Why Reimagining
7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast & Registration, Cowin Auditorium Entrance
8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Morning Plenary “Big Splash” Session, Cowin Auditorium
8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.
Welcome and Overview of the Institute
Michelle Knight-Manuel, Associate Dean and Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University,
and Felicia Moore Mensah, Associate Dean and Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University
8:40 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.
Why Reimagining? and Introduction of Keynote
Amy Stuart Wells, Professor and Director of Reimagining Education and The Public Good , Teachers College, Columbia University
8:55 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Keynote Address: Reclaiming an African American Pedagogical Model: Lessons for Real Integrated Schools Today
Vanessa Siddle Walker, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Educational Studies at Emory University
Respondents: Michelle Knight-Manuel, Associate Dean and Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University, and Julie Zuckerman, Principal, Castle Bridge School and Organizer, Progressive Education Network of New York (PENNY)
Transitions and Next Steps:
Ann LoBue, Coordinator, Reimagining Education Summer Institute, Teachers College, Columbia University, and Juontel White, Director of Pool Parties, Reimagining Education Summer Institute, Teachers College, Columbia University
10:20 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.
Break
10:35 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.
“Pool Parties”/Dialogue Sessions
12:05p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Lunch – Box lunches available outside Cowin Auditorium
12:45 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.
“Cabanas”/Workshops
2:10 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
Break
2:20 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Plenary “Big Splash” Session, Cowin Auditorium
2:20 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.
Metro Migration Patterns: De Facto School Diversity
Diana Cordova-Cobo, Doctoral Student, Teachers College, Columbia University, Lauren Fox, Doctoral Student, Teachers College, Columbia University, and Dominic Walker, Doctoral Student, Teachers College, Columbia University
2:35 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
EPIC Theatre Ensemble: “Laundry City” – A Student Written and Acted Play About Gentrification and Public Schools
Featuring: Olivia Dunbar, Vickandy “Randy” Figueroa, Jeremiah Green, Melysa Hierro, Davion Osbourne, Miguel Delacruz, Nakkia Smalls and Kyora Wallace. Directed by: James Wallert
END OF INSTITUTE DAY 1 – OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES BELOW
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Break
3:45 - on
Teachers College Graduate Classes Optional: See syllabus
Beyond Barriers: How to Build a Parent Coalition for Public Education, Horace Mann 140