Event Details
Brought to you by:
Irwin L. Slesnick Fund, Science Math and Technology Education, The Foundation for WWU & Alumni
Description
Please join us for the Annual Irwin L. Slesnick Interactive Symposium. This year, we are excited to welcome our guests to SMATE on Western's campus. All events are in-person, and the keynote presentation will also be available on Zoom for those unable to make it to campus. We hope you will join us!
Schedule of Events
- 8:30-9:00 a.m.
In-Person at Western: SL 220
Coffee
- 9:00-10:30 a.m.
In-Person at Western: SL 220
Inclusive Mathematical Education
Workshop with Julia Aguirre
- 10:30 a.m. Break
- 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
In-Person at Western: SL 220
Student Panel: Inclusive practices That Help Students Learn
In-Person at Western: SL 220
- 12:00-1:00 p.m.
In-Person at Western: SL 220
Lunch
- 1:00-3:30 p.m.
In-Person at Western: SL 220
Faculty Sessions
Faculty talk titles coming soon. Attend all or choose sessions on day of event.
- 4:00-5:00 p.m.
In-Person at Western: SL 220 or webinar on Zoom
What is Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy and Why Does it Matter In STEM Education
Keynote by Django Paris
- 5:00-6:00 p.m.
In-Person at Western: SL 220
Reception
Featuring:
Django Paris, Keynote Speaker
Django Paris is the inaugural James A. and Cherry A. Banks Professor of Multicultural Education and director of the Banks Center for Educational Justice in the College of Education at the University of Washington on Coast Salish homelands. His teaching and research focus on centering and sustaining Indigenous, Black, Latinx, Asian, and Pacific Islander youth and communities in the context of ongoing resurgence, decolonization, liberation, and justice movements in and beyond schools. His recent collaborative books include Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World and Education in Movement Spaces: Standing Rock to Chicago Freedom Square. Paris is also the editor of the Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies series with Teachers College Press. He has published in many academic journals, including the Harvard Educational Review and Educational Researcher.
The keynote address will be available on Zoom for those unable to attend in-person.
Dr. Julia Aguirre, Workshop Presenter
Dr. Aguirre's scholarship and professional development work focuses on mathematics teaching and learning, teacher education and culturally responsive mathematics instruction. Her work actively investigates how children's mathematical thinking, community/cultural funds of knowledge, language and power inform the development of teaching knowledge, beliefs and practice. She is committed to preparing a new generation of elementary and secondary teachers with knowledge and skills to teach rich and rigorous mathematics and engage families and communities to support mathematics teaching and learning. Her goals are to mathematically empower youth, families/communities and teachers to strengthen k-12 mathematics education access, performance and advancement, especially for those historically underrepresented in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). She has a bachelor's degree in Psychology from University of California Berkeley; Master's degree in Education from University of Chicago; and Ph.D. in Education from the University of California Berkeley. She joined the UWT faculty in 2007.
Accommodations and Other Details
Contact Lori Torres for this event. Feel free to call (360) 650-7605 or email at Lori.Torres@wwu.edu if you have any questions or comments.
Advance notice for disability accommodations and special needs is greatly appreciated. Please indicate your special needs on the registration form.
There will be auto-captions available on Zoom.
Limited paid parking is available in the C lots at the south end of campus and in lots 6V and 7G at the north end of campus. Western provides comprehensive parking details—including lot locations, fees, and campus map.
The views expressed by our speakers do not necessarily reflect those of Western Washington University.