TEACHING TOLERANCE - Southern Poverty Law Center

TEACHING TOLERANCE We know you spent much of your summer planning, and we did too! Teaching Tolerance is excited to deliver a brand-new series of LIVE webinars—right to your laptop or tablet.  Register today for our September and October lineup.

Wednesday, September 16, 4:30 pm CDT Speak Up at School Learn how to respond to biased remarks, and help students speak up as well. You will learn to name different types of biased language you hear at school, identify words that have become colloquial yet are still harmful, understand intent versus impact and gain valuable skills for creating a positive school climate.

Wednesday, September 30, 4:30 pm CDT Let’s Talk! Facilitating Difficult Conversations With Students Teaching Tolerance’s forthcoming resource, Let’s Talk!, will prepare you to facilitate conversations about race, racism and other forms of oppression. Build your capacity to broach uncomfortable topics with your students, and walk away with use-tomorrow strategies.

Wednesday, October 6, 4:30 pm CDT Responding to Hate and Bias at School Just as schools have plans in place to respond to a fire or a natural disaster, we must also be prepared to respond to incidents of hate and bias. During this webinar, you will reflect on your school's climate, identify your school’s existing policies and procedures for responding to incidents of hate and bias, and learn ready-to-use tools to draft an action plan.

Wednesday, October 13, 4:30 pm CDT Code of Conduct  "How does my conduct affect the school-to-prison pipeline?" This webinar invites teachers, counselors, building and district leaders, and school resource officers to consider this question. Regardless of your role at school, you'll learn to apply responsive discipline practices to common student misbehaviors. Join Teaching Tolerance as we critically examine of our own “codes of conduct."

We hope you’ll join us for the live events, but if you can’t make it, register anyway! We’ll send you the link to the on-demand versions of the webinars so you can watch them at your convenience. See you online! Maureen Costello

Director, Teaching Tolerance