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ISBE Approved Provider Presents: September 20, 2018 Roosevelt University Goodman Center 501 S. Wabash, Chicago 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Registration includes: 5 Professional Development Hours, Continental Breakfast, Lunch on your own Erin Gruwell is a teacher, an education activist, and the founder of the Freedom Writers Foundation. She created the Freedom Writer Methods, a progressive teaching philosophy and curricula designed to achieve excellence from all students. By fostering an educational philosophy that values and promotes diversity, Gruwell transformed her students’ lives. She encouraged them to re-think rigid beliefs about themselves and others, reconsider daily decisions, and ultimately re-chart their futures. With Gruwell’s support, they chose to forego teenage pregnancy, drugs, and violence to become aspiring college students, published writers, and catalysts for change. They dubbed themselves the “Freedom Writers” – in homage to civil rights activists The Freedom Riders — and published a book. Rick Miller is the founder, and CEO of Kids at Hope, an international child and youth development organization that studies family, school, and community cultures to understand better the dynamics of student success and failure. Rick has spent 48 years in the field of child and youth development as a practitioner, researcher, teacher, public policy expert, and author. His research is revolutionizing the understanding of child and youth development and cultures. Freedom Writers: Creating Kids at Hope By fostering an educational philosophy that values and promotes diversity, Erin transformed her students’ lives. She encouraged them to re-think rigid beliefs about themselves and others, reconsider daily decisions, and ultimately re-chart their futures. Erin and her students captured their collective journey in their best selling book The Freedom Writers Diary and in the inspiring movie, Freedom Writers. Erin founded the Freedom Writers Foundation where she currently teaches educators around the world how to implement her innovative lesson plans into their own classrooms. She created the Freedom Writers Methodology, a progressive teaching philosophy and curricula designed to achieve excellence from all students. Erin continues to fight for equality in education and inspires teachers and students all over the world with her work. During the workshop educators are exposed to a pedagogical framework (Freedom Writers Methodology) through which they can engage students in the learning process, enlighten them intellectually, and empower them to achieve academic and civic success. Sharing the day will be Rick Miller of “Kids at Hope” who will present the philosophy of Kids at Hope, “All Children are Capable of Success - No Exceptions!” and how it is being implemented in schools across the country. Kids at Hope inspires, empowers and transforms schools, organizations serving youth and entire communities to create an environment and culture where all children experience success, NO EXCEPTIONS! Target Audience: Educators at all levels interested in enhancing the ability of all students to be successful writers, learners and contributors. Erin Gruwell with Rick Miller Schedule: 8:30 - 11:00 Erin Gruwell - Freedom Writers 11:00 - 12:15 - Lunch on your own 12:30 - 3:30 Rick Miller - Kids at Hope Hear Erin: vimeo.com Hear Rick: www.youtube.com
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ISBE Approved Provider Presents:
September 20, 2018Roosevelt University
Goodman Center501 S. Wabash, Chicago
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Registration includes:
5 Professional Development Hours,
Continental Breakfast, Lunch on your own
Erin Gruwell is a teacher, an education activist, and the founder of the Freedom Writers Foundation. She created the Freedom Writer Methods, a progressive teaching philosophy and curricula designed to achieve excellence from all students. By fostering an educational philosophy that values and promotes diversity, Gruwell transformed her students’ lives. She encouraged them to re-think rigid beliefs about themselves and others, reconsider daily decisions, and ultimately re-chart their futures. With Gruwell’s support, they chose to forego teenage pregnancy, drugs, and violence to become aspiring college students, published writers, and catalysts for change. They dubbed themselves the “Freedom Writers” – in homage to civil rights activists The Freedom Riders — and published a book.
Rick Miller is the founder, and CEO of Kids at Hope, an international child and youth development organization that studies family, school, and community cultures to understand better the dynamics of student success and failure. Rick has spent 48 years in the field of child and youth development as a practitioner, researcher, teacher, public policy expert, and author. His research is revolutionizing the understanding of child and youth development and cultures.
Freedom Writers: Creating Kids at Hope
By fostering an educational philosophy that values and promotes diversity, Erin transformed her students’ lives. She encouraged them to re-think rigid beliefs about themselves and others, reconsider daily decisions, and ultimately re-chart their futures. Erin and her students captured their collective journey in their best selling book The Freedom Writers Diary and in the inspiring movie, Freedom Writers. Erin founded the Freedom Writers Foundation where she currently teaches educators around the world how to implement her innovative lesson plans into their own classrooms. She created the Freedom Writers Methodology, a progressive teaching philosophy and curricula designed to achieve excellence from all students. Erin continues to fight for equality in education and inspires teachers and students all over the world with her work.
During the workshop educators are exposed to a pedagogical framework (Freedom Writers Methodology) through which they can engage students in the learning process, enlighten them intellectually, and empower them to achieve academic and civic success.
Sharing the day will be Rick Miller of “Kids at Hope” who will present the philosophy of Kids at Hope, “All Children are Capable of Success - No Exceptions!” and how it is being implemented in schools across the country. Kids at Hope inspires, empowers and transforms schools, organizations serving youth and entire communities to create an environment and culture where all children experience success, NO EXCEPTIONS!
Target Audience: Educators at all levels interested in enhancing the ability of all students to be successful writers, learners and contributors.
Erin Gruwell with Rick Miller
Schedule:8:30 - 11:00 Erin Gruwell - Freedom Writers
11:00 - 12:15 - Lunch on your own12:30 - 3:30 Rick Miller - Kids at Hope
Hear Erin: vimeo.com Hear Rick: www.youtube.com
Freedom Writers: Creating Kids at HopeFeaturing Erin Gruwell with Rick Miller September 20, 2018 • 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Goodman Center, Roosevelt University, 501 S. Wabash, Chicago 60605
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