Category Archives: Institute for Emancipatory Education

Join us for Episode 3 of Emancipatory Education Now

Emancipatory Education Now is a student-led initiative at the SJSU Lurie College of Education that examines what emancipatory education – the critical evaluation of the systems and structures of oppression that maintain the status quo in our educational institutions – looks like in today’s society and advocates for the expansion of emancipatory education research, policies, and practices.

Our co-hosts for the Spring 2021 semester are:

  • Abby Almerido – Graduate student, Educational Leadership
  • Aminah Sheikh – Undergraduate student, Communicative Disorders & Sciences
  • Ana Isabel Hahs – Graduate and credential student, Teacher Education
  • Vaishnavi Sunkari – Undergraduate student, Child & Adolescent Development, Public Health
  • Victor Calvillo Chavez – Graduate student, Counselor Education

In this episode, Victor leads a dialogue around decolonization in education. The co-hosts shared their insights framed by questions such as:

  • What is your initial reaction towards the reading? Do you have an example or question that came to mind after reading the article?
  • How would you describe the topic of decolonization to a student?
  • What would efforts to decolonize education look like?

after reading the article “Decolonization and Education: Locating Pedagogy and Self at the Interstices in Global Times” by Nina Asher prior to the episode.

This episode’s call to action: The effects of colonization can be experienced by the narrow thinking developed in the human mind. As we return to society, we must be more mindful in how we interact with each other. Decolonization begins with decolonizing one’s own mind.

Join us live for our episode 3 on Friday, March 12, at 5:30pm on the Lurie College YouTube channel.  All of the recordings for this series are available at sjsu.edu/education/emancipatory-education-now

Watch and Attend Our Emancipatory Education Speaker Series

What should education look like post-COVID? How do we get there?

Many are looking forward to a time when we can go back to “normal” in education; however, that “normal” wasn’t working for too many of our children, youth, families and communities. The SJSU Lurie College of Education Emancipatory Education Speaker Series features nationally recognized speakers and emerging voices who have share their visions for post-COVID education system.

Watch the recording from our speaker series event on Friday, February 26:

  • Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings – Distinguished Professor of Urban Education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison – “But All Lives DO Matter: Being Intentional & Deliberate About an Antiracist Stance”
    • 7:21​ – Introduction of Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings by Dr. Saili Kulkarni
    • 12:27​ – Remarks from Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings
    • 39:05​ – Q&A with Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings
  • Dr. Jonathan Rosa – Associate Professor Graduate School of Education at Stanford University – “Schools Were Never Normal / Learning Happens Everywhere: From Return & Recuperation to Reckoning & Reimagination in Education”
    • 55:11​ – Introduction of Dr. Jonathan Rosa by Jorge Pacheco Jr.
    • 57:00​ – Remarks from Dr. Jonathan Rosa
    • 1:26:00​ – Q&A with Dr. Jonathan Rosa

Visit sjsu.edu/education/community/iee/speaker-series to register for our upcoming speaker series events:

  • Friday, March 5, 3:30-5pm PST | Secretary John King & Dr. Leslie Gonzales
  • Friday, March 12, 3:30-5pm PST | Dr. Fabiola Bagula, Dr. Rebeca Burcaiga, Dr. Melissa Martinez, Dr. Sylvia Mendez-Morse, Ana Tavares, and Dr. Tara Yosso
  • Friday, March 19, 3:30-5pm PST | Dr. E.J.R. David, Dr. Saili Kulkarni, Lisa “Tiny” Gray-Garcia, and Leroy Moore

Watch Episode 1 of Emancipatory Education Now

Emancipatory Education Now is a student-led initiative at the SJSU Lurie College of Education that examines what emancipatory education – the critical evaluation of the systems and structures of oppression that maintain the status quo in our educational institutions – looks like in today’s society and advocates for the expansion of emancipatory education research, policies, and practices.

In this episode, you can learn more about our student co-hosts – Abby, Aminah, Ana, Vaishnavi, and Victor – through their name stories. They also share a preview of some of the topics they plan to discuss in more detail later this semester.

The call to action for this episode: Exchange your name story with a family member, friend, colleague, or classmate!

