Bernard Taylor to Speak at Calvin for Beversluis Forum

February 4, 2008 == MEDIA ADVISORY

Summary: A half-day event at Calvin this month will look at various facets of diversity in education.

Full story see http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2007-08/beversluis-forum.htm
 
The Beversluis Forum at Calvin College will host "Exploring the Faces of Educational Diversity" for area teachers on February 19 at the Prince Conference Center on campus.

The 1-5:15 pm conference will include a keynote address by Dr. Bernard Taylor, the second-year superintendent of the Grand Rapids Public Schools. He will speak from 1-2 pm and will address the challenges and opportunities associated with teaching in schools with increasingly diverse student populations.

Breakout sessions will be on a variety of topics, including what it takes to be a successful teacher in a diverse school, educational diversity in Christian schooling, constructing and using an ethnically diverse curriculum and collaborating with international schools.

The event is organized by a committee of the Calvin education department and funded by an endowment at Calvin from Henry and Gertrude Beversluis. Henry Beversluis was a professor of education at Calvin for 13 years.

Committee member and Calvin professor Albert Boerema notes that funds are available on a first-come, first-served basis to pay for a half-day substitute for any teacher who wishes to attend the conference.

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Received on Mon Feb 4 14:28:39 2008