On Friday, October 22nd UConn Early College Experience and the Faculty from English invite all certified UConn ECE English Instructors to participate in the fall professional development conference.
This workshop is being held online via WebEx. To access WebEx navigate to webex.uconn.edu with your UConn NetID and password. If you need to locate your NetID or password go to netid.uconn.edu or contact UConn's technology support services at techsupport.uconn.edu. You may also access the meeting via the link below in your web browser.
Teaching for Joy and Justice
The past eighteen months have brought substantial challenges to our profession. As teachers, we are just beginning to emerge from the heavy cloud of the pandemic to embrace the new normal. Concerns about access to technological tools for distance learning have given way to concerns about navigating a safe, socially-distanced classroom. In this new world, it’s easy to be overcome with frustration from the need to constantly pivot in our teaching while simultaneously implementing an antiracist pedagogy. Additionally, ECE instructors are keenly aware of the pressure to meet the criteria of the new English 1007 course next year.
Our fall conference seeks to recapture the joy of teaching, to reinvigorate our pedagogy and embrace the beginning of a new era. We will celebrate what we’ve learned from the pandemic and our antiracist work and ask how we can continue to grow as instructors.
In this conference we’ll explore the possibilities which the changeover to the ENGL1007 curriculum affords us by sharing exciting new multimodal assignments; learning how studio pedagogy can foster problem solving through composition; and finding inspiration in fresh takes on the readings we assign in first-year writing. We invite you to lean into the new curriculum with us to discover how it can promote student exploration and reinvigorate our teaching.
Agenda:
10:00am-10:15am: Welcome [plenary]
10:15am-11:15am: Session I
[title TBD; plenary session] (Scott Campbell, University of Connecticut; Amanda Mann,
Marine Science Magnet HS of Southeastern Connecticut) -- 30 min presentation followed by 30 min random breakout groups
11:15am-12:15pm: Session II
1. Conversation about Critical Race Theory in the ECE Classroom (Ramona Puchalski-Piretti, Conard HS, West Hartford; Caitlin Donahue, Stafford HS, Stafford Springs; Lalitha Kas, Eli Whitney Technical HS, Hamden; moderated by Jason Courtmanche, University of Connecticut) -- 30 min panel discussion followed by 30 min random breakout groups
2. Conversation about Multimodal Work and Studio Pedagogy (Alexa Kydd East Lyme HS, East
Lyme; Mary Rose Meade, RHAM HS; Arri Weeks, New Canaan HS, New Canaan; moderated by Kari Daly, University of Connecticut) -- 30 min panel discussion followed by 30 min random breakout groups
3. It’s All About Access (Amy McKenna, Fitch High School) -- 30 min presentation followed by 30 min random breakout groups
12:15am-12:45pm: Lunch
12:45pm-1:45 pm: Session III
"Completing the Canon”: Literature and Multimodality of the ECE Classroom [plenary session] (Jason Courtmanche, University of Connecticut; Danielle Pieratti, University of Connecticut and South Windsor HS) -- 30 min presentation, followed by 30 min random breakout groups
1:45pm-2:00pm: Closing remarks [plenary]
WebEx Information
There are three ways to join the meeting:
1. Join from the meeting link (most popular): https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=m23974b78c1200929b435e1817987f736
2. Join by Meeting Number via WebEx Desktop App with your NetID and password.
Meeting Number: 2622 530 3899
Password: Q8ydSiuxX34
3. Join by phone
+1-415-655-0002 US Toll
Access code: 2622 530 3899
Host PIN: 8806
