EduCon 2024

February 2nd–4th, 2024 at The Science Leadership Academy

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Race, Policing, and Student Agency

Session 1

Rusul Alrubail, Kelly Wikham Hurst, Shana White, Laura Thomas, Valencia Clay.

How can they expect to rebuild their communities when the experience of living in those communities is so hostile? Is it possible to instill (surface? reinforce?) a love and respect for the place that "made" you, while also recognizing and hating the things that made it a difficult place to grow up? We will explore those questions and post a few throughout the group discussions:

-What duty do we have to address racial and systemic violence that harms our students? -How can we instill a love for school, education, and learning while connecting to students’ backgrounds and lives at home? -How does privilege disrupt the student agency process? -How can teachers of color remove hindrances to the development and growth of student agency? -How do we encourage parents in the process of student agency when schools have not been helpful/welcoming?

Conversational Practice

Our workshop will be an open conversation that invites participants to share their own experiences how they’ve been impacted by violent policing, racism and systemic brutality and oppression in and out of the classroom, as students, parents, teachers, and educators. We will start the conversation with sharing our stories, because we believe that this will create a safe space for everyone to share theirs. Then we will divide participants up into smaller groups to share their own stories, and each of us will work as conversation facilitators, while providing strategies and support. At the conclusion of the group breakouts, we will share resources, points of contact, and other tools to proactively improve agency and advocacy for students, educators, and parents in public schools.

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Presenter Profiles

Constellations Center for Equity in Computing/Georgia Institute of Technology

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Friday, Feb 2
1. Visual Narrative for Teachers 9:30am–12:30pm
  - Filmmaking for Teachers*
    
    Join us in 605 to work with students and faculty of SLA’s CTE Digital Video program to learn how to design and manage video projects in your classes. This three-hour interactive workshop has a limit of 30 participants. Please sign up by clicking the link above.
2. Welcome 10am–3pm
  - Spend the day at Science Leadership Academy!
    
    SLA-Center City will be open for visitors from 9am to 12:30pm. Visit classes, talk to students and teachers and meet up with EduCon friends old and new!
    
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    - SLA Middle School is located at 3610 W Warren Street. Our entrance is off of Warren Street and our school is located on the 2nd floor of the building
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    - 9:00-10:00
    - 10:00-11:30
    - 1:15-2:15
    - 2:15-3:20
3. Friday Night Panel 6–8pm
  - Human-Centric Education
    
    Join a panel of world-class educators as we tackle the question of how we ensure that - at a time where new tools are causing us to question much of what we think about learning and school - we keep our focus squarely on the development of the people who inhabit our schools.
Saturday, Feb 3
1. Registration & Coffee 8:30–9:15am
2. Keynote 9:15–9:45am
  - Welcoming Keynote
    
    Tomás Hanna Associate Superintendent for Secondary Schools School District of Philadelphia
3. Conversation Session 1 10–11:30am
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4. Cross-Pollination Lunch 11:30am–1pm
  - Encienda Educon
    
    Bring your lunch to Room 402 and join us for a session of “lightning presentations” delivered by EduCon participants. Each presenter will have five minutes to share an idea, broken down into twenty slides, which automatically advance every fifteen seconds. Propose Your Idea by Friday, February 2nd
5. Conversation Session 2 1–2:30pm
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6. Conversation Session 3 3–4:30pm
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7. Making Connections 5–7pm
  - Grab-n-Go Philly Pretzels
8. Networking Social 7:30–11pm
  - Yards Brewing Company
Sunday, Feb 4
1. Conversation Session 4 9–10:30am
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2. Bagels + Coffee 10:30–11am
3. Conversation Session 5 11am–12:30pm
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4. Conversation Session 6 12:45–2:15pm
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