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SPECIAL NOTE: ONLY PARTICIPANTS IN THE GOVERNOR'S INITIATIVE TO RAISE THE GRADUATION RATE/CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP SHOULD REGISTER FOR THE CCPDT CONFERENCE. For more information Visit the CCPDT website
Second in a Series: The Institute for Urban Education Prepares for Culturally Competent Professional Development Training (CCPDT) to be held on campus of Central State University September 24 and 25, 2008. This year's keynote speaker will be Pedro Noguera, PhD.
About Pedro Noguera, PhD.
Renowned scholar and author, Pedro Noguera, PhD, will deliver a keynote address at the Cultural Competence Professional Development Training Conference presented by the Institute of Urban Education on September 24th and 25th, 2008. Dr. Noguera's address "Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education" will take place September 24th at 9 am in Robeson Auditorium on Central State's campus.
Pedro Noguera is one of America's most important voices for healthy public education. An urban sociologist, Noguera's focus is on schools influenced by social and economic conditions in urban environments. An expert on school reform, diversity, and the achievement gap, he is a currently a professor at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University. He is also a part-time high school teacher, the author of several groundbreaking texts, a regular guest on CNN, and a dynamic speaker who translates social theory into concise, hip language with emotional impact and intellectual rigor.
He is also the Executive Director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education and co-directs the Institute for the study of Globalization and Education in Metropolitan Settings (IGEMS). Among his groundbreaking texts are: City Schools and the American Dream: Reclaiming The Promise of Public Education and Unfinished Business: Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Our Schools. His latest book is entitled "The Trouble with Black Boys."
Dr. Noguera's keynote is free and open to the public.
Stedman Graham To Speak at Special Dinner
September 24 - Stedman Graham will be the dinner speaker for Urban Education's Cultural Competence Professional Development Conference.
SPECIAL NOTE:
THIS EVENT IS SPECIAL INVITE ONLY. the CCPDT Dinner attendees must present a ticket.
About Stedman Graham
Stedman Graham is chairman and CEO of S. Graham & Associates (SGA), a management and marketing consulting company that specializes in the corporate and educational markets. As a businessman and educator, Graham lectures and conducts seminars for businesses and organizations around the country. Content is driven by his proprietary Nine-Step Success Process™. Clients have included Wells Fargo, Merrill Lynch, CVS Pharmacy, Georgia Pacific, PRO-LINE International, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Manpower, CNN and GlaxoSmithKline among many others.
Graham has authored ten books, including two New York Times bestsellers, You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success and Teens Can Make It Happen: Nine Steps to Success. Build Your Own Life Brand! explores the concept of personal and professional branding. Move Without the Ball is a collection of principles that teaches students that sports are a part of life, not life itself. Who Are You? A Success Process for Building Your Life's Foundation focuses on success through self-discovery. His latest release, Diversity: Leaders not Labels - A New Plan for the 21st Century, shares his unique approach to eliminate barriers to success.
former adjunct professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago, the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He founded and directed George Washington University's Forum for Sport and Event Management and Marketing. he founded AAD Education, Health and Sports (formerly, Athletes Against Drugs), a nonprofit youth outreach organization with over 500 professional athletes and other civic leaders. Graham is actively involved in leadership efforts and programs in South Africa and is Founder of Concerned Citizens of Whitesboro, NJ, and Concerned Citizens of Lake Waccamaw, NC. He serves on several boards, such as the national board of Junior Achievement (JA) and the 7-Eleven Education Is Freedom Foundation, and is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago. He holds a bachelor's degree in Social Work from Hardin-Simmons University. He received a master's degree in Education from Ball State University and an honorary doctorate in Humanities from Coker College, where he is also a distinguished visiting professor.
To find out more about Stedman Graham & Associates, visit his website.
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