithms OH MY!

dialog that seeks to align service learning work to core values.

This workshop will explore a local case study where St. Paul

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youth, families and community members successfully challenged

Presenters: Mark Silberberg, Sandra “Chap” Chapman

an unprecedented data sharing agreement that threatened to perpetuate disparities and criminalize youth by collecting

Moving from Blocks to Primary Sources,Navigating an

expansive data and using predictive analytics to assign risk scores.

Expanding World

This work centers student bodies and opens questions for asking

“I saw the urge to see, touch, experience everything firsthand.

the parties involved to revisit assumptions about what is necessary

At the moment we interpose second hand knowledge – from the

for students to thrive.

teacher instead of the world itself, from books rather than from

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life – again we have begun to waste the child. True, there comes

Presenters: Marika Pfefferkorn, Dr. Talaya Tolefree

a time in a child’s learning about his constantly expanding world when he can no longer go out and see for himself.”

Removing Barriers to Learning in the Progressive Classroom

– Caroline Pratt in I Learn from Children

At our school, City Neighbors Charter School, we have engaged

At City and Country School students of all ages immerse

in a two-year process to learn how to remove barriers to learning

themselves in firsthand observations. In Lower School, children

in our arts-integrated, project-based, Reggio Emilia inspired

explore what they know; their families, their neighborhood

classrooms. While still on the journey, we have learned lessons

and finally their cityscape. Blocks and the dramatic play

that we can share to help build a great classroom “workshop”

that accompanies block building then offer children diverse

for all.Participants in this experiential session will be introduced

opportunities to express their understanding of the social and

to a workshop model of teaching that strives to remove learning

physical world in which they live.We will explore how first-hand

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observations lead to formulating questions and promote inference

Designing for Equity: When the Golden Progressive Toolbox is

making. We will unpack how students construct knowledge by

Not Enough

making comparisons, wrestle with the complexity of different

What do you need in your toolbox to be sure children who don’t

viewpoints and synthesize information. Along the way we will

look like you can thrive? In this workshop, examine tools of

talk about the creation of materials to supplement and support

systems thinking, deepening listening and racial consciousness-

students’ observations. Finally we will look at ways students

building to be sure your dominant discourse isn’t re-creating the

express understandings that are linked to primary source research.

dominant culture.”

COFFMAN 305 Presenter: Nancy Segal

McNAMARA BIG 10 ROOM Presenter: Rie Gilsdorf

Desgining Solutions for an Equitable World

Teaching Social Justice through Debate

Students are always asking for the relevance in their education,

In this workshop we will discuss how teaching children about

come ready to learn how to inject social justice and anti-racist

social justice topics through the lens of debate makes for powerful

teaching into your everyday curriculum, by asking kids to discuss

life lessons. Come read different debates, learn how to set-up a

and design solutions to institutional/systemic racism and disparities

debate system in your class, and practice implementation while

in community health.

and respectfully debating one another!

COFFMAN 307 Presenter: Tasha O’Malley

COFFMAN 319 Presenter: Pinki Shah

A Progressive Approach to Accreditation

Creating a Progressive Middle School Musical

Accreditation offers an opportunity to take stock of who we are and

Learn how three teachers from the Lower School, Middle School,

how we put our values into action. In this workshop, we’ll look at

and Upper School divisions have come together to involve nearly

how your school can involve all its participants actively, from bus

half of their school’s Middle School students in a musical production.

drivers and janitors to students, faculty and board members. This

We will discuss our process and philosophies behind our work and

process of being fully inclusive, deeply considering input from

how the MS Musical in our school has become transformational to

schools’ increasingly diverse communities, can be both revolutionary

our community -- and how you can do the same!

and revealing. We will share materials and practical tips from our

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own experience, and will work through ideas for how each school

Presenters: Rob Denien, Dana O’Brien, Tom Moster

can use accreditation to live up to its own progressive principles.

COFFMAN 325 Presenters: Nancy Seid, David Stewart

People Are Unique! Empowering Young Children to Embrace Their Individuality While Thinking Beyond Stereotypes

Social Justice Education

An important piece of Progressive Education is helping children

This roundtable discussion will open a dialogue about educators

to engage with contemporary issues in progressive ways. This

as change-makers by exploring our understanding of how social

workshop will provide insight into our People Are Unique Study

change happens and the role of students and schools in building

at Bronx Community Charter School, aspects of which can be

a more just world. We will begin by exploring our visions for more

used for any Early Childhood setting. In this workshop, we will be

just communities and schools, then work on developing a clear-

exploring areas within our People Are Unique Study that touch

eyed, yet hopeful analysis of the potential for students and schools

upon identity, equity, social-emotional development, and activism

to build this just world.

APPLEBY 204 Presenters: Rosita Espinal, Dawn Campbell,

COFFMAN 307 Presenter: Nassim Zerriffi

Priscilla Otero-Alvarez, Marie Elaina Zuccaro

Anxiety and Frustration in the Progressive Classroom:

The River Brings Us Together: Promoting Progressive Values

Struggle and Growth in Students and Teachers

Through All-School Studies

We’ll explore a social/emotional framework for our progressive

The first six weeks of the year at Bronx Community Charter School

practice, which recognizes student and teacher emotional

are dedicated to an all-school study, which takes every student out

responses to meaningful schoolwork and the struggle of building

of the school, connects students across grades, weaves together

equitable classrooms. Participants will share and reflect on their

disciplines, and helps students develop expertise which they share

responses to challenging student emotions and identify how

with the larger community. We will share our exciting studies with

emotional responses can create or limit learning opportunities

you, and help you think about the possibilities of an all-school

McNAMARA-MINNESOTA ROOM Presenter: Pat Higgiston

study in your own setting.

COFFMAN 303 Presenters: Sasha Wilson, Martha Andrews

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When You Hold It, Does It Hold Possibility? Classrooms

Progressive Math Classroom

should be what democracy looks like. How can we expect our

Learn about hands-on math activities that require multiple levels of

young people to grow and learn and play surrounded by things

knowledge, promote viable discussions and “rich” math talks, and

that vibrate with the problems of our moment? How will we

encourage the students to critique their peers’ reasoning and their own.

curate things that spark joy and justice? This interactive workshop

This session will include sample lessons with activities that teachers can

challenges educators to engage the stuff of learning.

take to their own classrooms. Skill stations will be the focus.

APPLEBY 302 Presenters: Dr. Clare Hammoor, Heather Mock

BLEGEN 425 Presenters: Tim Devine, Amy Jones, Amy Crum, Brian Garrigan

Mathematics Cafe as a Way to Make Learning Inclusive and Collaborative

Developing Social Justice Advocacy

Mathematics Cafe engages students in a collaborative meaningful

In this interactive workshop, Dr. Tyner will share strategies for re-

problem solving experience. It is a progressive format where

imagining the future of education. Her model of “education for

children are allowed to make mistakes, identify and correct them,

social change” draws upon the theoretical frameworks of social

while growing as scholars and mathematical thinkers. It may be

entrepreneurship and ethical leadership. The workshop will explore

used as a fun activity, or as an assessment, which alleviates stress

how to develop the type of educational experiences which place

COFFMAN 324 Presenter: Sergei Mikhelson

an explicit focus on leadership development and social justice advocacy. Dr. Tyner will draw upon her scholarly research and over

If “Yes” means “Yes” and “No” means “No” then Why is

a decade of teaching experience to demonstrate how to chart new

Consent So Hard?

courses in ways that are collaborative, empowering, and inclusive.

