The MidHudson Social Studies is proud to present the second program of our Spring 2021 Webinar Series "Leading and Learning Through Pandemic Teaching"

Presenter: Dr. Steve Fouts and Dan Fouts from Teach Different
Topic: "Teach Different with Maya Angelou: An online conversation with your students on Patience"
Date: Saturday, March 6, 2021
Time: 11:00am-12:00 pm (1 hour CTLE)
Cost: Free (Membership for 2020 - 2021 included)

Students engage in learning best when you give them a voice and orchestrate conversations where they are able to connect their personal experiences with academic content. Aligned to the C3 Framework’s Inquiry Arc, this one-hour webinar introduces a 3-Step teaching method for holding online SEL conversations with claims, counterclaims, and questions, and shows how to connect these conversations with curriculum. Learn a scalable go-to routine and practical tools for starting and managing an online conversation using Maya Angelou as an example.

Dr. Steve Fouts is a social entrepreneur and educator from Chicago with over twenty years of experience teaching a wide range of classes in the mathematics and humanities- related fields on the high school and undergraduate level. Dr. Fouts graduated from University of Chicago’s Masters of Liberal Arts program in 1998 and received his doctorate in education from Benedictine University in 2010. Dr. Fouts has published numerous op-ed pieces focused on social justice in education and is active in Educators for Excellence, a policy advocacy organization representing teachers.

Since 1993, Dan Fouts has taught AP government, philosophy and US history in the Chicagoland area. He attained an undergraduate degree in political science and philosophy from Bradley University, as well as a M.S. in education and social policy from Northwestern University. Dan has served as a member of the committee on pre-collegiate instruction in philosophy through the American Philosophical Association from 2012-2016. Additionally, he has presented at several National Council for the Social Studies national conferences and has instructed online courses since 2004.