Social and Cultural Foundations of Education II

1.5 units

An effective educator needs to develop mastery of disciplinary content and acquire pedagogical skills, but also must develop mindsets, beliefs, and perspectives that will enable them to advance educational equity in their schools and communities. Participants in this course will reflect on their experiences as educators, and build skills to establish strong, asset-based relationships with students, colleagues, and families. Instruction will focus on beliefs and mindsets necessary to commit to justice-oriented education, and will grapple with challenges encountered along the way. This course will have two primary learning strands. In the Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining Pedagogy strand, participants will develop mindsets, beliefs, and perspectives that will enable them to advance educational equity in their schools and communities. The second strand will work, as professional learning community, to reflect upon and synthesize learning from the course topic and apply that the work of teaching.