Sarah E. Dennis, Ph.D.
Teacher & Family Educator, Coach, Tutor & Author
Supporting Lifelong Learning
To thrive and grow as professionals and to be the best teachers possible for all children, teachers need individualized support and compassionate coaching, the same way children benefit from sensitive, caring teachers.
Educators benefit from hands-on, engaging mentoring, not lectures where they are talked at by "experts."
I provide effective professional development training and coaching based on constructivist theories of learning that engage the adult learner in meaningful, authentic experiences that help teachers translate new knowledge into actual changes in classroom practice.
Teachers/Administrators and Families also need community to support them on this journey...please join us at either or both groups that I founded and co-lead:
Families for Racial Justice Chicago, and
NAME Illinois (the state chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education: Advancing and Advocating for Social Justice and Equity)
I also assess and tutor children (Kindergarten-High School) in person and virtually online, and am also available to provide workshops for families.
NOTES:
A colleague and I are featured on this webinar: Anti-Racism in the Workplace: Tools, Processes, and Questions to Ask.
I am featured on this podcast:
Become a co-conspirator for social justice
Nov 2017 - I was part of a panel for families about the Chicago Public School Reparations Won Curriculum. 5 minute recording available by e-mail.
Dec 2017, I had the honor to co-facilitate a workshop with amazing educators and organizers on Equity in Early Childhood Education, in Evanston, IL.
July 2019 at CPS' Ready...Set...Teach Conference, Chicago
August 2019 at Concordia University's Early Childhood Conference
Workshop on Microaggressions for YWCA Evanston, Dec 2017
Feb 25, 2017 - Symposium for Early Childhood Collaboration in Oak Park, IL