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The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh 2024 Summer Teacher’s Workshop is free of charge, and Act 48 credit hours will be available. It will be held in-person on Chatham University’s Shadyside campus, with courses led by Echoes & Reflections facilitators.
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Teacher Training Day 1 – Tuesday, August 6 from 9:00am-4:00pm, Check-in at 8:30am
Topics:
Antisemitism: Understanding and Countering this Hatred Today
It is critical for young people to understand the dangers of antisemitism today and the threat that it poses to both Jewish and non-Jewish populations. This program helps teachers to educate about antisemitism, examining its complexities from historic and contemporary perspectives. Educators gain strategies to help students respond to and counter antisemitism and forms of hate.
Dismantling Antisemitism Training with the Holocaust Center’s Noah Schoen
Who are Jewish people? What is antisemitism, and where does it come from? Why did the Holocaust happen? At the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, we teach about the Holocaust with the goal of helping people comprehend its root causes. Understanding antisemitism is a critical part of this work. Our training builds capacity for participants to understand what antisemitism is, how it affects Jewish and non-Jewish people, and what we can do about it.
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Teacher Training Day 2 – Wednesday, August 7 from 9:00am-4:00pm, Check-in at 8:30am
Topics:
Foundations of Holocaust Education: Focus on the Weimar Republic
This program is designed to enhance teachers’ knowledge, capacity, and confidence to teach about the Holocaust with a specific focus on the Weimar Republic and the conditions that led to the Nazis being elected in 1932. Educators are introduced to pedagogical principles and explore classroom lessons, visual history testimonies and other resources that examine aspects of the history and its continued relevance today.
How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today
How did the world respond when the reality of the Holocaust came to light? How can we learn from the international response to crimes against humanity in interpreting memory and history? During this program, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on how we understand the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in the aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
Families from Bloomsburg Children’s Museum, Lewisburg Children’s Museum, and Milton Community Center compete to earn prizes in this fun competition of creativity and ingenuity. Families work with supplied materials to create a one-of-a-kind contraption to do a task…. Will the task be to launch a ball, squirt water, or something else? Families will learn on the day of the competition what their challenge is- really putting their creative thinking caps to the test! Each family will have 45 min to engineer and build their creation before testing it.
Are you thrilled, excited and amazed at the potential of AI for higher education? Come and join other educators for a presentation on using AI in higher education with hands on tips and hints to engage students and enhance learning and teaching. Join us at Fluxspace for a brief intro to AI tools for higher education, some ways to use AI to engage students and address specific learning objectives and an overview of the highly affordable work of EnlightenED AI, a service of the AI Education Consultant Collective. You’ll also get to experience Fluxspace and their amazing collection of ed tech tools and STEM resources. The event is free and there’s ample on street parking. Light refreshments will be served.
On Saturday, April 13th, NOMA PGH will be hosting our first Spring Workshop with a curriculum designed to celebrate the warmer weather ahead! Project Pipeline will be hosting a community walking and sketching tour, where we will draw, talk, sketch, and observe the buildings and neighborhood around Pittsburgh’s North Shore community. During the workshop, youth will be paired with an architectural professional from the Pittsburgh community and we will practice sketching, diagramming, etching, and many other ways that we can capture the world around us to create a unique narrative about how it makes us feel. The event is FREE and snacks and supplies will be provided, so all you have to do is come! If you are interested in joining the event, please sign-up via the link in our bio!
We are pleased to invite you to participate in the inaugural State and Local Educational Equity Network (SLEEN) Summit, hosted by the Center for Education Equity at MAEC. SLEEN aims to bring together states and districts to address gaps and challenges in achieving educational equity.
About SLEEN: During this summit, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with fellow state and district leaders, engage in discussions about common challenges, and explore potential solutions for systemic inequities. You will also receive valuable tools and resources to develop a plan for addressing state and local drivers of inequity.
Goals
By attending this summit and actively participating in the follow-up activities, your state or district team will: 1. Collaborate with fellow state and district leaders to discuss common challenges and potential solutions for systemic inequities. 2. Acquire tools and resources to develop a plan for addressing state and local drivers of inequity. 3. Develop proficiency in understanding the common drivers of inequity in school systems. 4. Use a template provided during the summit to establish a foundation for long-term and sustainable action in addressing inequities within your school systems. Invitation to the State and Local Educational Equity Network Summit We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Inaugural State and Local Educational Equity Network (SLEEN) Summit, hosted by the Center for Education Equity at MAEC. SLEEN aims to bring together states and districts to address gaps and challenges in achieving educational equity.
