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Creating a Professional Development Unit for High School Teachers Through YPAR (Poster 24)

Fri, April 12, 3:05 to 4:35pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: Level 200, Exhibit Hall A

Abstract

Student researchers in this study are engaging in healing justice through their YPAR work. They are wanting to address, change, and transform the pieces of the school that bring inequity into their educational experience. Through interviews, best practices, a curriculum review board, and policy development the youth team seeks to transform the education of future generations.

The purpose of this study is to gather data that can inform the development of a Professional Development Unit (PDU) for Manual’s teachers. Students seek to address three main issues through their work:
1. Participate in building a curriculum that reflects the identities and demographics of the student population.
2. Help staff & teachers understand and work from a culturally responsive pedagogy when engaging with students.
3. Support staff & teachers be more equipped to respond to students’ mental health needs


Initial findings from interviews and literature review led the team to create a Student Curriculum Review Board (SCRB), which. Preliminary results suggest that the SCRB has enabled students to feel higher levels of engagement in their classrooms. District leaders were particularly interested in this finding, as they too seek to understand how to better engage youth.

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