If “yes means yes” and “no means no” then why is teaching

SKI-U-MAH MCNAMARA Presenter: Artika Tyner

consent so complicated? This workshop will unpack the systems of gender socialization that keep mistreatment, objectification, and

The Philosophy for Children Hawai’i Approach to Deliberative

disconnection in place, which often lead to problems with consent.

Pedagogy: Cultivating and Nurturing Collaborative Civic

We will offer ways of teaching young people how to have more

Space and Inquiry

healthy, pleasurable, connected intimate lives.

How do progressive educators cultivate and nurture collaborative

COFFMAN 301 Presenter: Sara Narva

civic space and inquiry in their classrooms? They can practice a deliberative pedagogy. Deliberative pedagogies work to prepare

The Logic and Practice of an Original Vygotskian-Inspired

citizens for life in a democratic society by engaging students and

Model for Progressive Education

teachers in the practice of considering perspectives, evaluating views,

Progressive education needs some new models. This presentation

and treating each other as political equals as they think collectively

will introduce one of them, a highly interactive Vygotskian inspired

about the larger question, “How should we live together?” This

multiage and dual language style of education realized at a school

workshop will introduce participants to the philosophy for children

in Japan, and also introduce Activity Theory as a way to analyze

Hawai‘i (p4cHI) approach to deliberative pedagogy.

any existing school with respect to what needs to and can change.

HERITAGE ROOM-McNAMARA

APPLEBY 319 Presenter: Steven Parr

Presenters: Amber Strong Makaiau, PhD, Chad Miller, PhD

IMPLEMENTING “THE PALEY CURRICULUM”: How research and developmental theory inform classroom best practices

SESSION 3

How do story dictation and story acting support young children’s

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 • 10:00-11:30 AM

development? How can classroom teachers adjust their practice of

Is Progressive Education Racist?

this rich curriculum to emphasize different outcomes? The results

How to have this conversation in our schools. As educators

of an action research study, conducted with 3 year olds, will be

striving to lead and teach in socially-just ways, we must engage

shared. Experience with story dictation not required!

with the systemic racism and oppression upon which our

APPLEBY 219 Presenters:Tom Boyle, Daniel Holliday

society was founded and take action to disrupt it. We need conversations about how schools continue to exist in service to white centeredness. We’ll share strategies, critique processes, and facilitate discussion to empower us to take meaningful action.

BLEGEN 120 Presenters: Debbie Millon, Sharon Besse

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Lessons Learned From a 3-Year Pilot Implementation of School

STEP Into the Future: Student Engagement and Activism

Wide Restorative Practices

through Organization

Saint Paul Public Schools and the Saint Paul Federation of

Our workshop will provide participants with a framework for giving

Educators embarked on a collaboration beginning in 2016 to pilot

students greater control and responsibility for their education. At

restorative justice/restorative practices in 12 schools. Six of those

Cary Academy, we have done so through the creation of a student-led

schools have now completed the initial three-year journey, six are

organization known as STEP (Shifting the Education Paradigm). STEP

still in progress, and eight more will begin soon with funding from a

has become successful in providing students with a voice in designing

federal research grant. This session will share lessons learned about

a better, more equitable educational system for all students.

1) the theoretical grounding, mindset and practices of what makes a

BLEGEN 250 Presenters: Robert Coven & Cary Academy Students

school restorative, 2) what equity-focused, developmentally-tailored RP looks, sounds and feels like in PK-12 school settings, and 3)

Peace Circles

the support and accountability structures that have been most

Peace Circles provide safe spaces within classrooms to discuss difficult

beneficial for moving forward a whole-school change model that

topics. They encourage students to open up, share experiences and

seeks to address and undo historical harm in education.

consider others’ perspectives. In this workshop, you will learn how we

HUMPHREY 186 Presenters: Becky McCammon & Kara

use this tool in elementary classrooms, take part in a peace circle and

Beckman

create a piece of art as a reflection of your thinking.

BLEGEN 325 Presenters: Stephanie Mitzenmacher,

Inquiry: This Boat Still Floats!

Carl Farrington, Kristin Frank, Christine Sullivan

How do we re-awaken students who have been intellectually dormant in school for years? How do we do the same with adults?

The Hanahau’oli School Entering Teacher Cooperative

I’ve learned some great new strategies and structures I’d love

In this workshop participants will: (A) Learn more about the ETC,

to share by guiding participants themselves through them (‘oars

including the design process that went into its creation, activities,

in’). They include ones I’ve designed and refined over the years

and topics explored. (B) Experience the community of inquiry

(Provocation Continuum) as well as a couple that also intentionally

process used to discuss ideas, philosophy, and practice within the

focus on building civil discourse and inclusive democracies:

ETC. (C) Reflect on how the ETC might be applied to their own

Liberating Structures (Impromptu Networking) and the Right

context and provide presenters with suggestions for improving the

Question Institute (Question Formulation Technique). I will also

ETC at Hanahau’oli.

invite everyone to share how to navigate the ‘choppy waters’ many

BLEGEN 155 Presenters: Amber Strong Makaiau, Lia Woo

of us face when pushing the edges of our instructional practice; from fixed chairs (and mindsets) to larger class sizes and skeptical parents.

What Does “Green” Mean?

BLEGEN 135 Presenter: Kimberly Mitchell

Students as citizen scientists and activists In becoming a Green School, we must consider how we live in our school and yard. How

Restorative Practices: More Than A Response to Discipline

can a “progressive” school create agency in students through

Restorative practices is either centered as a silver bullet or narrowly

green projects which enable them to lead our community in

defined as classroom management and discipline. Restorative

changing practices at school and home?

practices in schools is about creating the right culture and

BLEGEN 225 Presenters: Lorie Hammond, Ph D, Chris Erickson,

climate and conditions for learning for deep learning to occur.

Marcia Reilly, Che Yi, Kent Peterson

Learn about restorative practices from an indigenous perspective, where centering relationships, voice and values leads to improved

Sailing the Ship of State: Civics Education in a Progressive School

outcomes for schools and communities.

Given the advent of “fake news”, the rise of policies that further

HUMPHREY 30 Presenters: Marika Pfefferkorn, Dr. Talaya Tolefree

endanger marginalized communities, and the disappearance of civil discourse, there is an urgent need for teachers and

Progressive Math Classroom

administrators to assess the role of the school as a place for

Learn about hands-on math activities that require multiple levels of

citizenship education. This workshop will provide participants with

knowledge, promote viable discussions and “rich” math talks, and

practical resources that can be used both for one-time lessons,

encourage the students to critique their peers’ reasoning and their own.

as well as for more comprehensive curricular restructuring.

This session will include sample lessons with activities that teachers can

Furthermore, we will share ways in which space can be left in the

take to their own classrooms. Skill stations will be the focus.

school day for students to act as advocates, discoursants, and

BLEGEN 425 Presenters: Tim Devine, Amy Jones, Amy Crum,

educators to each other and their respective school communities.

