The Department of Education and the School of Music at Ithaca College are hosting a Virtual Symposium on Culturally Responsive Teaching: Making a Difference in Music and Education. This virtual conference brings together national and local experts on music education, culturally responsive teaching, and educational equity. All are invited to attend by clicking on the links below. This Virtual Symposium was made possible with support from the School of Music, the School of Humanities and Sciences, and a Clynes Collaboration Grant. Please contact Matthew Clauhs at mclauhs@ithaca.edu for additional information or requests for accommodations.
2020 Virtual Symposium on Culturally Responsive Teaching
Making a Difference in Music and Education
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Opening Remarks for Ithaca College and ICSD Faculty & Staff: Becoming Fearless, Serious, and Strategic About Equity: Real Talk for Higher Education Leaders and Faculty
Presented By: Dr. Gail Thompson (Founder & CEO of Inspirations by Gail LLC)
https://youtu.be/XkoU_12wYv0
Dr. Thompson will help higher education faculty and administrators identify and examine mindsets that can hinder their work with colleagues-and-students “of color,” and learn strategies to improve race relations on campus. This session is intended for faculty, administration, and staff of Ithaca College and ICSD.
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Keynote Address: Help, I Need Somebody! How to Improve the Schooling Experiences of African American and Other Underserved Students
Presented By: Dr. Gail Thompson (Founder & CEO of Inspirations by Gail LLC)
https://youtu.be/ewtlVi8tL3g
Dr. Thompson will share personal stories and research-based strategies to help educators work more effectively with African American and other historically underserved students.
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LGBTQ Themes in Music Education: Inclusion, Intersectionality, and Social Justice
Presented By: Mr. Luca Maurer (Director of LGBT Center, Department of Sociology, Ithaca College)
https://youtu.be/iW2t5EYtxvg
What is LGBTQ inclusive music education? How do LGBTQ themes operate in music education? From teaching LGBTQ students to investigating the roles of LGBTQ and heterosexual cisgender teachers; and from pedagogical, research and career issues, to infusing the curriculum, this session will focus on action toward strategies for equity and inclusion.
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Navigating Culturally Responsive Music Education: Otherizing, Concertizing, and Marginalizing Musics and People
Presented By: Dr. Radio Cremata (Music Education, Ithaca College)
https://youtu.be/Iwu3Z7VZcEQ
This session explores the notion of culturally responsive music education alongside other related ideas including: otherization, refugeeism, tingeness, diversity, inclusivity, melting pots, bias, hospitality, cultural domination, democracies, authority, power, and marginalization.
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Music Education
Presented By: Dr. Vicki Lind (University of Arkansas) and Dr. Connie McKoy (University of North Carolina)
https://youtu.be/WIYzCgDLWlI
A rebroadcast of a webinar for the Society of Music Teacher Education, provided by the presenters with permission to share at this virtual symposium. Dr. Lind and Dr. McKoy discuss themes from their book, Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Music Education.
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About the Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Gail L. Thompson, Founder & CEO of Inspirations by Gail LLC, is a critically acclaimed author of many articles and books; former secondary school teacher; and former Executive Director of Equity at Illuminate Education. During her years as the Wells Fargo Endowed Professor of Education at Fayetteville State University, she created and served as Director of the Black Men Teaching (BMT) Program, and supervised doctoral students. Dr. Thompson also created “The Literacy Club,” an after-school reading incentive program for struggling readers, and implemented it at several schools. Dr. Thompson has appeared on numerous television and radio programs, including PBS Television’s “Tony Brown Journal.” Her books include the critically acclaimed The Power of One: How You Can Help or Harm African American Students; Yes, You Can! Advice for Teachers Who Want a Great Start and a Great Finish With Their Students of Color (co-authored with Rufus Thompson); Through Ebony Eyes: What Teachers Need to Know but are Afraid to Ask About African American Students; What African American Parents Want Educators to Know; African American Teens Discuss Their Schooling Experiences; and Up Where We Belong: Helping African American and Latino Students Rise in School and in Life. Her latest book, Dear Beautiful! A Self-Empowerment Book for Black Women, was published in January 2018.
About the Presenters:
Radio Cremata is Associate Professor and chair of music education at Ithaca College where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. Originally from Miami, FL where he taught in K-12 contexts for 15 years, he cultivated an affinity for popular music education, general music, and learner-centered pedagogies. With a diverse teaching background, his experience encompasses public, private, charter, community, and online settings. He has developed programs and supported student teaching earning him recognition and honors from the Little Kids Rock, Roland Music Corporation, Berklee College of Music, PBS, Henry Ford, Univision, Grammy in the Schools Foundation, and the Fender Music Foundation. His scholarship centers on the intersectionality of music education, technology, popular music, informal learning and diversity and inclusion.
Luca Maurer is the founding program director of Ithaca College’s Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Education, Outreach and Services, and teaches in the Sociology Department. Maurer co-authored The Teaching Transgender Toolkit: A Facilitator’s Guide to Increasing Knowledge, Decreasing Prejudice & Building Skills, which was named 2016 Book of the Year by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. He also co-authored The LGBTQIA+ Supportive Campus: Developing Effective Policies, Programs & Practices, and is co-editor of Doing Gender Diversity: Readings in Theory and Real-World Experience. Maurer received the American Psychological Association’s Division 44 Distinguished Contribution to Education and Training Award in 2017.
Acknowledgements:
The Symposium is made possible with support from the School of Music, the School of Humanities and Sciences, and a Clynes Collaboration Grant. Special thanks to Erik Kibelsbeck for scheduling and organizing the facilities and to Dean Karl Paulnack for supporting the Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group (DIAG) that co-sponsored this Symposium. Additional thanks to the Center for Faculty Excellence for promoting this event.
The 2020 Symposium Planning Committee:
Matthew Clauhs (Assistant Professor, Music Education)
Radio Cremata (Associate Professor and Chair, Music Education)
Ellie Fitts Fulmer (Assistant Professor, Department of Education)
Nia Nunn (Associate Professor, Department of Education)
Beatrice Olesko (Assistant Professor, Music Education)
Baruch Whitehead (Associate Professor, Music Education
