Gathering a Basket of Knowledge about Vietnam and Vietnamese Americans - Đi một ngày đàng học một sàng khôn

Introducing a wonderful PD opportunity for everyone, especially educators. The workshop will offer this coming October on helping teachers to better understand Vietnam and Vietnamese American students, and on integrating the arts into your K-12 teaching. 

• Our flyer here and further details are below. 

• The application is linked here. 

Professional Development Opportunity

Gathering a Basket of Knowledge about Vietnam and Vietnamese Americans - Đi một ngày đàng học một sàng khôn

Pilot Workshop for K-12 Educators

“Đi một ngày đàng học một sàng khôn” - This proverb translates to "Go out and gather a basket of wisdom." In other words, it can be taken to mean "Expand your horizons, keep learning" or "the more you go, the more you will know." This captures the spirit behind this workshop, which is designed to help teachers learn more about the history, geography and culture of Vietnam, as well as content about Vietnamese American experiences, in order to best serve their students of all backgrounds. The workshop is also designed to help teachers engage multicultural and multilingual learners using culturally responsive techniques, and by examining our own cultural assumptions and stereotypes.

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is offering a free professional development workshop for K-12 teachers/educators interested in the following:

• Better understand the perspectives of Vietnamese and Vietnamese American students and families

• Develop an understanding of culturally responsive and culturally sustaining teaching, including arts integration and strategies that support multilingualism

• Take away concrete projects and resources that you can you use with all of your multilingual multicultural learners

Session Dates & Times: 

• Saturday Oct. 7

• Saturday Oct. 14

• Saturday Oct. 21

• Saturday Oct. 28

• From 1-4pm PST / 4-7pm EST (4 3-hour sessions)

• Zoom link will be provided upon selection

Click here for the syllabus with the outline of the sessions

Requirements

Selected participants will be expected to:

• Attend all four (synchronous) Saturday sessions: Oct. 7, Oct. 14, Oct. 21 & Oct. 28 (1-4pm PST / 4-7pm EST)

• Engage in course activities and discussions (via Zoom)

• Try out assigned course materials and assignments after class (asynchronous)

• Give feedback to instructors for future iterations of the course

*Because it is a pilot workshop, there will be no course credits, but you will receive the novel A Mountains Sing and a Sketchbook to use during the workshop. 

If you are interested, please complete the Application form by September 5th. You may contact the instructor Tham Tran at thutham1912@gmail.com or Maggie Bodemer at mbodemer@calpoly.edu for more information.