In this full-day workshop, Lorena Germán will demonstrate how teaching for and about justice is not only conceptual, but a praxis; it’s not magic, but it is through these practices that we work on healing as an outcome of education. We need an innovative approach, offered in Textured Teaching. Grounded in culturally sustaining pedagogies (Alim & Paris, 2017), Textured Teaching is an embodiment of this pedagogy for increased engagement, a striving toward justice, and acute skill-building. Participants will: 

• Understand and name the four traits of Textured Teaching 
• Identify practices they can implement immediately to bring back a culturally sustaining pedagogy
• Workshop ideas for what to do in their classrooms, schools, and roles 

Through this workshop, participants will be able to move from theory into action and see sample lessons and units they can build their own ideas upon. There is too much at stake for us educators to be inactive in response to what we, students included, are facing.

Lorena is a three-time nationally awarded Dominican American educator focused on anti-racist education. She has taught English Language Arts from 6th through 12th grades in both public and private schools. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, PBS, Rethinking Schools, EdWeek, Learning for Justice Magazine, and more. She published The Anti Racist Teacher: Reading Instruction Workbook, and Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices about curriculum & lesson development focused on social justice. She’s a co-founder of #DisruptTexts through which she encourages teachers to work toward an inclusive ELA curriculum. As Co-Founder and Academic Director at Multicultural Classroom she leads professional development for teachers and creates teaching materials with and for leading literacy organizations. Lorena is also the former Chair of NCTE’s  Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English. She lives in Tampa, Florida.

* Registration and breakfast open at 8:30. The workshop includes a one-hour break for lunch. 5 CEUs available to participants. All participants will receive a copy of Lorena’s Textured Teaching.

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