Additional resources shared in this episode include:

Join us live for our next live dialogue on Friday, February 26, at 5:30pm on the Lurie College YouTube channel.  All of the recordings for this series are available at sjsu.edu/education/emancipatory-education-now

Attend Our Lurie College Emancipatory Education Speaker Series

SJSU Lurie College of Education Spring 2021 Emancipatory Education Speaker Series

Many are looking forward to a time when we can go back to “normal” in education; however, that “normal” wasn’t working for too many of our children, youth, families and communities. Join us for a series of live, online conversations with nationally recognized speakers and emerging voices who will share their visions for post-COVID education through an emancipatory lens and identify steps to enact their visions. Confirmed speakers include:

  • Friday, February 26, 3:30-5pm PST | Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings & Dr. Jonathan Rosa
  • Friday, March 5, 3:30-5pm PST | Secretary John King & Dr. Leslie Gonzales
  • Friday, March 12, 3:30-5pm PST | Dr. Fabiola Bagula, Dr. Rebeca Burcaiga, Dr. Melissa Martinez, Dr. Sylvia Mendez-Morse, Ana Tavares, Dr. Tara Yosso
  • Friday, March 19, 3:30-5pm PST | Dr. E.J.R. David, Dr. Saili Kulkarni, Lisa “Tiny” Gray-Garcia, Leroy Moore

Visit sjsu.edu/education/community/iee/speaker-series to register for our upcoming speaker events and revisit the webpage in February for updates about additional speaker events!

K-12 Online Teaching Academy: “Teaching From the Inside Out”

George Barcenas (Twitter: @mvsgbarcenas), technology coordinator at Bellevue Union School District, led this conversation.

When we design a lesson we take on the responsibility of telling the story. Writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie TedTalk about the “Danger of a single story” opened my eyes to the responsibility we have as educators. Developing lessons that allow our students to experience the moment isn’t the driving force behind book companies. In this session we will look at creating those experiences by using Google Forms, Slides and Video.

The slides for this webinar are available at bit.ly/design4inout.  Join our K-12 Academy Facebook group at bit.ly/lurie-k12facebook or our LinkedIn group at bit.ly/lurie-k12linkedin

The SJSU Lurie College of Education has established this free K-12 Online Teaching Academy to create resources for teacher candidates and current teachers that discuss how to build equity and employ emancipatory pedagogies in an online environment. Learn more about the academy at sjsu.edu/education/community/k12-academy

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life!

Lurie College Faculty Co-Publish Broadband Access Report

Shoutout to Lurie College faculty Luis Poza, Eduardo Muñoz-Muñoz, and Tammie Visintainer, who collaborated with SJSU faculty Ahoura Zandiatashbar, California Assemblymember Robert Rivas, and the Watsonville High School ECHO Leadership Academy to better understand the impact of known gaps in broadband internet access across California’s 30th Congressional District. Read the report below or via Google Drive.

K-12 Online Teaching Academy: Writing Instruction and Feedback for Digital Equity

Jen Roberts (Twitter: JenRoberts1), National Board Certified English teacher and adjunct faculty at the University of San Diego, led this conversation.

What we know about teaching writing well has not changed, but the tools we have available for teaching writing have expanded. We will work through the writing process learning about new methods and tools to keep our students moving forward in their writing development. You will gain practical and accessible strategies you can apply to your writing instruction immediately, no matter where your students are in their writing. Classroom tested, teacher approved, I promise these are the tools and strategies worth learning. They will save you dozens of hours over the rest of this school year, and your students will like them too.

The slides for this webinar are available at http://bit.ly/WriDigEq.  Join our K-12 Academy Facebook group at bit.ly/lurie-k12facebook or our LinkedIn group at bit.ly/lurie-k12linkedin

The SJSU Lurie College of Education has established this free K-12 Online Teaching Academy to create resources for teacher candidates and current teachers that discuss how to build equity and employ emancipatory pedagogies in an online environment. Learn more about the academy at sjsu.edu/education/community/k12-academy

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life!

K-12 Online Teaching Academy: Providing Students Choice – Engagement & Equity

Emma Pass (Twitter: @emmabpass, English language arts teacher at Poudre School District Global Academy) led this conversation.

This session discusses how to create and leverage choice based activities and choice boards, as well as their importance in giving students a sense of agency in their work, as well and providing equitable opportunities for learning. This session will be hands-on, so be prepared to start creating!

