The School of Education at American University (SOE) invites P-12 teachers to register for the Institute for Antiracist Teachers, a professional learning opportunity for teachers seeking to create more equitable, inclusive, and just classrooms. This virtual, four-day institute held on Saturday mornings brings together P-12 teachers to develop essential dispositions and sharpen pedagogical skills when teaching from an antiracist perspective and mindset. SOE has a proven commitment to antiracist education and invests significant resources in supporting teachers in the DC area and those throughout the US. Key features of this institute include: 

• Four strategically designed workshops led by Dr. Altheria Caldera, an experienced scholar, and teacher educator; 
• Structured individual reflection time; 
• Peer collaboration to explore solutions to complex problems;
• Learning materials that are carefully curated, and accessible; and 
• Upon completion, awarding of Continuing Education Unit (CEU) / 10 Professional Learning Hours (PLH).

When: Saturdays from 10am-Noon; Nov. 5, 12, 19, Dec. 3
Where: Virtual
Who Should Attend: Educators nationwide teaching P-12
CEUs Awarded: 1 CEU, 10 Professional Learning Hours
Cost: $125 (payment not due until the application is accepted; financial hardship waivers may be available)

Register Now

Timeline and Weekly Guiding Topics:
Applications are due October 21, and session topics are:

• Saturday, November 5, 10am-Noon: Orientation and Historical Approaches to Antiracist Teaching

• Saturday, November 12, 10am-Noon: Examining How Whiteness Shows Up in Schools

• Saturday, November 19, 10am-Noon: The Specificity of Antiblackness 

• Saturday, December 3, 10am-Noon: Employing Antiracist Teaching Practice

You Will Learn:
Teacher participants will learn about, and how to lead, this critical antiracist and racial literacy work in their respective schools. There is an urgency to this work as America is at a crossroads – in this moment, it is imperative to oppose power structures that are resisting racial justice and ethnic studies movements. Students in urban classrooms deserve a critical education. 

Expert Facilitator:
Dr. Altheria Caldera is a respected racial equity consultant, published scholar, experienced presenter, and professional workshop facilitator. She is a Senior Professorial Lecturer in the School of Education at American University where her work helps undergraduate pre-service teachers and graduate students develop the competencies necessary to teach diverse student populations successfully.

Why Now?
Teachers are facing strong opposition to being critically aware of how race impacts teaching and learning in favor of race-resistant pedagogy that ignores the impact of race.  

While many teachers are responding to the need to be antiracist teachers, they need help in doing so. This workshop series will help teachers develop racial literacy, defined as a skill practiced when probing the existence and effects of racism, which is the foundation of antiracist pedagogy. 

Who Should Attend:
Educators are encouraged to register if they are practicing P-12 classroom teachers with an expressed interest in racial equity. Register here.