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Nuts & Bolts Webinar: The Educational Ecosystem from All Directions: A Conversation with Dr. Eduardo Padrón
A conversation with Dr. Edwardo Padrón, President Emeritus of Miami Dade College and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He shares his journey as a teenage refugee, influential faculty member, and college president recognized for making college more accessible and affordable for all.
EduTerm Guide: A Comprehensive Resource for Educational Terminology and Acronyms
Whether you're a seasoned educator or a newcomer to the field, the EduTerm Guide caters to individuals of all levels of expertise, fostering a deeper understanding of educational terminology.
Introduction to Translanguaging in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms
Language acquisition allows for cultural understanding and cultural mindset. This asynchronous module walks you through translanguaging theory, using self-reflection, multicultural children's literature, and other resources to show how to apply your knowledge with equity at the forefront.
Nuts & Bolts Webinar: Family Engagement: Enhance, Unify, and Amplify
The National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement shared their highly anticipated Family Engagement Core Competencies. Based on over 3 years of research, these competencies bring together the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that family facing professionals can utilize.
Nuts & Bolts Webinar: Cultural Reciprocity: Leaning Forward, Not Bending Over Backwards
Cultural reciprocity is an approach that goes beyond the concept of cultural competence. By seeking to learn about the beliefs of family members and reciprocally explaining professional assumptions and beliefs, mutual respect can be established. This process results in genuine collaboration.
Nuts & Bolts Webinar: Community Learning Exchange: The Alchemy of Building the Nuts and Bolts of Engagement
This plática/conversation is grounded in assets-based development and will highlight the values, tools, and processes for transforming communities from within. This webinar uses a dynamic-critical pedagogy to disrupt the status quo and mobilize a sustainable, pedagogy, inquiry, and change process.
BranchED seeks to support individual educator preparation programs (EPPs) and the field at large in reimagining and redefining “quality” preparation programs such that attention to issues of diversity and equity are explicit, embedded, and inextricably linked to high-quality performance.
The Resource Portal was created to support our community by providing resources such as instructional materials, online modules, podcasts, practice-based learning opportunities, research briefs, teaching video library, tool/toolkit, and webinars.