Brian Garrigan

HUMPHREY 25 Presenter: Ann Carroll

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Using Progressive Pedagogy to Amplify Underrepresented Voices

of their own curriculum embedded social action projects.

This workshop will closely examine how one middle school in NYC

HUMPHREY 15 Presenters: Coleman Rose, Sara Hodges

constructed their 8th grade Humanities (ELA and Social Studies) curriculum to amplify the stories and experiences of migrants in the

“Struggle For Justice” Theme Studies

midst of our nation’s current immigration crisis. We will explore the

How do we explore complex or controversial topics with young

ways in which this unit of study provided culturally relevant pedagogy

children? In this session we will analyze thematic studies of

while providing students the space and opportunity to engage and

racial discrimination, refugee resettlement, and gender identity,

develop essential skills as readers, writers and historians.

discussing how to provide students with the proper framing and

HUMPHREY 184 Presenter: Albania Ruiz

resources so that they can access and unpack these complex topics.

BLEGEN 330 Presenter: Danny Flannery

Whose Story Is Left Out? Monuments and Memorials

Am I really all the things that are outside of me? Discussing

Stamps and Statues

Systems Awareness

Participants will explore the story told through monuments and

As educators, we are inextricably tied to our racist environment –

memorials, from postage stamps to statues. We will discern whose

how does that impact young people? How does our racist history

story is ‘left out’ and design ways to include those stories. Through

affect us as educators, our young people, and our relationship to

hands-on activities, mini-lessons, and discussion, participants will come

each other? How can systems awareness yield liberatory education

away with an interdisciplinary project to transfer to their own classroom.

and the transformation and healing of a racist country?

BLEGEN 220 Presenters: Bob Robinson, Lauren Hiner, Lucia Marcus

HUMPHREY-WILKINS Presenter: Dominique Paloma Bible

Is Democracy Always Democratic? Activating Student Voice

School as a Protective Factor

Towards Greater Equity

The impact of environmental stressors on behavior and learning is

Many progressive schools prize their democratic processes and

well documented. How can school be a protective factor and not

traditions. But is a democratically determined decision always

another risk factor? This workshop will introduce participants to

a “”fair”” decision? We will explore ideas as old as the ancient

the partnership between Mission Hill School and Boston Children’s

Greeks, the Federalist Papers, and De Tocqueville’s Democracy

Hospital to help build educators’ capacity to address students’

in America and as current as today’s political landscape. We

social, emotional, and behavioral health needs.

will discuss how to guide students to effectively challenge or

BLEGEN 230 Presenter: Geralyn Bywater McLaughlin

critique the apparatus of democracy, with the goal of moving your community towards a deeper understanding of equitable decision-

Let Knowledge Serve the City

making. Applicable to K-8 teachers and administrators.

Universities are often credited with engaging community partners

HUMPHREY 35 Presenters: Christina Martin, Melissa Barone

in meaningful ways, helping students to study problems in their cities while instituting valuable change. With the world’s urban

Using the SEL “Toolkit”

population expected to surpass 6 billion residents by 2045, it is

In this interactive session, three teachers will share a collection of

time to downshift this engagement with crucial, local urban issues

teacher-created SEL tools that include video scenarios that spark

such as environmental, economic, and social equity into K-12

conversation and reflection among students and SEL “toolkit”

schools. Using Chicago as a case study, learn how a third grade

documents to support parents in extending our SEL work at home.

classroom taught their students how to identify meaningful and

Participants will have time to begin planning their own SEL tools.

critical problems in their city, engage in ethical civics discourse,

BLEGEN 210 Presenters: Cathy Oehmke, Nancy Dennis,

and identify as a responsible urban dweller with a commitment to

Amy Haslett-Marroquin

sustainably managing their city into the future through a year long, interdisciplinary study.

From Curriculum to Action: Teaching Students to Create

HUMPHREY 180-JOSIE JOHNSON ROOM

Positive Change

Presenters: Ginger Phillips, Debby Davis

How do you move students from curriculum to action? In this workshop participants will work in small groups to brainstorm and

Assessment in the Progressive Mathematics Classroom

begin developing curriculum units that include social action. We

In thinking about how progressive educators must rise to the surface,

will share examples of social action projects from our integrated

especially in the middle school math classroom, we must think

Social Studies and Spanish curriculum unit at Lowell School and

about how we can use assessment in a way that navigates both the

provide a model to follow for developing action projects within any

demands of the system and supports the ways in which progressive

discipline. Participants will leave the workshop with the beginnings

educators know children deeply, align instruction the needs of all

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learners, and encourage revision and reworking. In this workshop,

Providing students with opportunities to connect with themselves

participants will engage with how Mastery Based Assessment (MBA)

and their feelings (mirrors) or by gaining a glimpse into the lives

in a middle school math classroom speaks to all of these needs when

of others (windows) is a win-win for making comprehension and

situated within the framework of Universal Design.

empathetic connections.

BLEGEN 105 Presenters: Helen W. Kubilus, Antoinette Bradley

BLEGEN 115 Presenter: Kimberly Mott

Channeling the Future: Maker Communities

Using Improv to Create Braver Classrooms

C&C Technology Integrator, Ian Klapper, will present examples of

The worlds of improv and equity work in schools both require a

social studies-based student projects from concept to creation.

set tools, dispositions, and attitudes that frame their respective

See how 5th-7th grade students use digital resources, such as

disciplines. This interactive workshop gives participants the

augmented reality, 3D modeling/printing, and VoiceThread, to

opportunity to play improv games as a way to strengthen the work

create projects which incorporate game design, 3D movable type,

and practices of educators in and out of the classroom.

and virtual online museums.

HUMPHREY FORUM Presenters: Kirk LaRue, Dana O’Brien

BLEGEN 140 Presenters:Ian Klapper, Dan Levy, Zelda Gay A Rights-Based Lens for Education Understanding the Creative Self: Identifying the value of

This seminar will explore the United Nations Convention of Rights

creative and emotional development as vital to academic

of the Child, applying it to educational practices and communities.

growth in students, teachers and school leadership

We will unpack rights such as the right to identity, participation, and

This workshop is led by a high school art teacher and social worker

expression and use those rights to examine our work with children.

and will engage the participants in an artistic experience that

BLEGEN 110 Presenters: Kelly Peters, Gabby Cárdenas

allows them to explore how they can use their own creative and emotional processes to improve their ability to understand and

Progressive Leadership: Building School and Cross-Sector

support their students.

Partnerships that Educate for Democracy

BLEGEN 415 Presenters: Jessica Trubek, Chelsea Green

How do the leaders of progressive schools support, protect, and celebrate progressive philosophy and teaching? With current

Channeling the Future: Human Circuitry

systematic changes in both independent and public sectors we

Are you looking for ways to combine technology and the arts?

are particularly attuned to the need for joining together to uphold

This active experiential workshop will focus on a unit of study that

our values and practice. As school leaders, we must find a balance

was designed for second graders based on their previous study

between daily support and decision making, larger questions

of electrical circuits. We will use technology to create “human

about the culture and inclusivity of our schools, and even broader

circuits”. Don’t worry, no previous dance experience is required!

discussions about our schools in the context of politics, districts,

BLEGEN 145 Presenters: Justin Greer, Kristie Guiliano

communities, activism and more.

