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Teachers for Change Conference
Promoting Family-School Partnerships: Using Culturally & Socially Just Approaches
Explore innovative strategies to foster strong and equitable family-school partnerships. Speakers will share insights on building trust and understanding across diverse cultures and backgrounds, discuss techniques for clear and meaningful communication, and identify barriers and ways to overcome them to foster family engagement.
Saturday, March 1, 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Wilcox Multipurpose Room, Pace University Westchester Campus
861 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, New York
Lunch and Transportation from the New York City Campus will be provided.
For more information, contact Program Director Angela White, EdD at awhite4@pace.edu.
Agenda
- 10:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Registration and Networking
- 11:00 a.m.–11:15 a.m. Welcome Remarks
- 11:15 a.m.–11:45 a.m. Keynote Address
- 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m.: Panel I: Faculty and School Administrators
- 12:45 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Lunch
- 1:30 p.m.–2:15 p.m.: Panel II: Teachers, Parents, & Advocates
- 2:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Eileen Osieja
Contributing Author, Advancing Culturally Responsive & Socially Just Approaches to Multilingual Family-School Partnerships Montclair State University
Welcome Remarks
Dr. Tresmaine Grimes
Dr. Tresmaine R. Grimes is a native New Yorker who was born in Brooklyn and raised in Manhattan. She received the Bachelor of Arts from Yale University with a double-major in Afro-American Studies and Psychology, the Master of Arts in Psychology from the New School for Social Research, and the M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her teaching career began at South Carolina State University as a member of the Psychology and Sociology Department there. During her nine-year tenure at S.C. State, Dr. Grimes received a promotion to the level of Associate Professor and served as Chair of her department for four years. She arrived at Iona College in 2000 as an adjunct professor of psychology and moved through the ranks again to become a tenured Associate Professor of Psychology. She was promoted to the position of Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at Iona College in 2007 and served in the position for 8 years. Dr. Grimes served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty at Bloomfield College in Bloomfield, New Jersey, from September 2015 until August 2019. She is currently Dean of the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Education at Pace University.
Panelists
Lydia Colón Bomani
Chair, Educational Leadership Programs, Bank Street College Deputy Superintendent, NYC Department of Education (Retired)
Carrieann Sipos
Clinical Assistant Professor Pace University
Denise Springer-Culpepper
Special Education Administrator, Hebrew Academy for Special Children
Alissa Thompson ‘25
Special Education, Pace University, Math Teacher, Port Chester HS