Grant Winners 2020
CITE is awarding 5 grants of $250 each, to teachers across the city, to replace the Teacher’s Choice money that teachers are not getting this year. CITE is the Center for Integrated Training and Education. CITE partners with accredited colleges to offer accelerated degree and certificate programs for teachers, counselors, and administrators in and around […]
Bias-Based Beliefs in Education
This interactive seminar, presented by Dr. Gary Knight, focused on Bias-Based Beliefs in Pedagogy and School Practice Research highlights the relevance of bias, both implicit and explicit as operating in school settings. There are three types of bias-based beliefs relevant for leaders to understand: (1) colorblindness; (2) deficit thinking; and (3) poverty disciplining. Based on […]
The Art of Gathering for School Leaders
___________________________________ The Art of Gathering for School Leaders by Niña Caballero After reading Priya Parker’s “The Art of Gathering, How we Meet and Why it Matters”, I reflected on my own daily interactions. I wanted to start thinking about every ‘meeting’ as an invitation to gather intentionally- a coffee date with a friend, dinner with […]
Race & Justice: Fertile Ground for Educators to Effectuate Meaningful Change
Interactive Seminar Recap CITE is presenting a series of workshops for educators. Last week, we shared this one from Dr. Gassaway: Race & Justice: Fertile Ground for Educators to Effectuate Meaningful Change. In today’s social climate we need material that will give us the tools to engage with tough problems for today and future generations. […]
Inequality and Reshaping the Education System
by Andrew Henry When it comes to race and injustice there is no better time than now to apply change in every industry. Remember that you can always learn more and become better at what you do by being opening to hearing the experience of others within your field. It’s no secret that the killings […]
School Administrators and COVID-19
by Andrew Henry From closing up restaurants and retail stores to finding ways to work remotely, this pandemic has definitely changed a broad spectrum of industries — education included. The education system has gone through many changes since the end of the last school year, and the upcoming fall start will look very different from […]
Challenging Inequality in the Classroom
Inequality in Schools by Andrew Henry It’s interesting to see which schools never had computer classes, which schools never had new books, what equipment the science teachers and gym teachers had, the differences in after-school programs from school to school. There are many variations of inequality within the school system and many of them relate […]
COVID and Back to School
Back to School, Exploring the New Normal by Andrew Henry There’s no telling what the upcoming school year will look like; there are so many different updates surrounding this topic. Teachers might be in a classroom with 10 kids max, teaching in cafeterias instead of classrooms for social distancing or doing it all virtually. We […]
