**Teacher Candidates can register for a special price using their school-based email. Click here for the link.
Join us for FOUR online sessions to explore how to navigate controversial topics and conversations in the classroom. This year’s theme is “Navigating controversial issues in the 21st century classroom.” Attend these ONLINE sessions to build your capacity for having authentic classroom conversations about controversial issues!
How will this benefit you as a classroom teacher? You will have an opportunity to …
- Build your network of like-minded colleagues to discuss scenarios and brainstorm strategies
- Add to your toolbox of strategies and assessment tools to help triangulate your assessment data
- Learn how to create effective learning norms and build safe and brave classroom communities
- Discuss different subject-specific topics with panelists and classroom teachers
- Hear from panelists from the following organizations: the Collaborative, CIVIX, The Samara Centre for Democracy, Elections Canada: Elections and Democracy, SSENC, the Foundation for Genocide Education and many more!
Online Session Dates and Topics
Each session will run from 7-8:30pm EST through ZOOM
February 20 – Introduction to Challenging Conversations
Meet our esteemed panelists for February 20th:
March 5 – Challenging Conversations in the History Classroom
Meet our distinguished panelists for March 5th:
March 19 – Challenging Conversations about Politics
The amazing panelists for our third session:
April 2 – Challenging Conversations about Current Events
Meet our panelists for the last session in our institute!
Sign up by February 5th to take advantage of the Early Bird Discount!
($80+HST before Feb 5th/$100+HST after Feb 5th)
**Teacher Candidates can register for a special price using their school-based email. Click here for the link.