The slides for this webinar are available at http://bit.ly/2LVzGso.  Join our K-12 Academy Facebook group at bit.ly/lurie-k12facebook or our LinkedIn group at bit.ly/lurie-k12linkedin

The SJSU Lurie College of Education has established this free K-12 Online Teaching Academy to create resources for teacher candidates and current teachers that discuss how to build equity and employ emancipatory pedagogies in an online environment. Learn more about the academy at sjsu.edu/education/community/k12-academy

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life!

K-12 Online Teaching Academy: Decolonizing STEM with ABAR (Anti-Bias and Anti-Racist) Themes

Desiré Whitmore, PhD (Twitter: @DarthScience, Sr. Science Educator and Staff Physicist at the Exploratorium) and Eric Cross (Twitter: @sdteaching, 7th grade science teacher at Albert Einstein Academy Middle School and an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego) led this conversation.

This session will equip teachers with strategies and curriculum that can be used in classrooms to engage students in STEM content through the lens of equity and community change making. After watching the recording, please complete the presenters’ feedback form.

The slides for this webinar are available via bit.ly/decolonizestem.  Join our K-12 Academy Facebook group at bit.ly/lurie-k12facebook or our LinkedIn group at bit.ly/lurie-k12linkedin

The SJSU Lurie College of Education has established this free K-12 Online Teaching Academy to create resources for teacher candidates and current teachers that discuss how to build equity and employ emancipatory pedagogies in an online environment. Learn more about the academy at sjsu.edu/education/community/k12-academy

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life!

Lurie College K-12 Online Teaching Academy Highlighted on COVID-19 CA Website

Our K-12 Online Teaching Academy was recently highlighted on the COVID-19 CA website as one of the most helpful distance learning resources for educators as we are navigating this pandemic!  Check out all of the highlighted resources at covid19.ca.gov/distance-learning/

SJSU Lurie College of Education Winter 2021 K-12 Online Teaching Academy

We established this free K-12 Online Teaching Academy in Summer 2020 in response to the inequities in learning exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis.  The 23 Summer 2020 webinar recordings discussed how to build equity and employ emancipatory pedagogies in an online environment, how to utilize various online platforms, and more.

We’re planning more free webinars for Friday, January 8, 15, 22, 29, and February 5 from 3-4:30pm to continue to support current and future educators.  Learn more about each of the sessions and RSVP at sjsu.edu/education/community/k12-academy.

Register for our Lurie College K-12 Online Teaching Academy

SJSU Lurie College of Education Winter 2021 K-12 Online Teaching Academy

We established this free K-12 Online Teaching Academy in Summer 2020 in response to the inequities in learning exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis.  The 23 Summer 2020 webinar recordings discussed how to build equity and employ emancipatory pedagogies in an online environment, how to utilize various online platforms, and more.

We’re planning more free webinars for Friday, January 8, 15, 22, 29, and February 5 from 3-4:30pm to continue to support current and future educators.  Learn more about each of the sessions and RSVP at sjsu.edu/education/community/k12-academy.

Deadline Extended: Student Social Justice Short Film Festival

In recent months, we’ve witnessed a significant amount of advocacy around social justice issues such as addressing racial injustice and systemic racism, greater access to healthcare, home and food insecurity, wealth inequality and unemployment, climate change, and more.  With that in mind, Lurie College is organizing a Student Social Justice Short Film Festival to amplify the voices of middle school, high school, community college, and university students around what social justice issues are significant to them.  Learn more and submit your 1-3 minute film by Monday, October 26, at sjsu.edu/education/film-festival

Lurie College Student Featured in EdSource

Congratulations to SJSU Alumni and Department of Teacher Education student Erin Enguero, who was interviewed by EdSource to discuss her experiences with our K-12 Online Teaching Academy! Read the EdSource article and learn more about our K-12 Online Teaching Academy.

SJSU Lurie College of Education Teacher Education Department Student Erin Enguero

SJSU Lurie College of Education K-12 Online Teaching Academy Square

Read the 2019-20 Lurie College of Education Annual Report

At the SJSU Lurie College of Education, we prepare transformative educators, counselors, therapists, school and community leaders.  We do this through an emancipatory approach across our teaching, scholarship, and service.  While this has been a challenging and tumultuous year, our annual report shines a light on the numerous ways that we’ve embodied these principles and the many reasons for gratitude, pride, and hope in the work of our Lurie College students, faculty, staff, and alumni.  Read the 2019-2020 annual report.

