Early Childhood Educator Series: Indigenizing Early Arts Education (CTLE 1.5)

The Brooklyn Public Library Early Childhood Educator Series is an annual professional development series for early childhood educators, including everyone who works with young children from childcare providers to NYS Certified teachers, who receive free CTLE credits for attending. We explore topics chosen by educators in our communities that are not often included in teacher training programs. 

Early Childhood Educator Series: Indigenizing Early Arts Education (CTLE 1.5)

In this workshop, educators will: 

• Examine and define their relationship with lands, waters, and Indigenous peoples
• Review new strategies for educating young people through the arts, rooted in Indigenous values
• Collaboratively generate one new strategy to implement in their teaching that honors young people and the Earth

This workshop is participatory, and will incorporate arts-integrated pedagogy. Participants will come away with 2-3 new strategies for immediate implementation

Speaker Bio:  Emi Aguilar (she/they) is a Coahuiltecan Arts Educator, community organizer, and multidisciplinary artist, based among the Coahuiltecan homelands where her people have resided for over 14,000 years (or, what is recently known as Central Texas to Northern Mexico). They hold their MFA in Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities from The University of Texas at Austin. With a decade of teaching experience, she specializes in Indigenous arts integration, digital storytelling as a community-affirming practice, and Indigenizing storytelling. More information at emxaguilar.net and @IndigenizingArtsEd on Instagram.