Harvard Alumni for Education is pleased to announce the launch of Last Call ED - a monthly virtual discussion about topics in education. The discussions will include guest speakers from the alumni and Harvard faculty communities on topics including:
What makes some teachers more effective than others?
How can we promote tolerance and understanding in our schools?
What are some creative ways to support underprivileged students?
These monthly moderated discussions will take place online on the last day of the month at varying times to make it possible for individuals in different time zones and with different schedules of availability to participate.
“We are constantly trying to think of ways to provide value to our nearly 3,000 alumni members who are located all over the world and who work in all aspects of the field of education,” said Harvard Alumni for Education president Nell O’Donnell Weber (EdM 2010, EdD 2019). “While we have chapters in several cities across the US and in China, Sub-Saharan Africa, and India where we have concentrations of alumni, not all of our members are served by a local chapter where they can attend in-person events. By offering online events like Last Call ED and discussion and study groups around edX courses, for example, we can help Harvard alumni learn, connect, and grown together, no matter where they are in the world.”
The first Last Call ED event will be held on January 31st at noon EST and will feature Julia Higdon (EdM 2012, EdD 2015) and Austin Volz (EdM 2013) discussion their new book The Elements of Education for Teachers: 50 Research-Based Principles Every Educator Should Know. You can find more details here.
If you would like to suggest a topic or guest speaker for a future Last Call Ed event, please email harvardaed@gmail.com.