K-12 Online Teaching Academy: Basic Literacy in Distance Learning

David Trautman – Twitter: @datraut – Principal at Oneonta Elementary School, and Pa Yang, 1st Grade Teacher at Oneonta Elementary School, led this conversation:

The transition to distance learning was abrupt and we had to adjust quickly. In this session, we’ll share some best practices and lessons learned to support primary literacy using tools such as Seesaw and Google Hangouts.

Intended audience: Those who teach grades K-2.  The slides for this webinar are available via Google Drive.  Additional resources are available via Google Drive

The SJSU Lurie College of Education has established this free K-12 Online Teaching Academy to support pre-service teacher candidates and current teachers to strengthen their online teaching skills and adapt to our current circumstances. Learn more about the academy at sjsu.edu/education/k12-academy

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life!

K-12 Online Teaching Academy: “Positive Behavioral Supports: Adaptations for Creating Community for the Current Context”

Stephanie Tague, Coordinator of Safe and Healthy Schools at the Santa Clara County Office of Education, led this conversation:

In this session, we will 1) Identify how adaptations of evidence-based strategies for classroom practices can be incorporated into virtual learning and 2) Explore examples of how California educators incorporated these practice into their distance learning during Shelter in Place.

Intended audience: Those who teach grades K-12. The slides for this webinar are available via Google Drive.  Additional resources available at pbis.org, casel.org, pbis. sccoe.org, and pbisca.org/ departments/ educationalservices/ prevention/cpc/pbis/Pages/ archivedevents

The SJSU Lurie College of Education has established this free K-12 Online Teaching Academy to support pre-service teacher candidates and current teachers to strengthen their online teaching skills and adapt to our current circumstances. Learn more about the academy at sjsu.edu/education/k12-academy

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life!

K-12 Online Teaching Academy: “Techquity – Culturally Responsive Teaching in the 21st Century”

Eric Cross – Twitter: @sdteaching – 7th Grade Science Teacher at Albert Einstein Academy Middle School, led this conversation:

This session addresses how technology can be used effectively to increase engagement, build community during distance learning, and provides practical tools for upgrading your digital cultural competency.

Intended audience: Those who teach grades 6-8.  The slides for this webinar are available via Google Drive.  Additional resources are available via Google Drive

The SJSU Lurie College of Education has established this free K-12 Online Teaching Academy to support pre-service teacher candidates and current teachers to strengthen their online teaching skills and adapt to our current circumstances. Learn more about the academy at sjsu.edu/education/k12-academy

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life!

K-12 Online Teaching Academy: “Changing the way we Lecture”

George Barcenas – Twitter: @mvsgbarcenas – Technology Coordinator at Bellevue Union School District, led this conversation:

Death by PowerPoint is an example of technology being used in the wrong way. We stand in front of the classroom and talk about what is already on the slide. Students have to read, hear and understand all in one slide. What if our slides became our message and we the conductors. We can change the presentation from the lecture up front to group discussions, interactions and most importantly, an experience.

Intended audience: Those who teach grades 6-12.  The resources for this webinar are available on this Google Site

The SJSU Lurie College of Education has established this free K-12 Online Teaching Academy to support pre-service teacher candidates and current teachers to strengthen their online teaching skills and adapt to our current circumstances. Learn more about the academy at sjsu.edu/education/k12-academy

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life!

K-12 Online Teaching Academy: “Assessment for Learning To Support Student Achievement”

Brent Duckor – Twitter: @BrentDuckor – associate professor in the Department of Teacher Education at San Jose State University, and Carrie Holmberg – Twitter: @CarrieHolmberg – lecturer and preservice teacher educator at San Jose State University, led this conversation:

We blend research-based, high-leverage instructional and assessment strategies (the “7 Moves framework”) to energize, re-engage and foreground student voices in synchronous learning environments. Using Zoom, Google Docs, and other distance learning tools we demonstrate how to make it happen with you and your students. Join us to open up real conversations and explore new directions in online assessment for learning.

Intended audience: Those who teach grades 6-12.

The SJSU Lurie College of Education has established this free K-12 Online Teaching Academy to support pre-service teacher candidates and current teachers to strengthen their online teaching skills and adapt to our current circumstances. Learn more about the academy at sjsu.edu/education/k12-academy

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life!

