URED 6071-18922 Multicultural Ed and Social Justice

2 credits

Cost $240

Course Expectations:

Participant are expected to attend each of the nine workshops:

Children’s Literature with a Multicultural and Social Justice Focus, September 22, 2009

Voices of Living Dakota, October 21, 2009

Women in Islam, November 18, 2009

The Politics of Objects, December 8, 2009

School to Prison Pipeline, January 20, 2010

Multiracial Student Panel, February 16, 2010

GLBTQ Communities of Color, March 16, 2010

Social Justice and the Early Childhood Classroom, April 20, 2010

Hmong Culture, Hip-hop, and Cultural Identity, May 19, 2010

Arrangements can be made to substitute one of the films for one of the classes in the event that one of the workshops is missed.

Each student will be required to submit a journal entry after each session reflecting on the workshop and how it impacts their teaching (how they might use it in their classroom or how it has given them new insight in to their students or the curriculum).  Journal entries should be e-mailed within one week of the session to jennifer.eisele@spps.org .

The criteria for evaluating the journal entry will be as follows:

A            Each of the nine journal entries submitted meets all of the following criteria:

Reflects on the workshop and how it impacts their teaching (how they might use it in their classroom or how it has given them new insight in to their students or the curriculum) and the writing is clear, well organized, and free of grammatical and spelling errors, submitted on time.

B            Eight journal entries submitted.

C            Seven journal entries submitted.

URED 6070-18921 Using Film to Address Equity

1 credit

Cost $120

Course Expectations:

Participants are expected to attend six of the nine film nights:

September 29, 2009-- Slumdog Millionaire

October 28, 2009-- Viva La Causa:  The Story of Cesar Chavez and the Great

Movement for Social Justice

November 24, 2009-- Turtles Can Fly

December 16, 2009-- Brother From Another Planet (R)

January 26, 2010-- Tim Wise on White Privilege

February 24, 2010-- Shades of Youth

March 23, 2010-- Milk

April 28, 2010-- Starting Small

May 25, 2010--   Visitor

Each student will be required to submit a journal entry after each session reflecting on the film and how it impacts their teaching (how they might use it in their classroom or how it has given them new insight in to their students or the curriculum). ).  Journal entries should be e-mailed within one week of the session to jennifer.eisele@spps.org .

The criteria for evaluating the journal entry will be as follows:

A            Each of the six journal entries submitted meets all of the following criteria:

Reflects on the film and how it impacts their teaching (how they might use it in their classroom or how it has given them new insight in to their students or the curriculum) and the writing is clear, well organized, and free of grammatical and spelling errors, submitted on time.

B            Five journal entries submitted.

C            Four journal entries submitted.

How to Register for Graduate Credit:

Registration at Hamline is a 2-part process: registering as a student, followed by signing up for your course.  Begin by going to www.hamline.edu/registration and scroll down to Graduate Level Continuing Education. Click on Professional Development for Educators and follow the directions for becoming a new or a continuing student.

Once you are registered as a Hamline student, enter the Piperline system (www.hamline.edu/piperline) to register for your class:

·      Choose Student Services, then Registration,  then Register/Add/Drop Classes;

·      Select a term (make sure to choose Summer 2009) and click Submit;

·      On the Add Classes Worksheet, enter the 5-digit crn listed above and click Submit Registration (only the 5-digit crn and no other part of the course number may be entered into this box—please type this number carefully!);

·      On the Registration Start Date Confirmation, you will need to enter a Start Date in the mm/dd/yyyy format.  If you register before the first day of the class (preferred), enter the actual start date for the class.  If you register after the first day of the class, you must enter the date on which you are registering.  You will not be able to register online after the end date of the class and will then need to use a paper registration form.  Leave the End Date blank and click Submit Registration.

From www.hamline.edu/piperline, with the ID and PIN generated during the registration process, you can now log in to Piperline's secure area at any time and see which courses you are registered for, access grades, and see your past course history.  You may call Chris Miller at 651-523-2028 or email him at cmiller24@hamline.edu if you have questions about the registration process.