HUMPHREY 60 Presenters: Maiya Jackson Diana Schlesinger

Fold, Crumple, Crush: El Anatsui’s Artistry as

(Green Hill School), Julie Zuckerman (Castle Bridge School),

Progressive Practice

Mark Silberberg (Little Red Schoolhouse & Elisabeth Irwin High

The work of Ghanaian artist El Anatsui, who creates massive art

School), Jeannine King (Bronx Community Charter School)

works with only bottle caps and copper wire, holds many of the same values that progressive teachers promote: the ability to

Activism as Essential Pedagogy

construct knowledge through experience with a material or the

This workshop will explore ways to engage youth in activism

world around us and the depth of discovery through persistent

and advocacy. Workshop will include strategies for integrating

exploration. In this workshop, we will explore the art of El Anatsui

activism into your curriculum as well as building a stand-alone

and use his work and methodology as a jumping-off point. The

activism program. We will cover how to design an activism

group will work collectively to manipulate a single material (in this

program, elements of a successful program, and address potential

case toilet paper tubes) and create a collaborative composition.

challenges and opportunities.

BLEGEN 125 Presenter: Kendra Sibley

BLEGEN 255 Presenter: Nassim Serriffi

Authentic Representations of Diversity in Children’s Literature

Cultivating Global Citizens through Project Based International

Locating culturally relevant texts tied to curriculum can be a

Travel Program

seemingly overwhelming task. In this workshop, you will have the

Do you ever worry that students at private schools might grow up to

opportunity to view and hear about a range of high-engaging

be arrogant, egomaniacal, and unaware of global cultures and issues,

literary options surely to entice even your most reluctant readers.

fulfilling all the “ugly American” stereotypes? We do. Come hear

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about how we developed the international travel program at Presidio

Applying Principles of Democracy in Disciplinary Action: Using

Knolls School to be the cornerstone of our global competency

voice, collaboration, choice and equity to facilitate learning

education, and share your thoughts and ideas too!

and growing opportunities in the discipline process

BLEGEN 317 Presenters: Mingyan “Ophelia” Ma, Jing Ma,

In our roundtable session, attendees have the opportunity to

Charlotte Mooney

make connections between democratic principles and restorative justice; consider various ways to bring restorative justice into their

Youth Empowerment

classrooms and schools; and practice using restorative questions to

This workshop, lead by students and staff, will share best practices

better understand restorative inquiry and create an atmosphere of

we have designed and employed at our school throughout our

respectful collaboration and compromise.

varied school days, which support student leadership, democracy,

BLEGEN 205 Presenters: Daphne C. Braun, J.D., Christy Deskins, M.A.

and activism. We will bring artifacts from across curricula and facilitate group discussions as to how to implement these practices

Empowering Students to Evaluate Popular Media

in your school/classroom.

How might digital delivery and social media affect the news we

HUMPHREY 20 Presenters: Gina Kolb, Franny Lux, Clara Swartwout

read and what can we trust? How do we move our students from being passive consumers to active analyzers, to thoughtful sharers

Rising to the Surface through our Community

of information? This collaboration between science teachers

The teachers at Aldo Leopold Community School look forward

and librarians explores news through a scientific lens, but can be

to discussing the importance of community and social justice in

applied to other content areas.

progressive education in a roundtable discussion.

BLEGEN 435 Presenters: Evie Harrison, Christy Payne

BLEGEN 130 Presenters: Stasch Huntowski, Chad Zadnik, Ned Dorff and Ryan Barte

Discussing Current Events With Students Navigating current events with students, especially in this

Working in the Field: How to Structure Independent

challenging political climate, can be tricky, but with regular

Student Activism

practice, structure, and developmentally appropriate

This workshop will describe logistics and implementation of the

mentoring, students (and future voting citizens!) develop a keen

Eighth Grade Social Justice Project, especially fieldwork where

understanding and empathy for the world around them.

students leave school to work with community organizations,

BLEGEN 335 Presenter: Dave Edson

conduct interviews, and attend conferences, and the day-long Social Justice Teach-In planned and run by students. Workshop

Transforming Schools

participants will leave knowing how to set up similar actions and

This session describes moving from conventional schools to

while exploring pitfalls and new ideas.

transformed schools of tomorrow; emphasizing student-directed

BLEGEN 430 Presenter: Sara Momii Roberts

learning; brain-compatible learning; progressive practices; managing resisters and spoilers; achieving clarity of mission; three

Progressive Math Roundtable

routes to transformation; overcoming backward or authoritarian

In our session you will see how we incorporate progressive

administration; taking the 160-year-old classroom model on

methods and strategies into our respective math classrooms.

different paths; increasing learning with a variety of activities;

Participants should bring an activity or an idea to share in a

supporting innovative teachers; democratizing schools; examples

roundtable group setting. We want this session to be practical so

of transformed schools. Presenter, Wayne Jennings received the

each participant can take something back to their classrooms

John Dewey Society award for his book, School Transformation and

BLEGEN 150 Presenters: Tim O’Connor, Kam Woodard

for a lifetime progressive educator.

BLEGEN 240 Presenter: Wayne Jennings

Children Changing the World Children of all ages can change the world. In fact, the

OPEN SPACE

empowerment they feel while doing so can change their lives

Do you have an educational question that you’ve been wrestling

in meaningful ways. During this workshop, Bill Overton, EdD.,

with, noodling on, or wondering about? Something that you

a classroom teacher for over 30 years, will describe how he

wish you could glean ideas, insights, or perspectives from

took different groups of 8-13 year olds from non-believers to

other educators? OPEN SPACE is the place for you! No prep

empowered and engaged critical thinkers while changing the

is necessary. We provide the structure. You show up with your

world they live in.

“wondering.” Similar to the popular “UnConference” gatherings,

BLEGEN 260 Presenter: William Overton (Bill)

Open Space happens in the moment. You can show up with

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a question/wondering in mind or simply participate in other’s

While voter suppression has been going on for over a century

conversations. It’s easy, fun, and productive for everyone!

in America, Georgia was ground zero in 2018 amidst a historic

Humphrey Atrium Presenters: Maureen Cheever, Dan Schwartz,

gubernatorial race between Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp.

Kate Blaker

Abrams fought to become the first Black female governor in the U.S. while her opponent, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, was in

Suppressed: The Right to Vote

charge of running the election. In Suppressed: The Fight to Vote,

Join us for a special screening of Brave New Films’ Suppressed:

Brave New Films weaves together personal stories from voters

The Right to Vote. Voter suppression is one of the biggest dangers

across the state of Georgia to paint an undeniable picture of voter

to American elections. During the 2018 midterms, millions of voters

suppression. In a race that was ultimately decided by 54,723 votes,

experienced suppression due to voter roll purges, poll closures,

it is clear that the basic constitutional right to vote continues to be

long lines of over 4 hours, missing absentee ballots, and strict voter

under siege.

ID laws that disproportionately prevented Brown and Black citizens

Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School Facilitators: Sunny Pai,

from their constitutional right to vote.

