Building an Inclusive Environment

In the 2023-2024 academic year, we came together for the inaugural One Read, One School of Education Community: Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley. This shared reading experience enriched our community as we read, discussed, found common threads, explored themes, and learned about the experiences of others. All members of the School of Education community were encouraged to participate. Across the year we hosted discussions and incorporated the themes of the book into various courses and events.

Find the book at your local bookstore, a public or university library, online apps and resources or the Dean's Office lending library (email Kim at [email protected] to reserve a copy).
 

Printable One Read flyer

One Read Resources

Events

• School of Education Book Club Fall 2023: Fridays, 1 to 2 p.m. on Zoom, 9/15, 10/20, 11/17, 12/15. Contact Kim Smith at [email protected] to sign up and receive the Zoom invite. Book Club flyer.
   
• Community Lecture: 11/13/23, noon - 1 p.m., Standish Room, UAlbany and the "Civilizing Mission": Indigenous Teacher Training, Colonialism, and UAlbany's Origins by Dr. Maeve Kane, associate professor in history. Community Lecture flyer
   
• School of Education 3, 2, 1 Coffee Hour: 11/16/23, 10 a.m., 1st Floor open lounge, co-sponsored by Educational Psychology RGSO
   
• Virtual Author Visit with Angeline Boulley: 1/31/24, 4 - 5:30 p.m. on Zoom. This visit is the launch event for the edTrends Book Study below.  All are welcome to this event (do not have to be in the book study).
   
• edTrends Spring Book Study: Wednesdays, 4 p.m. on Zoom, 2/28, 3/20, 4/24, 5/25
  Open to everyone!  Will include panel presentations and invited guests.

The Freedom Dreaming for Educational Justice project begins from the premise that in order to change inequitable schooling systems, we must first imagine a better reality. With support from a UAlbany StAR grant, this public engagement project draws on the anti-racist scholarship of Bettina L. Love and concepts of freedom dreaming and the Black imaginary within the work of Robin D. G. Kelley. This project brings together K-12 educators, UAlbany students, authors, artists, faculty, K-12 students, and the broader community to create education freedom dreams to be exhibited in online and public spaces, as well as preserved in a living archive for ongoing research. Experience the online gallery or view a sampling of the artwork on the 2nd floor of the Catskill Building.

Sharing freedom dreams for educational justice

An art exhibition reflects teacher and student quests for educational justice

What does equity in education look like? UAlbany exhibit featuring students, teachers explores topic

UAlbany's 'Freedom Dreaming' artwork selected for exhibition at Columbia Teachers College

Writing Project Celebrates 20 Years at UAlbany with Art Exhibition, Book Launch

Created in 2019, the School of Education's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice/Climate Committee is chaired by Dr. Tammy Ellis-Robinson, the School of Education's director of equity and inclusion. This group meets monthly and includes Education faculty, staff and students as well as administrative leaders from throughout the university. Their charge is to develop and carry out activities that support the School of Education's equity and inclusion efforts.

Town Hall: Equity and Social Justice in Education and Mental Health

Check back for upcoming events.

3, 2, 1 Coffee Hours gather students and faculty to informally chat over a cup of joe. There is one on each floor of the Catskill Building (3, 2, 1) per semester and they are co-sponsored by varying student groups in the School of Education.

• 10 a.m. Thursday, September 5, 2024, 3rd Floor, CK 370
• 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 2nd Floor, CK 204
• 10 a.m. Tuesday, November 19, 2024, CK 1st Floor, open lounge

Flyer for Coffee Hours and Study Hours Fall 2024

Discover the range of talent we have right in our own Education community! Sing, dance, rap, play an instrument, make people laugh, lip sync, read poetry, sing a song in ASL, juggle, yodel, do a magic trick, spin a basketball, hula hoop, yo-yo, arrange flowers, speed paint, origami - think outside the box! If sharing a talent is not for you, come and cheer on your peers and friends as they dazzle us all! Please register either way - as a participant or as a guest. Let’s get together and build community – it is a guaranteed good time! Faculty, staff and students are welcome and encouraged to share in the fun.

7:30 p.m. Friday, March 8, 2024
Campus Center West Multipurpose Room

View a flyer for the Talent Show.