SPCL 3000 LGBTQ Youth in Educational Contexts (Greytak)

CATCH UP OR GET AHEAD

• Are you behind on any other reading, videos, or movies? Take the time to catch back up. Make sure you finish the book Melissa. If you missed a Weekly Response, you can respond now and still get partial credit. 
• Know you have a busy next week? Start on your Week 8 readings or videos.

SUBMIT

• Mid-Term Reflection Form: This is an opportunity to reflect on your own learning and your progress in the course thus far. Honest, self reflection, and identification of both strengths and challenges are expected.You are also asked to provide feedback on what is and what isn't working for you. You'll be asked to comment on course materials, assignments, and instruction, as well as assessing yourself. You might want to consult the syllabus on the Blackboard site, and/or the Course Site as you complete this.  
• Population Project Reflection: Share your reflection about the project in your Population Project Journal. Answer the specific reflection questions posed. (If you had an extension and did not yet complete your Project, don't complete this yet. You'll do it after you submit your project)
• Attend your 1 on 1 meeting with Emily (prof): will be individual 15 meetings via zoom. (if you haven't signed up for a slot - do so here.) Be sure to complete your Mid-Term Reflection Form at least an hour BEFORE your meeting.
• Book Review for Melissa - Complete this form providing your Book Review.

READ

• Read: Instruction about LGBTQ People in Elementary School is Age Appropriate by Elizabeth Meyer, Psychology Today

• Read: Transgender Education Doesn't Belong In Schools, NY Post

• Read: Families Say A Brooklyn Elementary School Won't Let Students Form an LGBTQ Club. by Julian Shen-Berro, Chalkbeat

• Read: Young Learners Can Explore Gender Identity in Social Studies by Cathy Brandt and Joshua Hill

WATCH

• Watch: Weekly Talk Week 8

• Watch:Preview/Trailer for It's Elementary:Talking about Gay Issues in School, by Groundspark (3 min 52 sec)

• Watch: Michael and Ernst: Mothers' and Fathers' Day (1 min 33 sec) from LGBTQ Families Speak Out series

• Watch: Back to School for Non-Binary Youth (7 min 56 sec) from HRC (Human Rights Campaign) Welcoming Schools program

SUBMIT

• DO: Population Project Gallery - Watch the instructional video about the Gallery, then review the Population Project Gallery (put the slide show in Slideshow mode, or else it won't work). As you view the the virtual gallery, choose projects that most interest you to review them more fully. Then, choose at least three of those to provide feedback on by replying to the thread for each of those students' name and project on the Population Project Gallery Feedback Discussion Board (names are in alphabetical order by first name). Share why you were interested in learning more about their project and something that you learned or found interesting after viewing it. 

• Post Weekly Response for Week 8
• Educator Interview & Analysis Project: Watch Project Overview Video and review the Project Overview Document, then complete Step 1 - Log in your Educator Interview & Analysis Project Journal: identify an educator to interview, consider what type of project (note:the type of project must be different than type of project you did for the Population Project), and brainstorm possible questions.

READ

• Read: Reading & Teaching the Rainbow, From AFT, By Jill M. Hermann-Wilmarth & Caitlin L. Ryan

• Read: Supporting LGBTQ Students in Elementary School by Paul Emerich France, Edutopia

• Read: Handout Creating a Welcoming Early Childhood Education Program, from HRC's Welcoming Schools

• Read: ABCs of Diversity & Inclusion 

WATCH

• Watch: Week 9 Weekly Talk

• Watch: It's Elementary:Talking About Gay Issues in School - Part 1 (8 min, 48 sec), Part 2 (9 min 05 sec,) Part 4 (8 min 44 sec) & Part 5 (1 min, 59 sec) (you're not watching Part 3)

• Watch: B is for Bisexual from Queer Kids Stuff (5 min 33 sec)

• Watch: Kids Meet A Gender Nonconforming Person (4 min 19 sec)

• Watch: Help Kids Learn About Gender (3 min 01 sec) by Amaze

SUBMIT

• Educator Interview & Analysis Project: Step 2 - Log in Project Journal - First, review my response to your Step 1 post and review the Project Overview Document, specifically the questions. Then, finalize interview by finalizing your list of questions (13-15 questions including required, your customized questions, and the rest from the sample list). Schedule your interview with your Educator. The interview should take place during the following week (3/31-4/6), but you can schedule it this week. Lastly, review the Project Overview, esp p. 3 about the requirements for the analysis. Then decide on what type of project you will do.

