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Education for Excellence, Diversity, and Respect: Transformative 21st Century Innovations Education for Excellence, Diversity, and Respect: Transformative 21st Century Innovations International 2018 Conference is hosted and made possible by Seattle Pacific University, Janusz Korczak Association of the USA, and due to support of the Honorary Consul of Poland in Seattle, Global Education Outreach Program, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, larger Polish community, and private donations. This program is created by the Conference Leaders Organizing Committee. For any questions, please contact us via & [email protected] or [email protected] For any on-campus emergencies, please call Organizers Safety and Security: 206-281-2922 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Tatyana Tsyrlina-Spady Seattle Pacific University & JKAUS Rick Eigenbrood Seattle Pacific University Nyaradzo Mvududu Seattle Pacific University Mariola Strahlberg Shining Mountain Center for Peaceful Childhood, Inc. & JKAUS Stephanie Tichelaar Seattle Pacific University & JKAUS Susan Siverson Seattle Pacific University Laurie Fryett Seattle Pacific University David Woodward David Woodward and Associates LLC & JKAUS Joyce Reilly JKAUS Anna Kozlenko Microsoft & JKAUS Jill Heiney-Smith Seattle Pacific University Marie-Ann Harkness JKAUS & Holocaust Center for Humanity ACADEMIC COMMITTEE Arthur Ellis Seattle Pacific University Sara Efrat Efron National Louis University & JKAUS Tatyana Tsyrlina-Spady Seattle Pacific University & JKAUS Cher N. Edwards Seattle Pacific University HONORARY COMMITTEE Dr. Daniel J. Martin President, Seattle Pacific University Teresa Indelak-Davis Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Seattle Kristiina Hiukka Honorary Vice Consul of Finland in WA Carrie Basas Director of the Office of Education Ombuds, WA Alexandra Manuel Executive Director, Professional Educator Standards Board, WA 3 Welcome from the Conference organizers Dear friend, If you are reading these lines, you have chosen to be part of this international, multicultural, and diverse gathering of 130 educators, academics, practitioners, and advocates for children from 22 countries across the globe. You could be an established researcher or a doctoral student, an experienced school teacher/counselor/administrator or a college graduate, a knowledgeable Korczakian or a recent fan of Korczak’s ideas, or just a curious person who is always interested in something new. Or you could be someone else… Regardless, we are happy to welcome you to the first International North American Korczak conference, and although the working conference language remains English, we would like to greet you in your own language as well: !Shalom)! Hola! Bonjour! Olà) שלום !Dzíeń dobry Здравствуйте! Hallo! नमते (Namaste)! Salaam! Merhaba! Alsalam) اﻟﺴﻼم ﻋﻠﻴﻜﻢ !(Добрий день! 你好(Ni Hau ealaykum)! Guten Tag! 4 Conference Goals To share innovative ideas and projects originated in the United States and abroad that allow advocating students’ emotional and social development, and academic success in diverse communities. To introduce Janusz Korczak’s legacy to the broader educational community and to inspire all the participants with his groundbreaking humanistic ideas. To stimulate a creative atmosphere of trust and respect for learning and to brainstorm different innovative ideas, strategies, and interventions. To present research-based, practice- and service-oriented projects from different countries and to exchange ideas on their possible implementation in the United States. 5 Program Navigation This symbol indicates that the session or a presentation is research-oriented and/or research-based This one shows that the session or a presentation will be especially interesting for practitioners This symbol demonstrates that the session is more about innovative education projects not necessarily related to Korczak This Korczak icon shows that the session or a presentation is directly connected to Korczak’s ideas and/or pedagogy This symbol indicates that the session is related to the book/s written about Korczak or about his close friends/colleagues This is a poster session indication This symbol demonstrates that the session involves attendees in some sort of creative activities 6 Conference Inspiration Janusz Korczak (Henryk Goldszmit, 1878-1942) was a pediatrician, educator, and writer who dedicated his life to orphaned children in Poland. An assimilated Polish Jew, he practiced universal humanism. Dr. Korczak is credited in Europe with the introduction of progressive orphanages designed as democratic republics; he founded the first national children’s newspaper, trained teachers in what we now call moral education, and worked in juvenile courts defending children’s rights. He