Critical Pedagogy for Educators, June 14, 2025, Amherst, MA
The first workshop in an ongoing professional development series dedicated to transformative teaching, Critical Pedagogy for Educators makes accessible a suite of evidence-based tools derived from my research on community-embedded and trans-Indigenous approaches to liberatory learning and covered in my book, Decolonial Underground Pedagogy: Unschooling and Subcultural Learning for Peace and Human Rights (Bloomsbury).
Grounded in critical pedagogy – an approach to education that promotes reciprocity, balance, healing, courageous engagement, and fearless inquiry – this module is designed to cultivate educators’ capacity for community-building, critical thinking, and adaptive, resilient teaching. Ideally, we will leave these sessions with a deepened understanding of our radical agency and the inspiration needed to persist.
For details on how Critical Pedagogy for Educators meets the requirements for high quality professional development (HQPD), please click here.
Some topics we’ll cover include:
Teaching as a walk to elderhood: how do we teach in ways that help others define and achieve their goals? How does this differ from teaching as a disciplinarian, manager, or content expert?
Teaching as a defense of the sacred: how do decolonial and relational teaching practices enhance student learning while redressing historical traumas and building solidarities between schools, families, communities, and ecosystems?
Teaching as armor: how does compulsory schooling maintain systemic processes that colonize and dispossess? What is the educator’s role in subverting these processes, allowing peaceful realities to flourish and emerge?
Participants will receive a comprehensive source book filled with curated readings, sample activities, out-of-class assignments, and reflection prompts to support continued growth long after the workshop ends. I will also provide a certificate of completion, a written assessment, and an invoice to facilitate professional development reimbursement.
Date: June 14, 2025
Time: 10 AM – 3 PM
Location: Hampshire College, Franklin Patterson Hall, 893 West St. Amherst, MA 01007
Fee: $350 (includes boxed lunch, sourcebook, certificate of completion, written assessment, invoice for reimbursement purposes, and 10 PDPs for Massachusetts teachers if needed)
A deposit of $25 is required to reserve a space. The deposit will be deducted from the total fee. Full payment upon registration is also accepted.
Discounts can be arranged for groups and if multiple educators from the same school, college, or district wish to attend.
Payment information will be provided upon registration. For further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact noah.romero@gmail.com.
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