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Strategies for Fostering an Emotionally Safe School Environment
Creating an emotionally safe environment for reopening schools is especially urgent as many students, and the adults who care for them, are experiencing increased mental health concerns or are exposed to trauma as a result of the nation’s double pandemic of COVID-19 and the confrontation of systemic racism. Read highlights from the report
Students Build Fictional World With Real Educational Impact
Polykosmia is a universe dreamed up by students in two classes led this spring by Stephen Slota (he/him, they/them), Neag School assistant professor-in-residence of educational technology. The project, an exercise in both worldbuilding and lesson planning, involved designing everything from mythologies to local governments to individual character arcs. Students also learned how to adapt worldbuilding activities into K–12 classrooms and how to design lesson plans that connected story objectives in a fictional world with learning objectives in the classroom. Read about the storyworld project
New Grant Funds Effort to Help Schools Integrate Health, Learning
The Neag Foundation has provided the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health (CSCH) with a two-year grant to facilitate work in the Think about the Link Project. The project builds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model to fully acknowledge the many interrelated components involved in supporting student well-being. Read about the Neag Foundation grant
Upcoming Events
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Aug
10
Uyi Osunde's Capstone Defense9:00am
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Aug
10
White Fragility Book Discussion12:00pm
White Fragility Book Discussion
Monday, August 10th, 2020
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Other WebEx
The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality. Participants will discuss the ideas presented in the book, reflect on how white people can build capacity on race, and begin to develop skills engage more constructively in the on-going work towards racial justice.
This is a weekly discussion series on Mondays from 12pm-1pm beginning June 29 through August 10, with the exception of July 6. There are a limited amount of spaces and e-books will be available on a first come, first served basis. Please confirm that you are able to commit to the full series prior to filling out the registration form.
Registration can be found at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WhiteFragilitySummer20
Registration deadline is June 19th. -
Aug
12
Equity And Inclusive Teaching In Distance Learning: A Practical Overview12:30pm
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Aug
13
Using Student Response Systems In Synchronous Class Sessions10:00am
