January 11

Welcome and reflections

Please send by Friday 1/12 to Sonja:
What questions you do you have about the teachers' union? What would you like addressed to meet your needs?

January 18

no class -- field experience

January 25

Who and what is the union?
with Gery Gerst (MIT faculty member, and highschool social studies teacher)

see above

February 1

Aids Education
with Planned Parenthood

Do some thinking about the following questions before coming to class next week. 

• Before doing any research:  What do you think the requirements are in Washington State for Sexuality Education, and also for HIV education in K-12?
• Now, do a little research.  What did you discover the requirements are?
• What do you think the requirements aught to be?

Useful links

• "Abstinence in Sex Education:"
  
• "Should The State Mandate How Sex Education is Taught:"
  
  

February 8

Culturally responsive teaching and working with parents
w/ Anita Morales, Remy Poon & Raymond Williams. Seattle based former classroom teachers, instructional coaches and teacher leaders

TBA

February 15

TBA

February 22

How to grade equitably
w/ Lester Krupp (highschool teacher & TESC adjunct faculty) and additional elementary teacher TBA

TBA

March 1

Expectations & advice for first year teachers
w/ panel of elementary, middle and highschool principals

TBA