Sven Carlsson, Ayla Gavins

Resource Fair FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 • 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM The Resource Fair features educational organizations with social justice missions, including: ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION RESOURCE ORGANIZATION (AERO) AERO has a tradition of bringing people together to dig deeper into what it means to transform education and put learners of all types at the center of their education. The Education Revolution offers books, articles, and consultation for starting schools and other education alternatives.

AMAZEworks AMAZEworks supports healthy identities, respect across differences, and connected communities by creating the conditions for belonging and equity in schools, communities, and organizations. AMAZEworks provides curricula, programs, training, and consultation to create equity and belonging for all...because there is power in belonging!

BABYCAKES BOOKSTACK Babycakes Book Stack is a mobile bookstore that carries a highly curated inventory of books designed to include the culture and/ or languages of the indigenous, immigrants, refugees, African American and many other backgrounds!

BIG SHARED WORLD Big Shared World believes in building global community through conversation and produces content to inspire curiosity and culturally responsive critical thinking to engage communities and connect people across the world around topics of shared concern.

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BUTTON POETRY Button Poetry is an independent publisher for performance poetry. By encouraging and broadcasting the best and brightest performance poets of today, Button Poetry hopes to broaden poetry’s audience, to expand its reach and develop a greater level of cultural appreciation for the art form. The company highlights poetry performances across the United States through media, audio recordings, video, local and national events, publishing chapbooks, and scholarships.

DBQ PROJECT The DBQ Project was founded in 2000 to support teachers and students in learning to read smart, think straight, and write more clearly. The DBQ Project provides professional development workshops and materials such as curriculum guides for grades 3-12 that have transformed the way school districts across the U.S. comply with state and national standards in language arts and social studies classrooms.

GIRL SCOUTS RIVER VALLEYS: MENTORED TROOPS INITIATIVE Diversity, equity and inclusion are core Girl Scout values.

Girl Scouts offers every girl a chance to practice a lifetime of leadership, adventure, and success. The Mentored Troops initiative actively works with community organizations and K-5 schools in Minnesota to increase the diversity and representation of girls of color and volunteers of color within the Girl Scouts River Valleys service area.

HUBERT HUMPHREY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MN As one of the country’s top 10 professional public policy and planning schools, the Humphrey School of Public Affairs prepares students to lead in communities worldwide. At the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, students acquire the skills, expertise, and real-world experience to transform ideas into action.

HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATORS USA (HRE USA) HRE USA is a growing network dedicated to building a culture of human rights by providing an innovative forum for HRE practitioners and supporters to learn, network, and exchange professional expertise and better serve our growing HRE community. HRE USA’s mission is to promote human dignity, justice, and peace by cultivating an expansive, vibrant base of support for human rights education (HRE) within the United States.

SPARKS OF CHANGE Sparks of Change’s expertise lies at the crossroads of intercultural competence and coaching, supporting leaders and teams to be more effective working across differences and creating diverse, inclusive and equitable environments. Sparks of Change designs and delivers dynamic and engaging trainings and 1-on1 leadership coaching to help clients apply concrete skills that transform working relationships.

MN CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS The Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) is the largest and most comprehensive center of its kind. Its mission is to lead the advancement of the book as an evolving art form, envisioning a world where book art is created, cultivated, celebrated, and understood as a vital and lasting expression of culture. MCBA offers educational and artistic programming and has a gallery that is free and open to the public.

SPIRITUAL PLAYDATE Spiritual Playdate is an inclusive, interfaith web-based program that supports fun, engaging, social, and emotional learning while building the bridges of acceptance through group “playdates” in the home or elsewhere. Kids and their parents, teachers, or mentors discover their beliefs through a diverse framework of faithbased and spiritual resources that we provide, which cover a variety of topics including World Religion, The Golden Rule, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Love, Sacred Spaces, Spiritual Teachers, and more.

PM PRESS PM Press is an independent publisher that specializes in radical, Marxist and anarchist literature, as well as crime fiction, graphic novels, music CDs, and political documentaries meant to to educate, entertain, and inspire. PM Press aims to distribute these through every available channel with every available technology, from book fairs to e-books.

PENUMBRA Penumbra opens space to promote dialogue, access, and equity through performances, professional development, equity seminars, and community events. Penumbra’s professional productions are artistically excellent, thought provoking, and relevant and they illuminate the human condition through the prism of the African American experience.

PM PRESS PM Press is an independent publisher that specializes in radical, Marxist and anarchist literature, as well as crime fiction, graphic novels, music CDs, and political documentaries meant to to educate, entertain, and inspire. PM Press aims to distribute these through every available channel with every available technology, from book fairs to e-books.

RICARDO LEVINS MORALES ART STUDIO Ricardo Levins Morales describes himself as a “healer and trickster organizer disguised as an artist.” Increasingly Ricardo sees his art and organizing practices as means to address individual, collective and historical trauma. He co-leads workshops on trauma and resilience for organizers as well as trainings on creative organizing, social justice strategy and sustainable activism, and mentors and supports young activists.

STRIVE PUBLISHING Strive Publishing’s vision is to give all children the opportunity to see African American culture from different perspectives, and to provide pathways for illuminating stories across cultures. Through publishing and illuminating the stories of creativity, wonder, determination, and success of generations of underrepresented voices, Strive Publishing seeks to help tear down stereotypes and build up bridges that connect to a more diverse publishing industry.

TEACHING TOLERANCE A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance has a mission to help teachers and schools educate children and youth to be active participants in a diverse democracy. Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators- teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners- to supplement their curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants.

UMBRA SEARCH The University of Minnesota Libraries, in partnership with the Penumbra Theatre Company, is launching Umbra Search African American History, a free and openly available online search tool at www.umbrasearch.org that facilitates broad access to over 400,000 digitized archival materials documenting African American history from more than 1,000 libraries, archives, and cultural heritage institutions across the United States.

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Directory of Presenters acarroll@lrei.org Ann Carroll LREI/Elisabeth Irwin High School

agrillo@wesleyan.edu Amy W. Grillo, Ed.D Wesleyan University

Albania@Bronxcommunity.org Albania Ruiz Bronx Community Charter School

amakaiau@hanahauoli.org Amber Strong Makaiau, PhD, Chad Miller, PhD University of Hawai‘i at Manoa/ Hanahau’oli School amichellord@missionhillschool.org Amina Michel-Lord Mission Hill School anpeper@gbaps.org Amanda Peper Aldo Leopold School ashaker@fwparker.org Anthony Shaker Francis W. Parker School awhite@cathedralnyc.org Ann-Marie White, PhD Cathedral School bob.robinson@dukeschool.org Bob Robinson Duke School bronwen.exter@icsd.k12.ny.us Bronwen Exter, LACS Students Lehman Alternative Community School cathyschroeder@winnetka36.org Catherine Schroeder Greeley Elementary School, Winnetka Public School District cczadnik@gbaps.org Chad Zadnik Aldo Leopold School christy@sussexschool.org Christy Deskins Sussex School cfarrington@ucls.uchicago.edu Carl Farrington University of Chicago Lab Schools cmartin@thechildrensschool.info Christina Martin The Children’s School coehmke@prairiecreek.org Cathy Oehmke Prairie Creek Community School