was a strong advocate of the need for a Declaration of Children’s Rights long before such documents were drawn up by the Geneva Convention (1924), the United Nations General Assembly (1959), and the Convention of the Rights of the Child (1989). His books, "How to Love a Child" and "The Child’s Right for Respect" gave parents and teachers new insights into child psychology. His classics, "King Matt the First" and "King Matt on the Deserted Island", enchanted children around the world. Janusz Korczak stepped into legend when he refused offers to save his life. Together with 198 Jewish orphans under his care, Stephania Wilczynska, his assistant of 30 years, and 9 staff, they entered cattle cars in the Warsaw Ghetto on August 5th, 1942 and left for the Treblinka death camp never to be heard from again. The Israelis revere Janusz Korczak as one of the Thirty-six Just Men whose pure souls, according to the ancient Jewish tradition, make possible the world’s salvation, and UNESCO declared 1978-79 the Year of Korczak to coincide with the Year of the Child and the centenary of his birth. Adapted from "The King of Children" by Betty Jean Lifton (1988, New York, NY: Schocken Books) 7 Questions & Answers Question 1: I have never heard about Korczak, what sessions would you recommend? Answer: Opening Ceremonies, Session 1; Plenary Session 2; Session 18; Poster session in Emerson Hall lobby; Plenary Session 3, Literary Salons, and of course, all sessions with Korczak’s symbol. Question 2: I am a teacher and I have been practicing Korczak’s ideas with my school students. Is there anything new I might learn? Answer: There is plenty to learn, consider Sessions 9; 11; 13; 14; 24; 25; 26; 27; 32. Question 3: I am in early childhood education, what will be most interesting for me? Answer: Check out Plenary Session 1; Sessions 6; 8; 26; 30; 31; 32; Puppet show. Question 4: I am working with teenagers, is there anything useful for me? Answer: Consider Plenary Session 2; Sessions 3; 9; 11; 13; 14; 15; 20; 22; 24; 25; 27; Puppet show; Candlelight evening activities. Question 5: I am in special education, what would you recommend? Answer: Sessions 16; 25; 25; 26. Question 6: I am in art education, what might be most interesting for me? Answer: Try to attend the Puppet show; Sessions 10; 26; 30; 32. Question 7: I am in teacher education, is there anything that I could learn at this conference? Answer: Sure, there is plenty for you as well: Plenary Session 2; Sessions 5; 7; 13; 18; 19; 22; Puppet show. 8 Questions & Answers Continued Question 8: I am an advocate of children’s rights. What would be most important for me? Answer: Keynote Panel 1; Plenary Sessions 1; 2; Sessions 1; 3; 5: 6; 8; 9; 13. Question 9: I am a true believer in Korczak’s principles and pedagogy, and I consider it my mission to bring his ideas to a larger educational community. What should be my priority at this conference? Answer: Plenary Session 2; 11; 28; and all other sessions with Korczak’s symbol. Question 10: It is not so much Korczak but the concept of innovations in educational research and practice that brought me here. What would you recommend? Answer: Try to attend Plenary Sessions 1; 3; and then look for all sessions that have a symbol for innovations, they are 4; 7; 16; 17; 23. Each person carries an entire world within himself, and everything exists twice: once the way it is, the other the way he perceives it with his own eyes and feelings. - Janusz Korczak 9 Program Overview WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 10:30am - 1:00pm 2:15 - 4:15pm Preconference activities Keynote Panel 1 4:15 - 5:30pm 12:00 - 1:00pm Keynote Panel 2 Lunch 5:30 - 5:55pm 1:00 - 2:15pm Keynote Presentation Opening ceremonies 6:30 - 9:30pm Reception DARE TO DREAM, SOMETHING WILL ALWAYS COME OF IT - Janusz Korczak 10 Program Overview THURSDAY, AUGUST 23 7:30 - 8:20am 11:30 - 12:30pm Breakfast Concurrent Paper Sessions, Session 7 8:30 - 10:10am 11:30 - 12:30pm Plenary Session 1 Concurrent Paper Sessions, 10:15 - 11:15am Session 8 - Workshop Concurrent Paper Sessions, 12:30 - 1:30pm Session 1 Lunch 10:15 - 11:15am 1:30 - 2:30pm Concurrent Paper Sessions, Plenary Session 2 Session 2 2:30 - 3:20pm 10:15 - 11:15am Concurrent Paper Sessions, Concurrent Paper Sessions, Session 9 Session 3 2:30 - 3:20pm 10:15 - 11:15am Concurrent Paper Sessions, Concurrent Paper Sessions, Session 10 Session 4 2:30 - 3:20pm 11:15 - 11:30am Concurrent Paper Sessions, Coffee break Session 11 - Workshop 11:30 - 12:30pm 2:30 - 3:20pm Concurrent Paper Sessions, Concurrent Paper Sessions, Session 5 Session 12 11:30 - 12:30pm 3:20 - 4:20pm Concurrent Paper Sessions, Concurrent Paper Sessions, Session 6 Session 13 - Workshop 11 Program Overview THURSDAY, AUGUST 23 CONTINUED 3:20 - 4:20pm 4:35 - 5:45pm Concurrent Paper Sessions, Concurrent Literary Salons: