FSB Identity Development Teacher Workshop

Friends School of Baltimore

Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee

Seattle Girls’ School

I Learned Who I Was When…Schools with Identity Development in Mind

Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)

About Seattle Girls’ School


Agenda

Identity Development

Exercise: Up-Downs

Break

Theory: Models of Identity Development, Schools, and Social Interactions

Exercise: Case Studies

Break

Theory: Teaching with Identity in Mind

So What, Now What?

Resources



What is it?

What are the various dimensions of identity?

Why identity development?

Identity Development


Dimensions of Identity and Culture

This model of identifiers and culture was created by Karen Bradberry and Johnnie Foreman for NAIS Summer Diversity Institute,

adapted from Loden and Rosener’s Workforce America! (1991) and from Diverse Teams at Work, Gardenswartz & Rowe (SHRM 2003).


National Coalition Building Institute, Seattle Chapter, “Building Bridges Workshop,” Adapted by Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee

• Stand proudly for your group

• Stand for as many groups

within one category

as applies to you

• If you are not standing, cheer and applaud the people who are

Exercise: Up-Downs


Debrief: Up-Downs

How did it feel to

stand and claim your

identities and

experiences? To be

applauded for them?

To applaud others for

their identities and

their experiences?


Break


Innocence and Self Esteem

Encounter and Self Doubt

Assimilation to the Majority

Immersion into Identity

Emersion

Integration

Identity Development: Marginalized Identities


Innocence and Self Esteem

Encounter and Confusion

Attempt to Reintegrate

Re-Encounter and Guilt

Acceptance and Action

Immersion and Emersion

Integration

Identity Development: Privilged Identities


Identity Frames

Intractability

Positive and Negative Encounters

Identity Socialization

Co-Authorship of Identity

Identity and Cultural Inclusion


Parallel

Regressive

Crossed

Progressive

Symbiotic

R.T. Carter’s Model: Racial Identity andSocial Interactions


Effect of Varying Identifications


Orientations Toward Ethnic Identity


Case Study: Identity and Schools

Please read the assigned case

study, discuss what may be going

on, and how you might react as

individuals or as a school.

Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://sites.google.com/site/sgsprofessionaloutreach/)

Teaching with Identity in Mind:Inclusive Classrooms

- Increasing Trust

- Distinguishing

Behaviors

- Overcoming History

and Impact


Do You See Me?

- Representation on the

Walls

- Representation in the

Curriculum

- Interest in Personal

Story (Sharing of

Personal Story)

- Interactions In and Out

of the Classroom

- Demonstration of Care


Do You Hear Me?

- - Incorporation of Prior

Knowledge and Experience

- - Seeking and Responding

to Feedback

- - Student Choice in the

Curriculum

- - Empathy Reflex

- - Authoritative Discipline


Will You Treat Me Fairly?

- Clear and High

Expectations

- Equal Discipline,

Rewards, and Access

- Support in Struggle and

Push in Success

- Consistent and

Predictable Assessment

- Different Kinds of

Success


- Understanding of

Identity and Experience

- Interruption of Exclusive

or Oppressive Behavior

- Teaching and

Discussing Cultural and

Power Difference

- Encouragement of and

Practice with

Collaboration

Will You Protect Me?


You Win Some, You Lose Some


Stretching the Inclusive Boundaries


1. How do you see materials from this workshop applying to your classroom?

2. What questions do you still have?

3. What are your personal action steps?

Discussion:How Will I Apply All This?


Final Questions or Comments?


Presenter Information

Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee

6th Faculty and

Professional Outreach

Seattle Girls’ School

2706 S Jackson Street

Seattle WA 98144

(206) 805-6562

[email protected]

http://tiny.cc/rosettalee


mailto:[email protected]

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Identity Resources

• Carlos H. Arce, “A Reconsideration of Chicano Culture and Identity”

• Atkinson, Morten, & Sue, “Racial/Cultural Identity Development Model (R/CID)”

• Mindy Bingham and Sandy Stryker, “Socioemotional Development for Girls”

• Vivienne Cass, “Homosexual identity formation: Testing a theoretical model”

• William Cross, Shades of Black: Diversity in African American Identity”

• Anthony D’Augelli, “ Identity development and sexual orientation: Toward a model of lesbian, gay, and bisexual development”


Identity Resources

• Erik Erikson, “Eight Stages of Man”

• J. E. Helms, Various Publications on Racial and Ethnic Identity Development

• Jean Kim, “Processes of Asian American Identity Development”

• James Maricia, “Four Ego and Identity Statuses”

• Suzanne Kobasa Ouellette, “The Three C’s of Hardiness”

• Jean S. Phinney, “Ethnic Identity in Adolescents and Adults: Review of the Research”

• Ponterotto & Pederso, Preventing Prejudice

• Maria P. P. Root, Various Works on Multiracial Identity


Identity Resources

• Patricia Romney, Karlene Ferron, and Jennifer Hill, “Measuring the Success of Diversity Directors in Independent Schools”

• Pedro Ruiz, “Latino/a Identity Development Model”

• Chalmer E. Thompson and Robert T. Carter, Racial Identity Theory

• Alex Wilson, “How We Find Ourselves: Identity Development and Two Spirit People”

• Christine J. Yeh, “The Collectivistic Nature of Identity Development Among Asian-American College Students”


Miscellaneous Resources

• Karen Bradberry and Johnnie Foreman, “Privilege and Power,” Summer Diversity Institute, National Association of Independent Schools, 2009

• Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, Nurture Shock

• Kevin Jennings, GLSEN (Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network) www.glsen.org

• Allan G. Johnson, Privilege, Power, and Difference

• Johnnie McKinley, “Leveling the Playing Field and Raising African American Students’ Achievement in Twenty-nine Urban Classrooms,” New Horizons for Learning, http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/differentiated/mckinley.htm

Michael J Nakkula and Eric Toshalis, Understanding Youth.


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FSB Identity Development Teacher Workshop