A Special Workshop by Dr. Donna Beegle: EDUCATING AND WORKING WITH STUDENTS OF POVERTY
Thursday, June 19, 2008 (Registration Closed)

Who should attend this workshop? Counselors, teachers, principals, college & human services staff and anyone working to help students succeed..

Workshop Details

When:
Thursday, June 19, 2008
8:30 Registration
9:00am - 4:00pm

Where:
New Holly Neighborhood Campus, New Holly Gathering Hall
7054 32nd Ave South
Seattle, WA 98118

Workshop Fee: $95 - lunch, materials and breaks

Morning Session: Educating Students of Poverty 

What does it mean to be from poverty and go to school in America? Through sharing her journey out of “generational poverty”, findings from her doctoral research on generational poverty combined with successful completion of a Bachelor’s degree, plus 16 years experience working in schools and organizations struggling with educating students from poverty, Donna Beegle will frame the discussion of how to successfully engage students and families from generational poverty in the education process.

Afternoon Session: Tools for Working With Students and Families Living in Poverty

Most of our educational systems are set up to support students and families coming from a print culture orientation and they often are alienating to students and families who have an oral cultural world-view. How we get our information shapes how we relate to one another and how we experience the world. Many people from generational poverty backgrounds get their information verbally...creating an “oral” culture thought process. Most students and families from middle-upper class backgrounds gain their information from reading...creating a “print” culture thought process. We will explore the differences between oral and print cultures, as it relates to students of poverty.

Understanding these different thought processes could improve teaching and learning and create a more inclusive school climate. Opportunities for education success are enormous when these concepts are understood and incorporated into every aspect of the education process.

Resource Available at the Workshop

“See Poverty, Be the Difference” by Dr. Donna Beegle is a resource guide for communicating and working more effectively with people who live in poverty. The book has research, best practices, tools, activities, and stories for making a difference in moving people out of poverty. Resource Guides will be available for $25 on site at the workshop.

Free Clock Hours / CEUs

Free Clock Hours are available after the workshop.

Participants can register for Highline Community College Continuing Education Units (CEUs) before starting a course. The cost is $10 per course. Call Center for Extended Learning at 206-870-3785 to apply.

Cancellation Policy:

The cancellation fee is $25. If you must cancel your registration, you may request a refund minus the $25 fee up to 3 working days prior to the event. After this date, no refunds will be issued and the full workshop fee will be charged; you can make substitutions. "No-shows" will be charged the full workshop fee. Please inform Jan Palmer ator jpalmer@highline.edu.