Noreen Naseem Rodríguez and Sohyun An, authors of Teaching Asian America in Elementary Classrooms, will lead a hands-on workshop designed for K–5 Curriculum Supervisors and Chief School Administrators. Drawing from their book and the Stop AAPI Hate K-12 Curricular Framework they designed, they will share how to move beyond surface-level lessons and stereotypes to bring Asian American histories, stories, and voices into everyday teaching. This half-day session will offer practical strategies and resources to help participants guide and equip teachers to create lessons that are inclusive, engaging, and integrate. Attendees will explore ready-to-use materials, children’s books, and classroom ideas that connect AAPI perspectives to literacy, social studies, the arts, and more. Participants will leave with books, tools and inspiration to help AAPI students—and all students—see themselves in the curriculum.

Free. Open to Curriculum Supervisors, and Chief School Administrators. Snacks and class materials will be provided. Parking is free. Professional Development Hours awarded.

Please email isabella.kasegrande@aapinewjersey.org for any questions.

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Noreen Naseem Rodríguez is an Associate Professor of Elementary Education and Educational Justice in the College of Education and Core Faculty in the Asian Pacific American Studies Program at Michigan State University. She studies the pedagogical practices of Asian American educators and how elementary educators teach so-called “difficult histories” through children’s literature and primary sources. Before becoming a teacher educator, she was a bilingual elementary teacher in Austin, Texas for nine years.

Sohyun An is a Professor of Social Studies Education in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at Kennesaw State University. Her teaching and research centers on issues of race, war, migration, and imperialism within the context of social studies education. She is a founding member of Asian American Voices for Education, a grassroots collective in Georgia with a mission to advance K-12 Asian American studies and ethnic studies in public schools. Prior to migration to the US, she taught secondary social studies in South Korea.

Presented by Teach Asian American Stories and AAPI New Jersey.