Teaching For Black Lives Grant
In September 2023, Great Lakes Waldorf Institute received a grant from Zinn Education Project (coordinated by Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change) to host a Study Group on the book Teaching for Black Lives. One of the growing number of teacher-led study groups, Great Lakes's T4BL study group includes faculty, program participants, graduates, and community members.
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Grounded in principles of Waldorf education, the T4BL group is committed to identifying 12 curricular components to incorporate into material across GLWI’s teacher training curriculum. Study group participants also developed a
summer course to help participants “Teach for Black Lives” in their Waldorf classrooms.
Study Group
Amber Chavez MS
Study Group Coordinator
Clair Lippe MA
Graduate
Monika Sutherland MMus
Co-Coordinator
Mary Ruud MLS
Faculty
Tai Amri MSE
Community Member
Dawn VanKley-Imes
Faculty
Lindsey Earle
Waldorf Teacher
Sally Yeldell
Community Member
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