• Go back to the Population Project Gallery response Discussion Board and see if there are any comments on your project that you want to respond to.
• Post Week 9 Weekly Response

READ

• Read: Safe, Unwelcoming: LGBT Students Report Facing Hostility at School, Chalkbeat, by Patrick Wall

• Read: Dress Codes Aren't Fair To Everyone, from Ed Week, by Eesha Pendharkar

WATCH

• Watch: Week 10 Weekly Talk (Watch this First, before anything!)
• Watch: Mini lecture on Discriminatory Policies & Practices (Watch this BEFORE watching Moonlight)
• Watch: Experiences of LGBTQ Youth - by Student Reporting Labs, PBS (2 min, 18 sec)
• Watch: LGBTQ On and Off Campus, (3 min, 8 sec) from GLAAD
• Watch: New Report Details Experiences of LGBTQ College Students, (3 min, 4 sec) NJ Spotlight News [content warning: there is discussion of  statistics on suicide and mental health concerns]

• Watch: Moonlight via Kanopy below or on streaming service
  Content notices: some intense scenes and subject matter; drug abuse, bullying and one violent fight, non-explicit sexual encounters
• OPTIONAL WATCH after watching the movie: Andre Holland (Kevin in Moonlight) on Masculinity & Homosexuality in the Black Community (3 min 32 sec)

SUBMIT

• Complete: Film Review for Moonlight

• Post: Weekly Response for Week 10

• Educator Interview & Analysis: Complete Step 3, Log in your Project Journal. First, review the feedback for your Step 2, revise your question list, if necessary based on my feedback. Then conduct your interview and make sure you record the responses to your questions, either by audio/video recording, their written responses, or by taking notes. Submit your questions and their responses as an attached or linked document, noting which questions were the ones you created, in your Project Journal and answer the questions about the interview for Step 3 of your Project Journal. 

READ

• Read: No Shame Dress Code, USA Today, by Jennifer McClellan
• Read:  Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Students Sections I-III, p. 8-30 from Learning for Justice (formerly Teaching Tolerance) OR Listen: If you prefer, instead of reading the Best Practices, you can listen to this podcast episode from Learning for Justice (approx 59 min), but you'll still be asked to refer to the PDF for one example in the Weekly Response)
• Read: Including LGBT Content in Sex Education: 4 Wrong Ways & 1 Right One - blog from GLSEN
• Read: 2 articles listed below - you'll be asked to login through your CUNY account when you click on them.

WATCH

• Watch: Weekly Talk

• Watch: The 5 Dimensions of Multicultural Education (2 min, 27 sec) (accompanies the "Responsive Classroom Curriculum" reading, you can watch it before or after - of in between - the reading)

• Watch: Teachers in NJ to Begin Teaching LGBTQ Curriculum (1 min 41 sec)  Pix 11 News

• Watch: Underground Goes Mainstream A Look Inside Ballroom Culture (3 min, 14 sec) (this accompanies the "Being Queerly Responsive" reading, suggest you watch this before you do that reading)

DO/SUBMIT

• Review: this collection of LGBTQ+ focused lessons for middle or high school students from AFT - American Federation of Teachers (make sure you select "middle and high school" level): You'll select 2 of these lessons to discuss in your Weekly Response post. 

• Take this Poll to Pick Topic for Next Week. We will choose one topic related to LGBTQ+ youth in education to focus on for Week 12 (the Week after Spring Break). The topic that gets the highest ranking, we will do! Can't wait to see what wins!

• Post: Week 12 Weekly Response
• DUE: Final Educator Interview & Analysis Project Submit via BB, 11:59pm Sunday. Be sure to review the Project Overview document for all the details and the grading rubric. If you already submitted your full question list with the Educator Responses in Step 3 (last week), you do not have to attach it to your project submission. However, if you did not do Step 3 or if I asked you to make additions or revisions to Step 3, then you must submit it with your project. Let me know if you have any questions on that!

Educator Interview & Analysis Project

• Description: This project provides you with an opportunity to put into practice your learning about LGBTQ youth in educational contexts by conducting an interview of an educator, analyzing the responses, and interpreting and reporting on your findings in a manner of choosing. You will also gain practice in specifically applying the concepts and readings from the course in real-world contexts.
• Project Steps - log in the Project Journal
  • Step 1: 3/23
  • Step 2: 3/30
  • Step 3: 4/6
• Due: Full Project: 4/13, Sunday, by 11:59pm; Submit completed project assignment via Blackboard
• Project Reflection: 4/27, log in the Project Journal