Adult Education

List of 6 items.

• 2018-19

  • The Diversity Committee of the Board of Trustees engages Chris Mosier to talk to parents, faculty, and students in 4th grade and up about his experience as a trailblazing trans triathlete on Team USA.
  • A task force is established to study The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys and creates a year-long program of workshops for all faculty, as well as interested staff.
  • Lowell hosts the regional Diversity and Inclusion Conversation for Elementary School Educators.
  • All faculty attend the Capital Area Progressive Schools (CAPS) Conference on “Responsive Practices: Diversity, Equity, and Differentiation.” Lowell teachers lead five workshops and three roundtable discussions and also participate in two panel discussions.
  • The Faculty-Staff Diversity Committee promotes a school-wide door decorating initiative during the month of February to draw attention to the Black Lives Matter movement.
  • MS faculty establish weekly “tea times” for faculty to discuss Universal Design for Learning strategies.
  • Michelle Belton, Jason Novak, Stefania Rubino, and Kavan Yee present a workshop on “Building a Community of Inclusion” at the Carney Sandoe FORUM/Diversity and also attend the 2019 NAIS Diversity Leadership Institute.
  • Middle School Spanish teachers present “From Curriculum to Action: Social Justice in the Spanish Classroom” at the 2019 NAIS National Conference.
  • 10 faculty members attend the NAIS People of Color Conference (POCC)

• 2017-18

  • School hosts panel discussion for the community "Teaching and Reaching Black Boys in America" with Dr. Eddie Moore and authors of "The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys" 
  • Middle School faculty are trained in Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
  • School exhibits "Building Bridges: Portraits of Immigrants and Refugees" from the Family Diversity Projects and "Portraits of Life: Holocaust Survivors of Montgomery County"
    
  • Board Diversity Committee hosts workshop on "Conversation Skills When You Don't See Eye to Eye" with Rev. Canon Charles Gibbs and organizes a family outing to see Digging Up Dessa in the Women's Voices Theater Festival at the Kennedy Center
  • 9 faculty members attend the NAIS People of Color Conference (POCC)
  • 3 faculty members present a session on identity, social justice, and activisim at POCC to a standing-room-only crowd

• 2016-17

  • Board Diversity Committee hosts a series of conversations and workshops for parents, including "How to Talk to Your Children About Race," "Cultural Competency Standards and Curricular Applications," "Talking About Race at School"
  • Board Diversity Committee organizes a theater outing and discussion of the play Charm at the Mosaic Theater for parents, faculty, and staff
  • Lowell hosts the "Regional Diversity and Inclusion Dinner and Discussion for Lower School Educators" with special speaker Dr. Howard Stevenson 
  • Faculty and staff participate in a workshop with Dr. Derrick Gay
  • New affinity group is established for Parents of Students of Color
  • 8 faculty members attend the NAIS People of Color Conference (POCC)

  
  
  
  
  

• 2015-16

  • Anti-Defamation League trains faculty and staff on implicit bias 
  • Board Diversity Committee hosts series of conversations on diversity for parents: "How to Talk to Your Kids About Adoption," " How to Talk to Your Kids About Religion," "How to Talk to Your Kids About World Conflict"
  • Lowell hosts a screening of I'm Not Racist . . Am I? and workshop with director Catherine Wigginton Greene
  • Lowell hosts a panel discussion on "Learning Differences in the Classroom"
  • 8 faculty members attend the NAIS People of Color Conference (POCC)

• 2014-15

  • Board Diversity Committee hosts a series of conversations on diversity for parents: "Aspects of Identity," "Racial Identity," and "How to Talk to Children About the Events in Ferguson, Staten Island and St. Louis"
  • Parents, faculty, and staff participate in a discussion of the movie Selma
  • Librarians hold "A Celebration of Diverse Books"—highlighting current multicultural resources in the school's libraries
  • School exhibits "Portraits of Life: Holocaust Survivors of Montgomery County"
  • Faculty and staff attend "Third Annual Diversity Film Festival and Discussion" at Lowell 
  • Two teachers attend the NAIS People of Color Conference (POCC)

• 2013-14

  • Faculty and staff participate in a workshop on gender and sexuality diversity by Dr. Jennifer Bryan
  • Lowell hosts a screening of American Promise for parents, faculty and staff, and community members
  • The school community participates in a racial literacy workshop led by Dr. Howard Stevenson
  • Caroline Blackwell from NAIS conducts board training
  • Faculty and staff participate in the "Second Annual Annual Diversity Film Festival and Discussion" at Lowell 
  • 4 faculty and staff members attend the NAIS People of Color Conference (POCC)