Agenda Highlights: • Presentation and Discussion on Drivers of Educational Inequity • Why Systemic Exploration of Achievement Gaps Matter: Practitioners leading equity work will discuss their unique contexts and the importance of exploring achievement gaps. • Diversity Data Tool Workshop: Introduce the Diversity Data Tool and allow participants to engage in interactive data input. • Equitable and Inclusive Stakeholder Engagement Practices: Experts experienced in soliciting consultation and advice from the community, with an emphasis on marginalized voices, will discuss equitable and inclusive stakeholder engagement practices. • READI Framework and Data Tool Workshop: An interactive workshop will introduce the READI Framework for equity in implementation and its associated data tool. • Guided Team Time: Teams will have dedicated time to complete the template and plan next steps.
How can we put racial justice and equity into practice? How can we elevate genius in ourselves and our communities? How do we center love and wellness in education? Genius, Joy, and Love is a five-day intensive summer institute that will bring together Black youth (age 14-22) and adult educators to explore these questions. Sessions will be 9am-4pm on July 29-August 2 at MuseumLab. Each day of the institute will involve a workshop with a leading social justice researcher and/or advocate; arts and making activities that explore the workshop’s topic through poetry, art, and song; healing and wellness activities; and guided action planning sessions that support Fellows to put their learning into practice and make lasting change in their communities. Selected Fellows will receive a $500 stipend.
On April 5th from 9am-11am, the Remake Learning Regional STE(A)M Ecosystem will host its first quarterly convening on 2024 at the UPMC Health Plan Community Center in partnership with Partner 4 Work. This meeting will provide glimpses into career ready initiatives taking place across Allegheny County, offer updates for initiatives taking place in the regional STE(A)M ecosystem, and will lay the groundwork for our collective work in the upcoming year and future grantmaking opportunities within the STE(A)M Ecosystem. This meeting will build on the momentum of last year and begin helping our ecosystem think about ways we can work together to provide career readiness opportunities and connections to industry with partners across the K-12, out of school time, and higher education sectors.
Step inside the most innovative companies in Pittsburgh! The 2024 STEM Summit is designed to showcase the diverse array of evolving STEM related careers that are available for our future workforce.
WHEN: Thursday, April 11, 2024 From 8:30 AM – 2:00 PM
WHERE: Kick off – The Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin Science Center, formerly the Carnegie Science Center | 1 Allegheny Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 and then Multiple Tour Stops
We invite students, in grades 8-12 to engage with leaders across our innovation sector. Students will participate in tours and experiential learning opportunities to further explore and investigate the STEM industry. The STEM Summit will also feature a keynote speaker and exhibit tables hosted by several organizations.
What’s Your RIASEC? Conversations will be sparked by comparing the students and professionals RIASEC codes. The interactive experience of the STEM Summit will highlight how an individual’s strengths, interests, and passions can lead to multiple pathways to jobs in the tech industry! More information provided upon registration.
Chaperone Policy: we require one teacher or adult for every 10 students.
Cost:
Students Grades 8-12 $30
Adult chaperones (must register with student group): Free
Adult Attendees $40
If you are a company looking to sponsor and participate, please contact Ashley Steckel, VP of Business Development, asteckel@pghtech.org.
Agenda:
8:30 – 9:15 AM | Registration
9:15 – 9:45 AM | Welcome & Keynote Speaker
9:45 – 9:55 AM | Board busses for tours
10:15 – 12:45 PM | Tour stop one, lunch, Tour stop two
12:45 – 1:30 PM | Board busses and return to The Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin Science Center
Keynote Speaker:
John Dick | Founder & CEO, CivicScience
John Dick is the Founder and CEO of CivicScience, a consumer analytics and advertising platform serving the largest brands and media companies in the world. He’s the host of the podcast, The Dumbest Guy in the Room and author of What We’re Seeing, the weekly newsletter read by a who’s-who of business and tech leaders. John is a contributor to AdAge and Forbes and has appeared on Good Morning America, Yahoo! Finance, and NewsNation, and as a speaker at numerous business and media conferences.
The Western Pennsylvania Writing Project is pleased to offer a restorative and explorative four-week seminar for educators. If you are a classroom teacher, community educator, or education leader looking to have dedicated time for writing, improve your practice, and/or influence the writing culture in your school or organization, the WPWP Summer Institute is for you!
During the four weeks, educators (grade levels K to college, across all disciplines and communities) develop their personal and professional writing, explore new writing strategies, consider curriculum, and deepen inquiry connected to writing as a tool for education equity, access, and social justice. Together, we investigate best practices in writing and literacy instruction through shared demonstrations of practice, readings, and intentional focus on our writing and reading processes.
We will accept applications through April 1, 2024. If you have any questions, please email wpwp@pitt.edu.