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Teachers may receive 3.5 or 7 hours of district flextime for attending the 2008 Multicultural Institute. District flextime will be offered to certificated staff if they do not have other professional development requirements that have been outlined by the appropriate curriculum specialist, director, or program supervisor. Teachers will know their requirements by May 2nd. The Multicultural Institute may be listed as one of the options that will be accepted as district flextime by the appropriate curriculum specialist, director or program supervisor.
Teachers may receive 3.5 or 7 hours of building flextime if approved by the building principal. Teachers should check with the building principal to see if this is an option.
Instructions on how to receive the appropriate flextime will be given at the Multicultural Institute.
Multicultural Education
14th Annual Multicultural Leadership Institute
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. at East High School
Anthony Muhammad, Ph.D. Founder New Frontier 21
Anthony Muhammad, Ph.D., is the founder of New Frontier 21, an organization dedicated to providing urban and rural educators professional development that empowers them to create high-performing schools.
Dr. Muhammad’s experience ranges from classroom teacher to principal to champion of effective learning environments. In 1995, he co-founded a nationally recognized charter school, the Sankofa Shule Public School Academy in Lansing, Michigan. The progress realized at Sankofa Shule was documented in U.S. News & World Report and The Wall Street Journal. In 1999, Sankofa Shule’s students scored higher than all other students in Ingham County in the areas of math (94.5%) and writing (92.9%).
As the former principal of Levey Middle School and Southfield High School in Southfield, Michigan, Dr. Muhammad used the Professional Learning Communities at Work™ school improvement model to address troubling issues. At the time of his arrival, Levey had a history of poor scores on state academic assessments and more than 3,000 disciplinary referrals and suspensions the previous year. Dr. Muhammad’s progressive approach to leadership resulted in measurable gains in student achievement, both in academic performance and in decreased disciplinary referrals. His efforts earned him the state’s top award for middle school principals, and Levey is now recognized as a National Exemplary School by the U.S. Department of Education.
Dr. Muhammad earned his doctorate at Michigan State University, where he also earned his master’s degree in educational administration and bachelor’s degree in international relations. He has researched extensively on the subject of effective urban education and is a sought-after speaker and consultant in both North America and the United Kingdom. In July 2004, he presented at the Oxford Round Table educational conference at the University of Oxford. Dr. Muhammad engages participants in powerful presentations that are interactive, compelling, and packed with practical strategies. He addresses some of the most critical areas of concern for today’s educators.
Eugene García, Ph.D. Vice President – Education Partnership - Arizona State
Eugene García held the position of Dean at Arizona State University’s College of Education (now the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education).
Before coming to ASU in 2002, he was Dean and Professor of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley from 1995-2001. In May 2003, he was named Vice President for University-School Partnerships by the President of ASU, Dr. Michael Crow. This role was to strengthen K-12 education in the state of Arizona by linking together the University and private sector for distribution of fiscal and human resources. As of July 1, 2006, Dr. García stepped down as dean and assumed the new Vice Presidential role as VP for Education Partnerships – this position will carry on the goal of the first VP position and encompass coordination of teacher preparation across colleges and campuses in Arizona as well as the implementation of the university-public school initiative to establish campus schools.
Dr. García has published extensively in the area of language teaching and bilingual development. He served as a Senior Officer and Director of the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs in the U.S. Department of Education from 1993-1995. He is currently chairing the National Task Force on Early Childhood Education for Hispanics funded by the Foundation for Child Development and the Mailman Family Foundation. He is presently conducting research in the areas of effective schooling for linguistically and culturally diverse student populations funded by the National Science Foundation. His most recent books include, Hispanic Education in the United States: Raíces y Alas, and, Understanding and Meeting the Challenge of Student Diversity — both published in 2001. His latest book Teaching and Learning in Two Languages: Bilingualism and Schooling in the United States, (New York, NY: Teachers’ College Press), was released in 2005.