Penn GSE Calendar

Join us for an in-person meditation session with Dr. Charru Sharma! Dr. Sharma is a Fulbright Visiting Faculty at GSE and a trained instructor in Yogasanas, Pranayama and Meditation. She is a Certified Reiki healer and practitioner, and has been initiated into Kriya Yoga from the lineage of Paramhansa Yogananda, Raja Yoga, and Shambhavi, Shakti Chalan, Shoonya meditation from the Isha Foundation. Please remember to wear comfortable clothes and bring your own mat, but mats aren't required. RSVP by 2/28.

Join 2021 McGraw Prize winner, Richard Baraniuk, to learn about the past, present, and future of the open access textbook movement from the perspective of the OpenStax OER initiative.

Centering Student Stories Through Multimodality in Leader Learning: A Practitioner Reflexive Inquiry•Online • March 4 • 9:00 AM • *Due to the University’s social distancing measures beginning March 16, 2020, this defense may be held remotely using video conferencing software.

Dr. Walter Ecton, Visiting Assistant Professor of Education Policy, Penn GSE, presents Upacking Differences in Outcomes from High School Career & Technical Education as part of the IES Predoctoral Program weekly seminar series.

Join us for an in-person yoga session with Dr. Charru Sharma in celebration of International Women's Day. Dr. Sharma is a Fulbright Visiting Faculty at GSE and a trained instructor in Yogasanas, Pranayama and Meditation. She is a Certified Reiki healer and practitioner, and has been initiated into Kriya Yoga from the lineage of Paramhansa Yogananda, Raja Yoga, and Shambhavi, Shakti Chalan, Shoonya meditation from the Isha Foundation. Please remember to wear comfortable clothes and bring your own mat, but mats aren't required. RSVP by 3/7.

Leveraging Organizational Culture and People through Resonant Leadership to Drive Academic and District Performance• ONLINE• March 9 • 1:00 PM • *Due to the University’s social distancing measures beginning March 16, 2020, this defense may be held remotely using video conferencing software.

A Phenomenological Study of Professional Social Capital Exchanges Among Women in Management • ONLINE • March 10, 2022 • 2:00 PM• Due to the University’s social distancing measures beginning March 16, 2020, this defense may be held remotely using video conferencing software.

Reasoning in Practice: Investigating the Relationship Between Practice-Based Teacher Education and Teacher Reasoning• ONLINE• March 11 • 1:00 PM • *Due to the University’s social distancing measures beginning March 16, 2020, this defense may be held remotely using video conferencing software.

Early Childhood Development Implementation Research in Humanitarian Settingsl •ONLINE• March 14 • 10:00 AM • *Due to the University’s social distancing measures beginning March 16, 2020, this defense may be held remotely using video conferencing software.

LEADING THROUGH UNCERTAINTY: EXPLORING HOW SENIOR LEADERS EXPERIENCE UNCERTAINTY IN A KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE ORGANIZATION• ONLINE • March 15 • 8:00 AM • *Due to the University’s social distancing measures beginning March 16, 2020, this defense may be held remotely using video conferencing software.

After more than a year of coping with ongoing challenges in a pandemic environment, it is understandable that feelings of depression, anxiety and burnout have intensified. Those experiencing these conditions are far from alone, but recognizing when we need extra support for our emotional and mental well-being is critical. Join us for this discussion to understand how to identify and cope with these challenges and how to seek help when needed.

Please join us for a conversation with Laronnda Thompson about representation and inclusion in children's literature.

With successful communication organizations have increase in morale, productivity and staff commitment. This brown back will help participants understand the importance of workplace communication, identify proper communication channels, identify barriers to communicating effectively, and how to overcome communication challenges.

Come stop by for coffee, tea, and/or light bites and hang out with the Communications Team and other GSE colleagues!

With the right tools and tactics, every person has the power to reframe and adjust their own thoughts and attitudes when it comes to everyday life, stressful situations, and even in times of change. As part of Penn HR's Ideas for Sustainable Life Balance series, participants will learn how to self-assess their own attitudes, deal with their thoughts more effectively, manage their perspectives in negative situations, and learn coping tools for dealing with change.

This session is a part of a 6-session resilience virtual workshop series presenting core resilience and well-being skills you can use in your personal and professional lives. During each 90-minute workshop, you’ll learn how each skill contributes to resilience and well-being and participate in group exercises with colleagues to explore the content together. We hope that this series provides you with new tools to bolster your resilience and well-being and enhance your relationships at work and at home. This session's attendance will be marked individually, and not as a part of the series.

Applications are now open for Penn's IES Predoctoral Training Program in Interdisciplinary Methods for Field-based Research in Education. Join current fellows and program staff and faculty to learn more about the fellowship and how to become a fellow!

Upcomining Visiting Scholar of Color Dr. Savannah Shange is an assistant professor of anthropology and a principal faculty member for the Critical Race and Ethnic Studies program at UC Santa Cruz. Dr. Shange studies the Black diaspora and is the author of the award-winning book Progressive Dystopia: Abolition, Antiblackness, and Schooling in San Francisco.

Unacceptable Exemptions: An Emic Portrayal of Black Women Engineering Ph.Ds.School • Online • March 23 • 5:00 PM • *Due to the University’s social distancing measures beginning March 16, 2020, this defense may be held remotely using video conferencing software.

Making Sense of and Navigating the STEM Vapor: A Qualitative Study of a Single School Community's Attempts to Understand the STEM Institution• 3700 Walnut •Room 200 • March 24 • 1:00 PM • *Due to the University’s social distancing measures beginning March 16, 2020, this defense may be held remotely using video conferencing software.

Glass-boxing Computing with Electronic Textiles: Teaching and Learning with Notional Machines in an Introductory Computing High School Classroom• Online • March 25 • 11:00 AM • *Due to the University’s social distancing measures beginning March 16, 2020, this defense may be held remotely using video conferencing software.

Dr. James Wyckoff presents The Effects of Teacher Evaluation in the District of Columbia Public Schools as part of the IES Predoctoral Program weekly seminar series.

Join 2021 McGraw Prize winners, Doug and Lynn Fuchs, to learn about improving students’ academic outcomes and social well-being through peer-mediated learning well as small-group and one-to-one interventions.