Dr. Tara Armstead has been in the field of education for over 16 years. She has worked on various levels of education including elementary, middle school, collegiate, alternative education, Title 1 and “well-funded”. While in her doctorate program she studied the importance of parental engagement, and how it is heavily influenced by relational connections within the district rather than merely choice. Dr. Armstead also served a short tenure on the Litchfield Elementary School District school board.
Different and Deficient: How Education Can Make People Think Different is Bad
Educators across this state are becoming more and more frustrated with the many ways our families and students are being under or minimally serviced daily in classrooms. Many of these same educators have faced backlash or push back when attempting to elevate these major concerns for the benefit of student futures. This workshop is an open conversation elevating these major areas, while presenting practical ways of solving some of the unspoken harms students are facing. Despite education being a battleground in many ways at this time, small but consistent steps taken now can lead to big shifts in the future. The first small step in creating change is to speak and share with others, so that feelings of isolation dissipate. Working to ensure justice at times means empowering individuals to go out and work as a collective unit.