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cpreston@bankstreet.edu Catlin Preston The Neighborhood School

dzweig@putneyschool.org Dawn Zweig The Putney School

jgreer@dalton.org Justin Greer The Dalton School

crose@lowellschool.org Coleman Rose, Sara Hodges Lowell School

eharrison@dalton.org Evie Harrison The Dalton School

jmagamaite@gbaps.org Jen Agamite John Dewey Alternative School

csperry@icsd.k12.ny.us Chris Sperry Lowell School

ejones@putneyschool.org Emily Jones The Putney School

jraimon@icsd.k12.ny.us Jon Raimon & students from Lehman Alternative Community School Lehman Alternative Community School

csullivan@ucls.uchicago.edu Chris Sullivan University of Chicago Lab Schools

Danajar@aol.com Dana Nasralla The Children’s School

geer@cityandcountry.org Dan Levy City and Country School

Daphne@sussexschool.org Daphne C. Braun, J.D. Sussex School

gcardenas33@gmail.com Gabby Cárdenas

davelehman@mac.com Dave Lehman (Principal, retired) Lehman Alternative Community School dbedson32@gmail.com Dave Edson Indian Mountain School dematteis_matt@dublinschools.net Matt DeMatteis Eli Pinney Elementary dflannery@missionhillschool.org Danny Flannery Mission Hill School diane@theschoolinrosevalley.org Diane Luckman The School in Rose Valley

dianew@miquon.org Diane Webber The Miquon School director@progressiveeducationlab.org Mollie Gambone, PhD Progressive Education Lab

dmillon@wingraschool.org Debbie Millon Wingra School

dooblabox@gmail.com Dominique Paloma Bible Red Hook Initiative

dr.artikatyner@gmail.com Artika Tyner University of Saint Thomas

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geer@cityandcountry.org Kate Tarlow Morgan City and Country School

gmclaughlin@missionhillschool.org Geralyn Bywater McLaughlin Mission Hill School gphillips@ucls.uchicago.edu Ginger Phillips University of Chicago Lab School gzeleznik@crefeld.org George Zeleznik, EdD Crefeld School hakorpal@gbaps.org Heather Korpal Aldo Leopold Community School helen@bronxcommunity.org Helen W. Kubilus Bronx Community Charter School

hjrath@gbaps.org Hilarie Rath Aldo Leopold Community School iank@cityandcountry.org Ian Klapper City and Country School imaginativeinquiry.us@gmail.com Kelli Dawn Holsopple, Elaine Chu, Jessie Kirk, Ella Moran Walden School and LREI jessica.leisz@fieldingnair.com Randy Fielding Fielding Nair International jessica.trubek@gmail.com Jessica Trubek Lyons Community School

kara.beckman@spps.org Kara Beckman St. Paul Public Schools karens@fsmn.org Karen Salter Friends School of Minnesota kate@presidioknolls.org Lian (Kate) Foreman Presidio Knolls School katetarlowmorgan@gmail.com Kate Tarlow Morgan City and Country School kcduranceau@gbaps.org Karen Duranceau kendra@bronxcommunity.org Kendra Sibley Bronx Community Charter School kimberlym@burgundyfarm.org Kimberly Mott Burgundy Farm School kfrank@ucls.uchicago.edu Kristin Frank University of Chicago Lab Schools

klarue@fwparker.org Kirk LaRue Francis W. Parker School klasher@uw.edu Kimberly Mitchell University of Washington College of Education kpeters@labschool.ucla.edu Kelly Peters UCLA Lab School ktabor@fwparker.org Kate Tabor ashaker@fwparker.org Anthony Shaker Francis W. Parker School kwoodard@fwparker.org Kam Woodard Francis W. Parker School

laurap@fsmn.org Laura Pereira Friends School of Minnesota

msanders@ucls.uchicago.edu Mikki Sanders University of Chicago Laboratory Schools

rebecca@amazeworks.org Rebecca Slaby AMAZEworks

Lauren.Hiner@dukeschool.org Lauren Hiner Duke School

msilberberg@lrei.org Mark Silberberg Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin High School

rebecca.mccammon@spps.org Becky McCammon St. Paul Public Schools

lerickson@mvcsd.org Leigh Ann Erickson Mt. Vernon Schools liz.davis@synapseschool.org Liz Davis Synapse School lorie.peregrine@gmail.com Lorie Hammond, PhD Peregrine School

nancys@cityandcountry.org Nancy Segal City and Country Nbrockman@thechildrensschool.info Nadine Brockman The Children’s School

rgilsdorf2@gmail.com Rie Gilsdorf Embody Equity

smitzen@ucls.uchicago.edu Stephanie Mitzenmacher University of Chicago Laboratory Schools smorrison7@elon.edu Scott Morrison, Anna Morrison Elon University smroberts@lrei.org Sara Momii Roberts LREI

rjbartel@gbaps.org Ryan Bartel Aldo Leopold

snarva@crefeld.org Sara Narva The Crefeld School

rkolb@icsd.k12.ny.us Gina Kolb Lehman Alternative Community School

sparr@newis.ed.jp Steven Parr New International School of Japan

robert_coven@caryacademy.org Robert Coven & Cary Academy Students Cary Academy

sue.knott@state.mn.us Sue Knott Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom

nromall@sunprairieschools.org Tasha O’Malley Sun Prairie High School / Sun Prairie Area School District

rosey@bronxcommunity.org Rosita Espinal Bronx Community Charter School

swalters@uaschools.org Sabrina D. Walters Wickliffe Progressive/Jones Middle School

nseid@xrds.org Nancy Seid, David Stewart Crossroads School

sahuntowski@gbaps.org Stasch Huntowski Aldo Leopold Community School

nzerriffi@mcscommunity.org Nassim Zerriffi Manhattan Country School

sasha@bronxcommunity.org Sasha Wilson Bronx Community Charter School

nzerriffi@mcscommunity.org Nassim Zerriffi Manhattan Country School

ophelia.ma@presidioknolls.org Mingyan “Ophelia” Ma Presidio Knolls School

sch399@nyu.edu Dr. Clare Hammoor Compositive Primary

mblachly@bankstreet.edu Margaret Blachly Bank Street College & Castle Bridge School

phiggiston@gmail.com Pat Higgiston LREI - Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin HS

sgriffith@lcsd2.org Sharolyn Stauffer Griffith Star Valley High School

mchalupa@cityneighbors.org Mike Chalupa City Neighbors Charter School

pinki.shah@ssfs.org Pinki Shah Sandy Spring Friends School

Lucia.Marcus@dukeschool.org Lucia Marcus Duke School

mackenzie@sfbrightworks.org Mackenzie Price Brightworks madeleineb@cityandcountry.org Madeline Buhler- Rose City and Country School maestro.pfigueroa@gmail.com Paul Lippert Figueroa Proyecto Cordero Belpre maiya.jackson@mcscommunity.org Maiya Jackson Manhattan Country School marika@tciamn.onmicrosoft.com Marika Pfefferkorn marshalla@fsmn.org Marshall Anderson Friends School of Minnesota

