Pre-Conference Session:
Participants will spend the morning observing in Bank Street School for Children classrooms and will come together for a facilitated discussion and working lunch about the importance of language and the teacher-child relationship in every classroom. Topics may include: questioning techniques, racial literacy, assessment, and the teacher’s role during art activities and free play. Using observations from the morning and your own experiences as a frame of reference, the group will discuss practical ways of integrating Democracy, Diversity, Dignity & Dewey into their own programs and classrooms.
Bank Street Facilitators:
Elizabeth Jarvis is the Assistant Lower School Coordinator at Bank Street School for Children, where she supervises classroom assistant teachers and facilitates integration of the arts through all facets of the children’s learning.
Emily Linsay is the Lower School Coordinator at Bank Street College’s School for Children. She supports teachers, children, and families in six classrooms that serve 3 year olds to 6 year olds.