Date/Time
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
6:00 PM EDT - 7:30 PM EDT
Location:
Bank Street College of Education
Tabas Auditorium
610 West 112th Street
New York, NY 10025
This event will also be offered via Zoom. Registered guests will receive a Zoom link prior to the event.
Event Title:
2026 Biber Convocation featuring Lauren Madden, Educator and Author | Keeping Hope and Resilience at the Heart of Teaching Climate Change
Description:
This year, our event features Dr. Lauren Madden, co-author of What Teachers Want to Know About Teaching Climate Change: An Educator’s Guide to Nurturing Hope and Resilience (Grades K-12).
The Barbara Biber Convocation is an annual event that serves as the centerpiece of the Bank Street Graduate School of Education orientation and a welcome for incoming graduate students. The event provides an opportunity for the College community to engage with seminal thinkers on leading issues in education. The esteemed lecture honors the contributions of Barbara Biber to both Bank Street and the wider educational community. Dr. Biber was a central figure shaping the institution that evolved from the Bureau of Educational Experiments to become Bank Street College. A keen observer of children and classrooms who immersed herself in the phenomena of children’s and teachers’ lives, her writings achieved a rare depth of insight and conceptual elegance. As a researcher and scholar, she continuously reexamined and refined her thinking. This lecture memorializes her progressive legacy.
More information can be found on the Biber webpage.
Attention Graduate Students: All graduate students are invited to attend Convocation. Please note, after Dr. Madden’s talk, there will be program gatherings for new students and students who started classes in our summer terms (offered in person for on campus programs, and via Zoom for online programs). All students will receive a Welcome Week email in August with more details of what is planned for the first few days of the fall term.
Cost:
Free
Contact:
graduateschool@bankstreet.edu
RSVP:
This event is by invitation only.
Invitations will sent via email in August.