This week we feature the work of Dr. Vermelle Greene, one of our Summer Institute Keynote speakers. She is dynamic, practical, leading edge, and unflagging in her work for children. As a Maryland Board of Education member, she helped found the Achieving Academic Equity and Excellence for Black Boys Initiative in Maryland.
We hope you’ll join us at the Summer Training Institute, which you can access virtually on June 24-25 and then for two more weeks after that. You won’t have to miss a single keynote or workshop, and you’ll be able to watch some of them twice. To learn more about the event and to register, please visit: https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2023/. Here’s more about Dr. Greene’s keynote and work.
Many of our boys, especially those of color, are falling behind academically and socially. Dr. Greene and her colleagues have been instrumental in facilitating the Maryland Initiative: Achieving Academic Equity and Excellence for Black Boys (AAEEBB). Dr. Greene is also a former Maryland School Board Member.
In this keynote, Dr. Greene will share how she and colleagues were able to transform a heartfelt initiative into a funded action plan in Maryland counties and schools. She will also share successes the Pilot schools are having after two years of focusing on this work. The Gurian Institute is honored to have trained cadres and trainers in the Maryland Pilot Schools.
Because both Dr. Greene has worked with a widely diverse group of boys from all races and socio-economic origins, this keynote includes culturally relevant and universally applicable wisdom on male development. Come prepared to learn instructional methods and structures that fit the developmental and learning needs of this demographic group,
This workshop will include anecdotes, stories, and action plans you can use right away. Dr. Greene founded a boys’ school and was a teacher and principal in public schools in Maryland. This is how the Gurian Institute met her. She became a Gurian Master Trainer in 2007. She brings decades of experience to her work. Dr. Greene will be joined in this keynote by a special guest from the AAEEBB Task Force.
For more detail on the Maryland Initiative, click our GI blog post here: https://gurianinstitute.com/gi-collaborates-with-marylands-achieving-excellence-for-black-boys-initiative/. In the post are links to materials from the Initiative. Also, check out the You Tube clip, below, from Dr. Greene.
We hope you’ll join us at our Summer Institute. To learn more or to register, click: https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2023/. We hope your school will send groups to the SI to further the work where you are. If you wish to register a group of five or more, contact Gail at info@gurianinstitute.com. She will help set that up for you.
If you or someone at your school would like to become a Gurian Certified Trainer, we will hold an extra session for trainer certification on Monday morning, June 26. To learn more about becoming a Trainer, click the Trainer page https://gurianinstitute.com/trainers/ on www.gurianinstitute.com.
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