Journalism educators can make a real impact on the future diversity, inclusion and equity efforts of American newsrooms when they model those values in the classroom.
This intensive, one-day workshop at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida, will empower you to examine your current teaching materials and curriculum with an eye toward inclusion and representation, and give you the tools and skills to diversify your lessons, examples, speakers and more.
Let us know on your application if you want to attend both Diversity Across the Curriculum and Teachapalooza to save $100.
Diversity Across the Curriculum is a reincarnation of a beloved Poynter program from the early 2000s. The call to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in the classroom persists two decades later — and is perhaps more urgent than ever. Poynter is proud to bring it back to serve the needs of educators in a dynamic and shifting world.
Your lead faculty is Dr. Earnest Perry, associate dean of graduate studies at the University of Missouri, a researcher, educator and consultant who specializes in issues related to diversity and inclusion. Barbara Allen, Poynter’s director of college programming, will be your guest faculty and coach as you transform your classroom.
You will learn how to modify your current teaching to include more diverse classroom examples, readings, videos and speakers. You will understand where, how and why to examine materials for diverse voices. You will develop the instinct to audit the makeup of the topics, sources and authors you introduce into your teaching, and how to pivot to ensure diverse voices are represented.
Participation is limited to 20 people to ensure active participation and personalized feedback. If you allow it, this experience will be meaningful, personal and powerful. It might even change the way you work forever.
Questions?
If you need assistance, email us at info@poynter.org.
