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Friday, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm SESSION 3
CHARTER SCHOOLS ON THE NORTH COAST: THE
JOYS AND CHALLENGES OF THE EARLY YEARS
This special session will feature representatives of charter schools from
our area. School leaders and founders will discuss the joys and challenges
of the early years of charter schools and will share basic information about
their schools’ curriculum, students, and thematic programs.
Teachers and directors from local charter schools will share their educational
visions and the ways in which these visions are made manifest in the
day-to-day operation of their schools. Please join school leaders as they
discuss the joys and challenges of the early years of charter schools and
share information about their schools’ curriculum, students, and thematic
programs.
JENNI ALLEN-SAN GIOVANNI (organizer) will be joined by BREN-
DA SUTTER of Laurel Tree, BETH WYLIE of Fuente Nueva, LANCE
BLODGETT of Campus House and a representative of North Coast Preparatory
and Performing Arts Academy.
CHRIS HARTLEY is Principal at Six Rivers Charter High School
(SRCHS). He worked as an administrator for Northern Humboldt Union
High School District for last ten years, including serving as principal at
McKinleyville High School for four years. Six Rivers Charter High School
is in its second year. He can be reached at chartley@nohum.k12.ca.us.
THERESE FITZMAURICE is a language arts teacher at SRCHS and was
lead teacher during the design process for the school. She specializes in
project-based learning, integration of core curriculum and scheduling.
Charter Schools
Corbett Conference Room, Siemens Hall 224
A CONVERSATION WITH SUZANNE PHARR:
ORGANIZING FOR SOCIAL AND RACIAL JUSTICE
OVER THE LIFE COURSE
This special session will provide summit participants with the opportunity
to meet informally with Suzanne Pharr and engage in a collective conversation
focused on her work and her perspectives on organizing for social
and racial justice. While participants may bring questions about any of
the work that has been part of Suzanne’s long career as an activist and
organizer (including her books on homophobia, sexism, and liberation),
one focus of the discussion will be on ways to nurture and support one’s
activism throughout the life course.
SUZANNE PHARR is the former director of the Highlander Center in
New Market, Tennessee. She is the founder of the Women’s Project in Arkansas,
where she was on the staff for 19 years. Suzanne also worked as
a lead strategist and media officer for the No on 9 Campaign for a Hate
Free Oregon. For the past three decades, her work has focused on building
a multi-racial, multi-issue progressive movement. Suzanne is the author of
Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism and In the Time of the Right: Reflections
on Liberation. She is widely considered to be one of the nation’s most
knowledgeable experts on the Right. Suzanne can be reached at pharr39@
bellsouth.net.
Theatre Arts 114
TRANSFORM STUDENTS INTO ACTIVE CITIZENS:
INSPIRE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SERVICE
LEARNING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Want to design a course that effectively merges student learning outcomes
with civic knowledge and skills? In a series of collaborative and interactive
activities, participants will explore essential elements of service learning,
identify critical civic skills for a range of disciplines, and share strategies
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for syllabus development. Enhance your ability to teach students about
themselves and the world while networking in a creative and supportive
atmosphere with other civically concerned educators.
ANNIE BOLICK-FLOSS is the Service Learning Coordinator for Humboldt
State University. Annie has worked directly with faculty, community
partners and students in the field of service learning for the past 11 years.
Currently, she serves as one of the “Top of the State Service Learning
Regional Network Coaches,” providing support and resources for K-12
educators. In addition, Annie has extensive non-profit management experience
having served in various executive director capacities over the last
25 years. Contact her at amb2@humboldt.edu.
ANYA MCDAVITT is Program Manager for Youth Educational Services
(Y.E.S.) at Humboldt State University, where she supports students in the
creation, implementation and management of volunteer service programs.
She has over eight years of nonprofit management experience and has
trained on topics such as, leadership, experiential education and learning,
intercultural relations, effective communication, conflict resolution and
mediation. Anya can be reached at am7007@humboldt.edu.
MIKE CIPRA has worked as the Community Partner Liaison for Humboldt
State University’s Service Learning Center since December 2004.
He has collaboratively facilitated a series of regional forums throughout
Humboldt County. Contact Mike at mcc21@humboldt.edu.
Teaching in Higher Education
Siemens Hall 110
REALITY—VIRTUAL POSSIBILITIES
Virtual Reality (VR) technologies have been around for the last decade
with most of the development occurring in medicine and military contexts.
What are the current configurations and applications for VR in the
fields of education, humanities, creative arts, mathematics, science, and
engineering? What are the possibilities? What are the costs? What are the
benefits? Join the presenters for a visual and verbal journey through their
VR web portal.
DR. DEBORAH NOLAN has a Ph.D. in Higher Education and Adult
Studies (with a specialization in college teaching) from the University of
Denver. Currently, she is Assistant Professor of Education at the College
of the Redwoods (CR) in Eureka, California, and works with preservice
teachers and paraprofessionals. Prior to joining CR, she was Assistant
Professor of Education at a community college in Colorado, a teacher
education program administrator, a consultant within the educational
software industry, and a university education grants administrator. She
also taught elementary school in California for six years. Deborah can be
reached at deborah-nolan@redwoods.edu.
HEATHER AULT has been using digital media tools and computer technology
for over thirteen years. She is an associate faculty member at College
of the Redwoods (CR) where she teaches courses in computer literacy
in the Computer Information Science Department. She also teaches workshops
in website design and desktop publishing through CR’s Community
Education Department and the Eureka Adult School. In addition to
teaching, Heather assists faculty with using instructional technologies in
her position at the Center for Teaching Excellence at CR, and previously,
at the Courseware Development Department at Humboldt State University.
Heather has also worked as a web developer, graphic designer and
activist for numerous non-profit organizations and political campaigns in
Humboldt County and the Bay Area. Before moving to California, Heather
worked in the field of medical multimedia and was the lead designer for
an educational CD-ROM produced by the American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecology. Contact Heather at heather-ault@redwoods.edu.
Teaching in Higher Education
Siemens Hall 117