nedorff@gbaps.org Ned Dorff Aldo Leopold School nora@avalonschool.org Nora Whalen & Avalon Students Avalon School

mdeldonno@csw.org Marilyn DelDonno The Cambridge School of Weston

rachel@cityas.org Rachel Seher City-As-School

mia@freedomlifted.com Mia Henry Freedom Lifted

rdenien@fwparker.org Rob Denien Francis W. Parker School

mkeim@putneyschool.org Michael Keim The Putney School

toconnor@fwparker.org Tim O’Connor Francis W. Parker School

schoolteachers@mac.com Jason Blair Eli Pinney ES

shelbyb@bertschi.org Shelby Brown Bertschi School smikhelson@lrei.org Sergei Mikhelson LREI

tboyle@ucls.uchicago.edu Tom Boyle theostripling@gmail.com Theo Stripling University of Chicago Lab Schools

twdevine@gbaps.org Tim Devine Aldo Leopold Community School vickie.curtis@gmail.com Vicki Curtis Exposure Labs (Impact Team and Curriculum Development) wayne@designlearn.net Wayne Jennings whudson@tcsconnect.org Will Hudson The Children’s School wjoverton@sbcglobal.net William Overton (Bill) Formally Ohlone Elementary School xuejing.lv@presidioknolls.org Xuejing Lv Presidio Knolls School zeldag@cityandcountry.org Zelda Gay City and Country School

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Essay Contest COLLAROS LOVE OUT LOUD ESSAY CONTEST 2020 Contest Description: Chris Collaros was a dearly beloved educator with a passion for students, progressive education, and living his love out loud for all who came into contact with him and his community. The Collaros Love Out Loud Essay Contest is open to all students, regardless of age, enrolled in a PEN Partner school or as yet unaffiliated progressive school. The essay contest seeks to amplify student voice and to hear from students about how their progressive school experience has equipped them to spread love and ideas into their communities.

This inaugural year of the contest is connected to the PEN principle: “Education must... amplify students’ voice, agency, conscience, and intellect to create a more equitable, just, and sustainable world​.”

In keeping with this principle, the essay prompt for the 2020 Collaros Love Out Loud Essay Contest is as follows: The world needs more empathy and compassion. It is filled with injustices. Recall a time when you Loved Out Loud, meaning that through the act of showing compassion for another person or group of people you positively impacted your community. Or, perhaps you attempted to Love Out Loud, but your attempt fell short of your expectations.

Describe the actions (how you showed compassion) you took, the lesson(s) you learned, and how you changed for the better. As you write your narrative, consider how your thinking and actions showed empathy and left the community a better place. A community can be your hometown, your team, your classroom, the people with whom you share a home, etc.

Directions for submission: Submissions are due by 11:59 PM on Tuesday, December 24, 2019. All submissions must be typed and limited to 500 words. Please do not put your name or any identifying information on the essay document. Each submission will be assigned a code so they can be evaluated blindly. Please provide a title for your entry.

Submissions should be sent as an email attachment to contactus@progressiveeducationnetwork.org with the subject heading Collaros Love Out Loud Essay Contest. In the body of your email, please be sure to include your full name, grade, and the name and address of your school.

Awards: First place receives $100; second and third place winners receive a certificate, PEN sticker and letter sent to their school. Winners will have their essays published in the PEN Journal.

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ “ — Dr. Martin Luther King

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2019 Chris Collaros Memorial Fund Grant Awardees Victoria Frye Columbus Schools Samantha Sencer-Mura 826 Minneapolis Megan Howey Hughes School For Community Learning (Indianapolis) The Chris Collaros Memorial Fund was established through the generosity of Chris and his family, and hundreds of donations in his memory. The PEN Board of Directors is proud to support 5 registration grants for this year’s conference. In addition, the board intends to provide grant aid to cover the full cost of registration and travel expenses for one teacher to attend NIPEN 7.0 . Details forthcoming.

With gratitude to our donors, and with hope that Chris’s legacy will continue to inspire progressive educators!

Become a PEN Partner Do your philosophy of education, student experience, and teaching practices line up with the PEN principles? Partner with PEN! We would like to invite you to apply to become part of our growing international network. Schools whose applications are approved receive access to the dynamic features of our newly redesigned website, including access to features like our Jobs and Events page, official PEN materials for display in your school, and opportunities to publish in the PEN journal. The partner subscription fee is $200/year. Visit ProgressiveEducationNetwork.org for more details.

Our Current Partners Blue Oak School

High Meadows School

Plato Academy

The Children’s School (Atlanta, GA)

Brightworks

Koan School

Pluralistic School One

The Crefeld School

Capitol Hill Day School

LREI

Prairie Creek Community School

The Miquon School

Charles River School

Manhattan Country School

Presidio Hill School

The Orchard School

Giddens School

Mission Hill School

Presidio Knolls School

The School in Rose Valley

Greene Hill School

NCCL

Spectrum Progressive School of Rockford

Voyagers’ Community School

Hanahau’Oli School

New International School of Japan

The Bush School

Wickliffe Progressive School

Heritage School

Park Day School

The Cambridge School of Weston

Wingra School

Don’t see your school name on the list, but your logo is on the website? Don’t fret—it just means that your school’s subscription has expired.

Updating is easy—get in touch with us if you have questions! partners@progressiveeducationnetwork.org

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With Appreciation Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors

Thank You to Our Wonderful Donors Alice Finley

Daniel Schwartz

Kelli Wilcox

Roxanne Crocco

Allison & Kyle Gold

Dave & Loretta Heigle

Kelly Chizever

Samuel & Paula Barone

Amy & Raymond White

David L Grote & Mary A Grote

Kristine Diener

Sandy Sweet

Andrea Jewett

Debbie Pound

Leah Sutherland

Shauna & Sean McEvoy

Ann Cubberly

Deborah Fuller

Lisa Bracco

Steven Scarpitti

Anonymous

Deno & Bess Duros

Lisa Card

Sunny Pai

Audrey Trotier

DeVera Gilden

Liz D’Anna

Susan & John Yutzey

Ayla Gavins

Ellen Erlanger

Lynda & Robert Weston

Susan C. Keister

Barbara Hennessy

Erica Rice

Marcia S Miller

Susan Nybell

Beth & Christopher Maisenbacher

Georgiann Diniaco

Mary Nolan

Susan Shapiro (for Wickliffe Staff)

Beth and Daniel Strasser

Greg & Robin Comfort

Maureen Cheever

Susan Snyder & Michelle Jorgenson

Bev Shaw

Gregory Henneman

Max Weinberg

Sven Carlsson

Bill DeLelles

Gregory Zanetos

Megan Steahly

Taylor Merullo

Bob, Jeannine & Jenna Swickard

Jamy Zambito

Michael Curme

Team Automotive

Bonnie Emery

Janielle McKee

Michele Sola

The DBQ Project

Brenda & Ian Gertmenian

Jay & Elizabeth McFarland

Michele Winship

The Evans Family

Carrie Williams

Jay Chandler

Molly & Shawn Hinkle

The Larson Family

Carrie Williams

Jeanne Beaver

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Yesso

The McCarthy Family

Cathy, Pat & Enzo Testa

Joanne Sinclair

Pat Westlund & Andy Stover

The McCloskey Family

Chris and Lori Peffly

Katherine Ackley

Phil & Debbie Binkley

Theresa & Chris Collins

Cynthia Gildersleeve

Kathleen Hanson

Robert & Christine Winner

Timothy Zanetos

Daniel Donovan

Katie & John Benton

Robert Klaeger

Tina Swearengin

Daniel Noonen

Kay Warren & Family

Rosemary Sartor

Wayne Jennings Windi Noble

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With Appreciation THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS FOR OPENING YOUR DOORS FOR SITE VISITS!

