Penn GSE Calendar

Join the Penn GSE Center for Professional Learning for a conversation with Dr. Sarah Schneider Kavanagh about project-based learning.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE HOSPITALIZED PATIENT EXPERIENCE FOR PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH NOVEL CORONAVIRUS AT AN ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER IN THE UNITED STATES• ONLINE • April 4 • 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.

Elementary Literacy Tutors: Relationships of Identity, Lived Experience, and Teaching Self-Efficacy Beliefs to Student Literacy Outcomes• Online • April 5 • 1:30 PM • *Due to the University’s social distancing measures beginning March 16, 2020, this defense may be held remotely using video conferencing software.

Epistemic Thinking's Role in Collaborating on a Wicked Problem• 3440 Market St., Room 502 • April 6 • 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.

THE UNDERREPRESENTATION OF FEMALE SUPERINTENDENTS IN NEW JERSEY: WHAT ARE THE PERSONAL AND SOCIETAL CONSIDERATIONS AND INFLUENCES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO UNDERREPRESENTATION? •Online•April 7 • 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.

In this presentation, Dr. Sambolín Morales discusses how using Paolo Freire’s culture circles enabled displaced Puerto Rican mothers to challenge the colonial project by focusing on amor, comunidad, and corrientes de esperanza.

Public Elementary School Teachers’ Perceptions of Principals’ Emotional Intelligence and Agency within the Structures of Special Education• Online • April 8 • 12:00 PM • *Due to the University’s social distancing measures beginning March 16, 2020, this defense may be held remotely using video conferencing software.

Soulwork: The Critical Role of Black Women Leaders in the Development of Social Cohesion within Predominantly White Independent Schools• ONLINE • April 11 • 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.

Developing a Conceptual Framework for Practice: Case Studies of Experienced Teachers• Online• April 12 • 12:30 PM • *Due to the University’s social distancing measures beginning March 16, 2020, this defense may be held remotely using video conferencing software.

Teaching as a Whole Person Endeavor: Examining the racial identity of White educators and its influence on the decisionmaking that occurs in discretionary spaces as it relates to Black students in a setting characterized by a rapid demographic shift.•Online • April 14 • 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.

Dr. Brooks Bowden, Assistant Professor of Education Policy, Penn GSE, presents Leveraging Home Reading to Strengthen Literacy Development in Kindergarten as part of the IES Predoctoral Program weekly seminar series.

Join Emma Grigore in this highly. interactive workshop to eliminate the tension around performance appraisals and gain tools for more productive discussions. We'll talk about how to give effective feedback, think about development for the upcoming year, and determine ratings. Ideal for managers, but all staff are welcome to join.

Storying the Gap: Critical and Emergent Literacies in Women Leading Large, K-12 Independent Schools • April 19 • 10:30 AM • *Due to the University’s social distancing measures beginning March 16, 2020, this defense may be held remotely using video conferencing software.

Interested in learning about the Medical Education program?

The Visiting Faculty Scholars of Color series presents Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles, Professor of Higher Education and Program Coordinator in the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development at NC State University. Her research focuses on the experience of college students – particularly student-athletes as well as underrepresented students and women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – and how those experiences impact desired outcomes of undergraduate education.

A Study on Leadership Turnover in Urban Schools and its Impact on Program Outcomes Supported by External Organizations• Online• April 20 • 3:00 PM • *Due to the University’s social distancing measures beginning March 16, 2020, this defense may be held remotely using video conferencing software.

UNDERSTANDING BLACK EXECUTIVE WOMEN’S PERCEPTION OF RELATIONSHIPS IN THEIR CAREERS• Online• April 21 • 12:00 PM • *Due to the University’s social distancing measures beginning March 16, 2020, this defense may be held remotely using video conferencing software.

Exploring academic resilience in orchids•Online • April 22 • 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.

To our administrative colleagues, we greatly appreciate all the hard work you do to keep GSE running smoothly every day and in so many ways! In celebration of Administrative Professionals’ Day, please join us for coffee, Federal Donuts, and a relaxing chair massage.

Join Juliana Rosati to share your love of books and reading. You can bring your lunch and a book excerpt or poem to read on the theme of Earth, or just come to chat about what you’re reading these days.

The MisEducation of Black Boys• ONLINE• April 28 • 3:00 PM • *Due to the University’s social distancing measures beginning March 16, 2020, this defense may be held remotely using video conferencing software.

Dubravka Ritter, Advisor and Research Fellow, Consumer Finance Institute, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia presents The Racial Wealth Gap, Financial Aid, and College Access as part of the IES Predoctoral Program weekly seminar series.