CONT711: Addressing Anti-Black Racism to Change Pedagogy and Practice, Part 2

Course Schedule

Course Description

This course is designed to build your capacity to understand the historical foundation of anti-Black racism in Canada, to recognize its damaging impact on systems of education and to be a leader in the implementation of effective strategies to dismantle it. You will reimagine curriculum and pedagogical practices in an effort to maximize Black learner achievement through communicating and forming meaningful partnerships with African, Afro-Caribbean and Black communities, amplifying Black learner and community voices, applying new learning to address personal and professional biases, and integrating Black Canadian experiences into curriculum instruction.

What You Will Learn and Do

In this course, you’ll have the opportunity to

• recognize the historical underpinnings of current day manifestations of anti-Black racism 
• identify anti-Black racism and its foundational existence in education 
• utilize the long histories of African, Afro-Caribbean and Black families to reimagine curriculum and pedagogy and challenge the racist construction of a monolithic Black identity or community 
• integrate knowledge of the diversity and complexities of African, Afro-Caribbean and Black stories, histories and lived experiences into a variety of subject areas 
• authenticate and amplify African, Afro-Caribbean and Black legacies of activism and agency 
• collect and gather African, Afro-Caribbean and Black stories of relevance to your school community 
• incorporate African, Afro-Caribbean and Black community leaders and parents as educators in the school building 
• construct lessons that centre African, Afro-Caribbean and Black voices 
• model the tenets of being an anti-racism leader within your sphere of influence through self-development and pedagogical practices 
• collaborate with colleagues to effect collective change 
• synthesize new learning to eliminate biases that create barriers in professional practice and personal development 
• reflect on personal biases that may impact or hinder the development of anti-racist pedagogical practices 

Application Requirements

1. OCT Membership showing completion of Part 1
2. CONFIRMATION OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE FORM Signed by a Supervisory Official* from your Board confirming that you have one year (194 days) of teaching experience since becoming a certified teacher.

*The Ontario College of Teachers defines "Supervisory Official" as the Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent of the school board for a teacher employed by a Board of Education. A principal or headmaster is not recognized in this capacity. For a teacher employed by a private school, the "supervisory official" is the Ministry of Education official (Education Officer) appointed to your school. For overseas experience the appropriate Supervisory Official is the person your Principal reports to.

Please note that if you have an existing Part 2, Part 3 (Specialist), or Honour Specialist qualification on your OCT record you are not required to submit a form for a Part 2 course. A new form is always required for Part 3 (Specialist).

Course Materials

Accommodations

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Refund Schedule

If you drop a course:

1. by the midpoint of the course, you will receive 100% of your course fee.
2. after the midpoint, before the end of the course, you will receive 50% of your course fee.

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