PEN BOARD OF DIRECTORS Theresa Collins

Francis W. Parker School

BARTON OPEN SCHOOL

Ayla Gavins

The Farm School

GORDON PARKS HIGH SCHOOL

Chris Thinnes

The Wesley School

OPEN WORLD LEARNING

Sunny Pai

Charlestown High School

Kavan Yee

The Lowell School

Heather Schilling

Manchester University

Dan Schwartz

The Blue Oak School

Sven Carlsson

Francis W. Parker School

PRAIRIE CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL AVALON CHARTER SCHOOL SOUTHSIDE CHARTER SCHOOL NORTHWEST PASSAGE HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS SCHOOL OF MINNESOTA ST. PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOL SHIRLEY G. MOORE LAB SCHOOL LAKE COUNTRY SCHOOL

Emeriti Michele Sola

Manhattan Country School

John Pecore

University of West Florida

Maureen Cheever

Illinois Principals Association

MINNESOTA WALDORF SCHOOL

HUGE APPLAUSE AND THANKS to the folks who created the look of our conference with their wonderful graphic designs for our print and digital materials: Julie Winsberg Graphic Design (print & digital program) Aveniel Green Original Artwork Helena Squires- Mosher Graphic Design Janet Kimmel Conference Page Website

And to our intrepid, energetic, efficient, eternally organized event coordinator, Rosemarie Ndupuechi of 3E Productions: we literally could not have done this without you. Si se puede!

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Things to Do In the Twin Cities TRIP ADVISOR

DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS

MINNEAPOLIS

PIZZA LUCÉ A Twin Cities staple serving unique pizzas, including vegan and gluten free options.

ST. PAUL 150 THINGS TO DO IN MINNEAPOLIS Good for a list of outdoor activities, food and drink, some museums LONELY PLANET VISIT ST. PAUL CITY PAGES EVENT CALENDAR Find our what’s happening, including free events ATLAS OBSCURA

BRIT’S PUB British pub known for its rooftop lawn bowling green.

BUTCHER AND THE BOAR “Bourbon and meat paradise” HELL’S KITCHEN Variety of menu items and breakfast in a gothic-style setting.

MINNEAPOLIS NORTH LOOP BAR LA GRASSA Italian eatery PARLOUR Subterranean and also known for craft cocktails

RESTAURANTS

BLACK SHEEP PIZZA Pizzas cooked in a coal-fired oven

NEAR CAMPUS

SMACK SHACK Seafood, and known for the lobster rolls

PUNCH PIZZA Wood-fired Neapolitan pizza

NOLO’S KITCHEN Variety of menu items including fresh and seasonal

CHIPOTLE Mexican Grill fast food THE BEACON Gastropub inside The Graduate Hotel (East Bank) with craft beers, wine, and cocktails. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

TOWN HALL BREWERY Craft brewery since 1997 with full menu, cozy atmosphere, and patio.

REPUBLIC Pub food and drinks with outdoor patio.

LORING PASTA BAR Dinner or weekend brunch featuring handmade pasta in a unique setting.

THE BACHELOR FARMER Upscale northern food featuring local ingredients SPOON AND STABLE Modern cuisine focusing on seasonal flavors with a French influence.

NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS YOUNG JONI Stylish pizza and a hidden bar in the back BRASA ROTISSERIE Creole-inspired comfort food

BURRIGATO Asian Fusion restaurant

PSYCHO SUZI’S The Twin Cities Tiki Lounge on the waterfront.

ANNIE’S PARLOR Classic burgers and milkshakes

THE ANCHOR FISH AND CHIPS

BLUE DOOR PUB UNIVERSITY Unique stuffed “Juicy Blucy” burgers and sandwiches.

HAI HAI Upscale Southeast Asian street food EMILY’S LEBANESE DELI Family-owned Lebanese food HOLY LAND Mediterranean restaurant and market

ALONG GREEN LINE EAST TOWARD DOWNTOWN ST. PAUL AFRO DELI African and American food and espresso SURLY BREWERY Minneapolis’s Destination Brewery with 25-35 rotating taps, outdoor beer garden, and “damn good food.

FOXY FALAFEL Mediterranean and locally-sourced/organic food that meets a variety of dietary needs.

THE NAUGHTY GREEK (University and Raymond) Greek fare in a great space and next door to Dual Citizen Brewery and Taproom. iPHO BY SAIGON Vietnamese with large bowls of Pho and Banh Mi sandwiches.

NGON BISTRO Modern Vietnamese-French bistro and full bar featuring Minnesota local craft brews.

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CHIMBORAZO Ecuadorian cuisine

Getting Around PEN 2019 National Conference CONFERENCE SITES indicated on map with PEN logo Graduate Minneapolis Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, the Depot McNamara Alumni Center Ted Mann Concert Hall Willey Hall Carlson School of Management Blegen Hall

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Thursday — East Bank

8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Registration open starting at 8:00 AM in COFFMAN UNION Room 303.

To get to Coffman Union from the GRADUATE HOTEL: Walk WEST on Washington Avenue toward the silver foot bridges that span Washington Avenue.

Cross over the tracks at a light or using the footbridge. 3-5 Minute walk.

If you are participating in school site visits: please come to registration in Coffman 303 to get directions between 8:00 and 9:30 AM. If you are participating in the Qatar Foundation immersion, your transportation will leave from the Graduate Hotel.

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Thursday — Opening Reception & Panel

6:00 PM

WEST BANK TED MANN CONCERT HALL Our opening night moves to the other side of the Mississippi River! Walk over the Washington Avenue pedestrian bridge (20 minute walk from Graduate Hotel) or jump on the Green Line at the East Bank station and get off at the West Bank station.

From the bridge or train station, walk SOUTH to Fourth Street, then walk east to Ted Mann.

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Friday — East Bank

ALL DAY

We begin in the McNAMARA ALUMNI CENTER. Registration and breakfast kick off in the morning at 8:30 AM with our keynote speech from PAUL GORSKI. Use Scholars Walk and Washington Avenue to make your way to 90 minute and 180 minute sessions on campus in the buildings circled above.

Check out the RESOURCE AND BOOK FAIR in COFFMAN UNION, open 10:00 AM-4:00 PM. Meet us back at McNAMARA for HAPPY HOUR and networking at 5:00 PM!

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Saturday — West Bank

ALL DAY

We start at the HUMPHREY SCHOOL for light breakfast and a poetic opening with poet& spoken word artist Julian Randall.

10:00-11:30 AM sessions take place in Humphrey or steps away in Blegen Hall.

Lunch is in the Carlson School Atrium.

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