1:30 - 4:40 - Multicultural Literature Database Launch
4:30 - 5:30 - Buffet Reception
5:30 - 7:00 - Keynote Address - Dr. Linda Darling Hammond
RSVP your attendance for each event to reflections@uwb.edu by October 3, 2007
Dr. Linda Darling HammondLinda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University, where she has launched the Stanford Educational Leadership Institute and the School Redesign Network.Professor Darling-Hammond has also served as faculty sponsor for the Stanford Teacher Education Program.
Prior to Stanford, Darling-Hammond was William F. Russell Professor in the Foundations of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. There she was the founding Executive Director of the National Commission for Teaching and America's Future. The blue-ribbon panel's 1996 report, "What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future," catalyzed major policy changes across the United States to improve the quality of teacher education and teaching.
Dr. Darling-Hammond's research, teaching, and policy work focus on issues of teaching quality, school reform, and educational equity. Among her more than 200 publications are:
The Multicultural Literature Database is a resource for teachers looking for additional ways to introduce issues of cultural, diversity and equity in the classroom. Developed with help from a Worthington Foundation grant, the database will offer annotations of hundreds of K-12 books with multicultural themes and dozens of lesson plans based on the books.
The launch event will include a guest speaker and a variety of break-out workshops to offer a hands-on look at the database.
Multicultural Literature Database steering committee:
Buffet Reception music provided by the Bothell High School Instrumental Jazz Ensemble
Special Thanks to the Steering Committee Members:
