The Copenhaver Institute
Keynote Speakers
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Dr.Gloria Ladson-Billings
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Dr. Paul Gorski
Session Proposal and Registration for Prospective Breakout Speakers
MSCI 2024
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy:
Approaching Teaching and Learning from an Asset-Based Mindset
June 24-26, 2024
This year’s institute will be held in person on the Roanoke College campus.
Featuring texts by two of our speakers:
Closing Speaker
Fabiana Parker | 2023 Virginia Teacher of the Year
MSCI 2024 will focus on:
- Moving from deficit-based thinking to asset-focused mindsets
- “Honestly naming and directly addressing the conditions that perpetuate inequity” (Gorski, 2023)
- Fostering student success by providing equitable access and opportunity through culturally responsive teaching practice
- Strengthening community through ethics of care
The Margaret Sue Copenhaver Institute for Teaching and Learning provides quality professional development opportunities for PreK-12 teachers and administrators and for Roanoke College students. The Institute's emphases include:
- Consideration of cutting-edge perspectives relevant to the teaching profession;
- Determination of personal and practical ways to engage students as lifelong learners; and
- Examination of a variety of multimedia and instructional technology strategies and tools for enhancing students' growth as learners.
The Institute gives PreK-12 teachers the opportunity to develop and practice strategies for effective instruction in cooperation with the nation's leading educational scholars.