K-12 Online Teaching Academy: “A Play Then Teach Approach to Computer Science in the Classroom”

Abigail Joseph – Twitter: @drabigailjoseph – MS Director of Learning, Innovation, and Design at the Harker School, led this conversation:

Distance learning requires a flip in the way we engage students with Computer Science material. An alternate approach is to have students explore and question so that they are motivated to learn concepts when it is emergent for them. This webinar will discuss approaches to a play-first methodology for teaching computer science.

Intended audience: Those who teach grades 6-8.  The slides for this webinar are available via Google Drive

The SJSU Lurie College of Education has established this free K-12 Online Teaching Academy to support pre-service teacher candidates and current teachers to strengthen their online teaching skills and adapt to our current circumstances. Learn more about the academy at sjsu.edu/education/k12-academy

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life!

K-12 Online Teaching Academy: “Fun and Fantastic Ways to Engage Students During Remote Learning”

Emma B. Pass – Twitter: @emmabpass – English and Language Arts Teacher at PSD Global Academy, led this conversation:

One of the biggest hurdles in remote learning is simply getting your students online. The more fun and engaging your online lessons are, the more likely your students will do them! Whether meeting live over video conferencing, or asking students to complete work independently/asynchronously, this session will detail tools, tips, and best practices for creating engaging lessons and building your classroom community online.

Intended audience: Those who teach grades K-12.  The slides for this webinar are available via Google Drive

The SJSU Lurie College of Education has established this free K-12 Online Teaching Academy to support pre-service teacher candidates and current teachers to strengthen their online teaching skills and adapt to our current circumstances. Learn more about the academy at sjsu.edu/education/k12-academy

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life!

K-12 Online Teaching Academy: “Collaborating to Create an Engaging Classroom Community through Distance Learning.. With your Student Teacher!”

Laura Polden and Veronica Minor, Fourth-grade self-contained classroom teachers (Mentor Teacher and Teaching Candidate) in the Milpitas Unified School District, led this conversation:

We will be discussing how to pivot to an online classroom and work together as Mentor/Student teacher to provide an engaging platform for student learning. We will talk about how to best use each teacher’s strengths to create personal connections with students.

Intended audience: Those who teach grades 3-5.  The slides from this webinar are available via Canva

The SJSU Lurie College of Education has established this free K-12 Online Teaching Academy to support pre-service teacher candidates and current teachers to strengthen their online teaching skills and adapt to our current circumstances. Learn more about the academy at sjsu.edu/education/k12-academy

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life!

Lurie College K-12 Online Teaching Academy Featured on ABC7 News

The SJSU Lurie College of Education established our free K-12 Online Teaching Academy during the 2020 summer to support pre-service teacher candidates and current teachers to strengthen their online teaching skills and adapt to our current circumstances.  Each of the 23 webinars in the academy features a 1-1.5 hour presentation and conversation on a different topic with a current educator along with links to their slides and additional resources, and ABC7 News recently featured the academy for its impact and value.  Read the ABC7 News story at abc7ne.ws/33B9g6f and watch any of our webinars at sjsu.edu/education/k12-academy

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Lurie College Learning Showcase | Briettny Curtner

During the Spring 2020 transition to remote teaching and learning, we asked a handful of our Lurie College students to share their insights on learning as they relate to our priority areas – community-engaged, culturally sustaining, interdisciplinary, and holistic. Learn more about Briettny Curtner, an SJSU alumni, current graduate student, and the Project Coordinator for the Faces of Learning project. In this video, Briettny highlights some culturally sustaining initiatives and support services in the Lurie College of Education.

Watch all of the student features and view some additional course features from our Lurie College Learning Showcase at sjsu.edu/education/showcase

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life!  Video edited by Sydney Ahmadian.

K-12 Online Teaching Academy: “Creating with Chrome”

Martin Cisneros – Twitter: @TheTechProfe – Director of Technology Services in the Berryessa Union School District, led this conversation:

Need to enhance your distance learning game? Are your students tired of digital sit and get, consumption programs, and bored with just text activities? Then this learning experience if for you! This session involves teachers everywhere to use technology to engage learners and amplify the learning experience in classrooms. Learn to focus on pedagogy first, and then CREATE LEARNING EXPERIENCES on the purposeful and engaging use of technology!

Intended audience: Those who teach grades K-12.  The slides from this webinar are available via Google Drive

The SJSU Lurie College of Education has established this free K-12 Online Teaching Academy to support pre-service teacher candidates and current teachers to strengthen their online teaching skills and adapt to our current circumstances. Learn more about the academy at sjsu.edu/education/k12-academy

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life!