Hear from leaders in literacy education like Doug Fisher, Nancy Frey, Maria Walther, Pam Koutrakos, Melanie Meehan, and Vera Ahiyya as they share research, practices and techniques that help students connect to literacy and discover their true identities as readers and writers. Participants will interact with authors and peers to share valuable experiences and build a network for growth.

The Open Windows, Open Minds Institute builds on the content of the book Open Windows, Open Minds: Developing Antiracist, Pro-Human Students, and offers an approach to teaching and learning that can equip White teachers and students as informed, empathetic, inclusive, racially and historically literate global citizens who genuinely value diversity and will actively engage in dismantling systemic inequities.

The institute series provides new teachers with just-in-time, research-backed, classroom-tested advice from experts who have decades of teaching experience. Each session in the series details the five most important things new teachers need to know to put theory into practice. What’s more, the session show how to avoid the mis-steps teachers so often make early in their careers.