Course Description

In this three-session course, participants will take a deep dive into the tenets of Disability Justice and explore how we can apply them to school contexts. Participants will be asked to think of how we are working towards Disability Justice on an individual, cultural, and institutional level in our schools.  There will be extensive conversations about intersectionality and cross-movement solidarity. This course builds on ideas shared in our March webinar.

Course Objectives

Participants will...

• Engage in reflection and dialogue about the intersection of race and disability in the construction of “smartness” in schools
• Locate ableism at an individual, cultural, and institutional level, as well as identify disability rights and justice movements (both historical and present) working to interrupt those systems
• Utilize the tenets of Disability Justice to plan action steps towards anti-ableist practices in schools

Course Schedule

Participants will meet in three 45-minute online synchronous sessions. You will also complete about 45 minutes of asynchronous reflection and research between sessions.

• Session 1: April 21, 4:30-5:15pm
• Session 2: April 28, 4:30-5:15pm
• Session 3: May 5, 4:30-5:15pm

Course Details

• Participants will meet in three online synchronous sessions (April 21, April 28 and May 5 from 4:30 - 5:15pm). The Zoom link will be emailed to participants prior to the start of the course.
• In an effort to make this opportunity available to all, there are four registration fees to select from:
  • Community organizers, informal educators, and other members of the community may select the discounted rate of $30.
  • Educators paying for their own registration out-of-pocket may select the discounted rate of $45. 
  • Educators paying for their registration using school funds should select the $60 rate.
  • If you would like to support someone else to participate in this course, you can select the $75 rate to sponsor a registration scholarship.
  • Please contact us at professionallearning@uw.edu if these fees present a financial burden for you.
• The course fee includes 3 clock hours for Washington state educators.
• Registration is limited to 20 participants. Please join our waitlist if the course becomes full. We will contact you in the event that a seat becomes available or an additional date/time of the course is created.  For questions, please contact professionallearning@uw.edu.

Meet the Instructors
 

Sarah Arvey is an avid educator and PhD candidate in Special Education at University of Washington.  As a disabled scholar, Sarah prioritizes emancipatory research that focuses on intersectionality and anti-ableist teaching and research practices. She is one of the collaborators on the One Out of Five: Disability History and Pride Project and is currently working with South End Stories to provide culturally relevant arts instruction as a method of inclusion.  Sarah enjoys hosting Shabbat dinner game nights and playing with her new puppy Abri K. Dabri.

Adina Rosenberg is a fifth-year special education teacher in the Bellevue School District. She designed the One Out of Five: Disability History and Pride Project with Sarah Arvey, through partnership with the Washington Office of Education Ombuds and Rooted in Rights. She is passionate about disability justice and undoing systemic ableism. Adina enjoys reading, taking very long walks, and baking allergy-friendly desserts.

Learn more about Sarah and Adina's partnership on the One Out of Five: Disability History and Pride Project in this featured article from the 2020 edition of Research That Matters.