5th Annual Teaching With Purpose Conference Schedule

• Overview
• Schedule
• Presenters
• Registration

Conference Agenda

Friday, October 10, 2014

8-9:00 a.m.       
Check in and Continental Breakfast 

9-9:45 a.m.      
Welcome  

9:45-10:00 a.m.    
Break  

10-11:30 a.m.    
Town Hall: Activating Senate Bill 103: Presented by Oregon‘s Deputy Superintendent Rob Saxton and Oregon Department of Education’s Equity Unit 

11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.      
Lunch and Keynote Address: Dr. Chris Emdin: Reality Pedagogy: Hip-Hop-Based Approaches to Effective Classroom Instruction”.

1:15-2:45 p.m.       
Breakout Sessions (see below for descriptions)

2:45-3:00 p.m.       
Break

3-3:30 p.m.       
Concert Performance with Mumu Fresh and Gabriel “Asheru’ Benn   

3:30–4:30 p.m.       
Leadership Institute Session: Dr. Geneva Gay

Saturday October 11, 2014

8:45-9:30 a.m.        
Check In and Continental Breakfast  

9:30-10:00 a.m.      
Keynote Address: Dr. Geneva Gay: Response to the Call of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

10-10:15 a.m.    
Break

10:15-11:45 a.m.    
Breakout Sessions (see below for descriptions)

11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.    
Lunch and Keynote Address: Dr. Monica Miller: Intersection Identities: New Directions in Culturally Relevant Teaching and Learning 

12:45-1:00 p.m.      
Break

1- 2:30 p.m.        
Breakout Sessions (see below for descriptions)

2:30-3:15 p.m.       
Closing Remarks: Karanja Crews

Breakout Sessions

Click on the links below to download (PDF) descriptions of conference breakout sessions. 

Friday breakout sessions 

Saturday morning breakout sessions

Saturday afternoon breakout sessions