Confronting Gender-Based Inequity in Classrooms and Schools

PD: Gen Ed IP | This program is completed

Capitol Plaza ---- 100 State Street Montpelier, VT 05602 United States

Ballroom

Teams of Leaders, Educators & Community Members working with youth

3/19/2019 (one day)

8:30 AM-3:30 AM EDT on Tue

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$35.00

How can we expand our understanding of gender to create equitable environments for students, families and colleagues? In this interactive and fast-paced workshop, participants will examine how gender-based inequities interfere with creating authentic relationships between educators and students, and how that interference affects us, our students and our work. Using the equity literacy framework, participants will consider their role in counteracting gender-based inequities, and practice recognizing and responding in a classroom context.

  • In order to make this workshop series accessible to all, we are pleased to offer it at a significantly reduced cost through the VT-HEC Mission Investment Fund.
Tuzzolo, Ellen

For as long as she can remember, Ellen Tuzzolo has been fighting for racial and social justice. She holds a B.A. in Sociology with a concentration in Disability Studies from Wesleyan University and earned a certification to teach K-12 Special Education. After teaching in New Orleans, Ellen founded and directed the “Schools First” initiative of the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana where she partnered with the Recovery School District in New Orleans to reduce the number of suspensions, expulsions, and school arrests. As a Program Director for RE-Center: Race and Equity in Education, Ellen lead the “Equity-Informed School Climate Assessment,” partnering with a school district in Connecticut to institutionalize equity in its policies and practices. Ellen has developed and facilitated workshops for public school educators and staff, college faculty, youth correctional officers, youth development workers, and other youth service professionals. She is most passionate about supporting educators in creating and sustaining equitable environments in which youth can grow and thrive. Ellen is a proud member of the Rhode Island chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice, and serves on the board of directors for the Providence Student Union and the Albany Social Justice Center.

Mayeno, Laurin

Laurin Mayeno provides consulting services that result in greater diversity, more inclusive and equitable work environments, and improved effectiveness working with diverse populations. Her experiences as a mixed race woman and the mother of a gender-expansive, gay son, led her to work that fosters inclusion, equity and full appreciation for cultural and gender diversity. Prior to launching her consulting business in 1999, Laurin worked for 20 years with a variety of public and non-profit organizations. Laurin received her Masters in public health, with a focus on community health education and multicultural health, from UC Berkeley in 1999. She received her Bachelors of Science in ethnic studies from UC Berkeley in 1977. Her Proud Mom videos and her bilingual children’s book One of a Kind, Like Me/Único como yo are among the resources she has developed to spark dialogue and understanding.