Anti-Bias Education for Students & Educators Alike: Part 2

Presenter: Tiffany Jewell
For: All teachers and administrators
CPD Hours: 1.5
Available: On Demand  

"When we speak of peace, we do not mean a partial truce between separate nations, but a permanent way of life for all [mankind]." —Maria Montessori

Either education contributes to a movement of universal liberation by showing the way to defend and raise humanity or it becomes like one of those organs which have shriveled up by not being used during the evolution of the organism. —Maria Montessori, The Formation of Man.

In order to fully understand peace, we must first be willing to embrace social justice. In Part 2 of our Anti-Bias webinar, we will continue the exploration started in Part 1 about the process of understanding ourselves and our students through the lens of Anti-Bias, Anti-Racist education, an active approach to maintaining a culturally responsive and culturally sustaining environment for all learners.

This webinar is appropriate both for those who participated in Part 1 and those who did not.

Learner Outcomes

• Understand the goals of an Anti-Bias Education for children (students).
• Understand the goals of an Anti-Bias Education for adults (educators).
• Gain tools for self-reflection and learn how to begin to take action.
• Begin to create an action plan for implementing an Anti-Bias program within a Montessori program.
• A basic understanding of the Montessori Social Justice movement.

Tiffany Jewell is a Lower Elementary teacher at the Montessori School of North Hampton, MA. She is also cofounding board president of Montessori for Social Justice, co-chair of MSJ’s Governance and Strategy Group, and a member of their Anti-Bias, Anti-Racist Curriculum Committee. AMS-credentialed (Elementary I).