3rd Annual Summit on School Climate and Culture

Subconscious biases and cultural or community-based understandings of race begin at a very young age. However, curriculum to combat white superiority and systemic racism often doesn't begin until high school or college, if at all. Educators can help break down the boundaries that make it difficult to talk about race. In this presentation, SaraRae Herrin, a DMPS educator, and Tierney Oberhammer, and educator, producer and activist with Flocabulary, will talk about how race affects individuals and society and how to best implement curriculum in the classroom that speaks to issues of race, ethnicity and culture. Presenters will weave important Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) topics in recommendations and anecdotes. Teachers, parents and administrators will walk away from this presentation with strategies they can implement immediately. Flocabulary.com, an online program that uses hip-hop to engage and teach students, will be featured as a resource for introducing and guiding important classrooms discussions around race, culture and SEL principles.