Community-Engaged Anti-Racist Education Project

Community-Engaged Anti-Racist Education Project

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The Community-Engaged Anti-Racist (CEAR) Education Project is a Rutgers-funded project developed in an effort to continue to strengthen and deepen the connections between and among the GSE-Community School Partnership Network(GSE-CSPN) by engaging GSE faculty, school district educators and administration, and community-based organization (CBO) leaders and members in developing a shared vision for teaching and learning that centers engagement with community-based organizations around anti-racist pedagogy and content. 

Project brought together GSE faculty in Elementary Education and Language Education; K-5 teachers from five GSE-CSPN Partner Districts; and members from five CBOs as CEAR Education Project Fellows. Our first efforts focused on community-building and professional development to collaboratively identify key principles and practices of community engaged, anti-racist education. Later, the participants worked in six small teams to develop grade-specific curricular units that employ the CEAR Education Project Principles and Practices. These units were collaboratively developed, piloted by K-5 teachers, and revised for publication and sharing. The CEAR Education Project drew upon school districts and community organizations around Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, all of which are designated as urban and serve economically, racially, and/or ethnically diverse students and families. 

CEAR Education Project Faculty Fellows

GSE Elementary and Language Education Faculty members joined the CEAR Education Project. In addition to joining curriculum writing teams with educators and community-based organization leaders, they also worked to review and align their teacher education programs with the CEAR Principles and Practices and create new pedagogical tools to prepare teacher educators. To learn more about the Faculty Fellows efforts follow the links below: 

 Meet our CEAR Team