Teaching about Global Child Labor and Human Trafficking Conference, 4/25-26, Drew University

Drew University’s Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program and the International Center on Child Labor and Education (ICCLE) are co-hosting a conference on Teaching about Global Child Labor and Human Trafficking at Drew, 4/25-26. The conference, which is geared towards secondary Social Studies, English and Spanish teachers, offers educators the opportunity to meet and interview former child laborers and trafficking victims, and attend a film festival and lectures by top scholars and human rights activists working in the field. The conference will provide the first forum in the United States for intensive training in the internationally acclaimed interdisciplinary SCREAM - Supporting Children’s Rights through Education, the Arts and Media - program, developed by the International Labour Organization, International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO/IPEC). SCREAM offers cutting edge pedagogy, ideal for adapting and differentiating instruction to accommodate students’ different learning needs and styles.

The highlight of the program will be the forum where former child laborers from South America and victims of trafficking within the US will share their stories. These stories will be videotaped for classroom use and conference participants will develop teaching ideas to accompany these narratives which will be published for use in the schools.

Credits: 12.5 Professional Development Hours (1.25 CEUs) available.

Location: Drew University, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ

Date & Time: From 4/25/2008, 8:00 A.M. to 4/26/2008, 5:30 P.M.

Contacts:
Beth Lindley
Tel: (202) 974-8124
E-mail: blindley@iccle.org

Or

Linda Swerdlow
Tel: (973) 408-3046
E-mail: lswerdlo@drew.edu

Conference Website: http://www.depts.drew.edu/gsdean/mat/conference/2008.htm

Conference brochure