student services: race, class, gender: student identity development
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This workshop discussed the content and instructional methodology of Harlem Educational Activity Fund's social identity class for high school students.TRANSCRIPT
Race, Class, Gender and Race, Class, Gender and Other Difficult Conversations Other Difficult Conversations with Young People:with Young People: Colloquia Colloquia on Student Identity Developmenton Student Identity Development
Dr. Deidre Franklin-Jackson, Director of Youth Development and Counseling Dr. Deidre Franklin-Jackson, Director of Youth Development and Counseling
Merle McGee, Vice President ProgramsMerle McGee, Vice President Programs
Nancy Moonhee Cha, Counseling CoordinatorNancy Moonhee Cha, Counseling Coordinator
Pieces of a PiePieces of a Pie
HEAF is a comprehensive supplemental HEAF is a comprehensive supplemental education and youth development education and youth development organization. organization.
Our goal is to assist college-bound students Our goal is to assist college-bound students from educationally and/or economically from educationally and/or economically disadvantaged communities in developing disadvantaged communities in developing and cultivating the intellectual curiosity, and cultivating the intellectual curiosity, academic ability, social values and personal academic ability, social values and personal resiliency required of tomorrow's leaders.resiliency required of tomorrow's leaders.
Youth DevelopmentYouth Development
Youth development includes a variety ofYouth development includes a variety of
character education and life skills coursescharacter education and life skills courses
intended to help students identify andintended to help students identify and
maximize their personal strengths and tomaximize their personal strengths and to
use those strengths to improve theiruse those strengths to improve their
ability to make self-affirming choices andability to make self-affirming choices and
to enhance the quality of their social andto enhance the quality of their social and
personal interactions.personal interactions.
Social IdentitySocial Identity
What is the social identity course?What is the social identity course?Rational for discussing social Rational for discussing social
identity with college bound young identity with college bound young peoplepeople
Social Identity TopicsSocial Identity Topics Communication SkillsCommunication Skills TrustTrust StereotypesStereotypes GenderGender Religion Religion EthnicityEthnicity Social ClassSocial Class RaceRace Sexual OrientationSexual Orientation
Course ComponentsCourse ComponentsGender SpecificGender Specific Lecture/DiscussionLecture/Discussion Hands-on activitiesHands-on activities Self-explorationSelf-exploration Journaling Journaling
Lecture/DiscussionLecture/Discussion
Defining social constructs Defining social constructs Deconstructing stereotypes Deconstructing stereotypes Exploring socio-political relationships Exploring socio-political relationships
between & within groupsbetween & within groups Examining media representationsExamining media representations
Hands-on ActivitiesHands-on Activities
Build A HouseBuild A House
Self-ExplorationSelf-Exploration Serves to bring into consciousness the Serves to bring into consciousness the
existence of the identity and membership existence of the identity and membership in a particular group.in a particular group.
Explore the ways in which students have Explore the ways in which students have been socialized.been socialized.
Explore biases and stereotypes.Explore biases and stereotypes. Explore personal experiences related to Explore personal experiences related to
an identity.an identity.
Outcomes for Youth Outcomes for Youth AwarenessAwarenessStronger sense of selfStronger sense of selfSensitivitySensitivityCritical thinkingCritical thinking
Training StaffTraining Staff
Deep understanding of social Deep understanding of social constructsconstructs
Acknowledging assumptions Acknowledging assumptions and biasesand biases
Dialogue versus dogmaDialogue versus dogma
Dr. Deidre Franklin-Jackson Dr. Deidre Franklin-Jackson
Director of Youth Development & Director of Youth Development & CounselingCounseling
212-663-9732 ext 26212-663-9732 ext 26
www.heaf.orgwww.heaf.org