Culturally Responsive Education Approaches to Classroom Management
Culturally Responsive Education Approaches to Classroom Management
Hosted by Brooklyn Arts Council
Facilitated by Austin Greene & Robyne Walker-Murphy
July 27 | 12 - 2pm EST | Zoom
This workshop will integrate anti-racist, culturally responsive education, and abolitionist principles into classroom management strategies. This workshop questions the concept of acceptable student behavior and analyzes where these expectations stem from. With a specific lens on the rich cultural landscape of Brooklyn, and a focus on educators who are teaching students of different racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds from their own, this workshop asks what might we do instead of demanding obedience when “disruptive” behavior occurs.
Zoom link to be distributed via Eventbrite on the day of the event.
Please email tmuhammad@brooklynartscouncil.org with any accessibility or accommodation needs.
Austin Greene (he/him) is an artist, arts administrator, graphic designer, educator, activist, and organizer. For many years, he served as the Lead Teaching Artist for the DreamYard A.C.T.I.O.N. project, a four year, social justice and creative arts program for Bronx High School students. Austin was instrumental in developing robust art and social justice curricular content for both the students and teaching artists. He also served as the inaugural Social Justice Pedagogy Coach at DreamYard, where he developed curriculum to help teaching artists and administrative staff strengthen their social justice pedagogy through the arts. He now serves as the Director of the DreamYard Arts Center. Austin has helped build both internal and outward facing social justice and arts curriculum for many local and national organizations. He was a long-time educator, partner and collaborator at Little Maroons Childcare Cooperative (a Brooklyn based, child led, Afrikan centered liberation school) before it closed its doors in 2019, and he is a member of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. He is a firm believer of art as a tool for justice. Austin is from Brooklyn, NY.
Robyne Walker Murphy (she/her) is a nationally recognized art and social justice educator and administrator. Currently, she is the Interim Director of Public Progams at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza and The Billie Holiday Theatre. From 2016-2022, Robyne served as the Executive Director at Groundswell, a social justice youth development program that uses the transformative power of public art-making to ignite personal and societal change. In her five years at Groundswell, Robyne centered young people, teaching artists, arts administrators, and staff through the creation of 126 murals, serving approximately 2,000 young people and collaborating with 150 community organizations. Over the last five years, Groundswell has received national recognition for its excellence in youth development, public art, and social justice pedagogy. Previous to her position at Groundswell, Robyne held positions at the National Guild for Community Arts Education, Coole Culture, and Dreamyard where she served as the director of the DreamYard Art Center in the Bronx. Under her leadership, DreamYard Art Center was recognized by the Obama White House as one of the top programs in the nation. Robyne accepted the award from First Lady Michelle Obama. Robyne has conducted workshops and delivered keynotes at conferences and institutions across the country on the topic of art and social activism at institutions. She is a member of New York City’s Cultural Advisory Committee and a 2022 Metropolitan Museum of Art Women’s History Month Honoree. Robyne graduated from Clark Atlanta University (B.A. English) and the University of Washington, Seattle (MFA, Acting). She resides in Brooklyn with her husband, Tarik Murphy, and her son, Ras.