17th Annual Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference: Full Schedule

Welcome!
Workshop sign ups open Thursday, October 24th, 2024 at 7:00pm Pacific. Check www.nwtsj.org for more information. Conference resources: 2024 Program, Sched Tutorial, Conference Ground Rules, Building Map.

10:30am PDT

Decolonizing the Oregon Trail: Anticolonial Teaching Strategies for Elementary Classrooms

Saturday October 26, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT

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This session introduces the Oregon Trail Curriculum Project website, featuring anticolonial lesson plans to address oversimplified narratives about the Oregon Trail. We will demonstrate the first elementary lesson, “Why do people move?,” exploring migration, invasion, and forced removal, and the experiences of Native peoples in Oregon. Participants will generate lesson ideas to help elementary students analyze Oregon Trail symbols and discuss ways to collaborate with communities to create more inclusive representations.

Speakers

Jack Carpenter

Jack Carpenter (he/him) is a high school social studies teacher at Kalapuya High School in Eugene. He is a social studies methods instructor with UOTeach, the teacher education program at the University of Oregon.

Rina Miyamoto-Sundahl

Rina Miyamoto-Sundahl (she/they) is a Dual Language teacher in Oregon. She is the co-author of The Time Is Now: Taking Initiative for Indigenous Studies in Elementary Curriculum, with Leilani Sabzalian and Robin Fong.

Alison Schmitke

Alison Schmitke is a Senior Lecturer II and Undergraduate Degree Program Director in the Department of Education Studies, College of Education at the University of Oregon in Eugene. She is the co-author of Teaching Critically About Lewis and Clark: Challenging Dominant Narratives... Read More →

Saturday October 26, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
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Workshop Session 1

1:00pm PDT

A Breath of Fresh Air: What Abbott Elementary Gets Right

Saturday October 26, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm PDT

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The television mockumentary Abbott Elementary has earned accolades for its representation of public schooling issues. In this workshop, after watching an episode of Abbott Elementary, participants will explore their educator identities, the joys and challenges of teaching, and the power of counternarratives by co-creating and sharing an original episode pitch.

Speakers

Puja Clifford

Puja Clifford is an instructor in the Department of Education Studies at the University of Oregon. She formerly taught high school ELA to multilingual students in San Francisco.

Alison Schmitke

Saturday October 26, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
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Workshop Session 2