In this stimulating and intensive one-day workshop at the University of Georgia, teachers, administrators, counselors, social workers, family advocates, teacher educators, community-based educators, and anyone else working with youth and families will:

• Learn about the five principles for change to better understand and meet the needs of working-class and poor students in schools and community organizations
• Develop research-based teaching and leading practices and policies affirming for social class diversity
• Come away with powerful classroom ideas for incorporating typically ignored social class-related content across the grade levels
• Generate ideas for establishing positive and genuine relationships with working-class and poor families.

Workshop Facilitator:

Stephanie Jones, a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Professor in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice at the University of Georgia, is an award-winning researcher, teacher educator, and former public school teacher.