PREPÁRATE

EFFECTIVE APPROACHES FOR DEFINING ETHICAL

LEADERSHIP AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FOR

TODAY’S STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS AND

ADMINISTRATORS

Michelle D. Mason, Sr. Associate Dean, Enrollment

Management, Student Development & Outreach, and

Director of the Center for Professionalism and Ethics

OVERVIEW

Discuss the partnership between FIU Law, other university units and the Miami-Dade Public Schools System and how this partnership led to the Fall 2012 Ethics Summit.

Demonstrate how such a summit can serve as a launching pad for effective “College Readiness” programs, which can expose students in the early stages of their education to the university setting, peer mentoring and cross-generational conversations, each of which are integral to successfully moving students from primary and secondary education, to college and beyond.

GOALS

Illustrate the value in brining members of the community together in a setting where there is nothing “at stake,” as a mechanisms for effective communication and information exchange.

Highlight an innovative strategy for advancing college reading goals.

ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AND CIVIC

ENGAGEMENT

The strength and potential of a community is tied in large

part to its ability and willingness to act collectively to

educate and train its youth to understand what it means to

be:

CIVIL ETHICAL ENGAGED

RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS & LEADERS

EDUCATION AND TRAINING MUST BE

GROUND IN CURRENT REALITIES

Educational Disparity

Bullying

Growing up too Fast

Melting Pot vs. Salad Bowl

Tensions

Technology

Drugs/Alcohol Abuse

Globalism

School Violence

Obesity

Immigration Reform

Materialism

Economic Turmoil

Terrorism

Housing Crisis

Lost Generation

Homework

OH YES, DON’T FORGET

COLLEGE!

COMMUNITY COLLABORATION IS CRITICAL

PARTNERSHIP!

PARENTS

STUDENTS

TEACHERS

ADMINISTRATORS

SCHOOL BOARDS

UNIVERSITIES

COMMUNITY LEADERS

IMAGINE WHAT IS POSSIBLE

THE PERSONAL FIRST GENERATION

EDUCATION & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY & LAW

THERE ARE CRITICAL SOCIAL ISSUES TO BE

ADDRESSED – LOCALLY, NATIONALLY & GLOBALLY

THE PROFESSIONAL

APPOINTED TO THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC

SCHOOLS ETHICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

FOUNDER, MATH AND CIVICS SUMMER INSTITUTE

FIU LAW PIPELINE & OUTREACH

LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS

BEGINNINGS

MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ETHICS ADIVSORY COMMITTEE MEETING

– AGREEMENT TO FORM STEERING COMMITTEE

• MET SPRING 2012 – DECIDED TO HOLD CONFERENCE IN THE FALL

– FIU LAW

» DESIGNED PROGRAM

» HOSTED AT OUR SITE

» SECURED GUEST SPEAKERS

» INVITED ALL PARTICIPANTS

» BUS SERVICE

SETTING AN AGENDA FOR THE SUMMIT

WHO PARTICIPATED?

PARENTS

STUDENTS

TEACHERS

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS

UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

COMMUNITY LEADERS

SETTING AN AGENDA FOR THE SUMMIT

(contd.)

WHAT ARE THE COMMON AND DIVERGENT INTERESTS AND GOALS?

WHAT PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED BEFORE?

Internet Research & Discussion with Educational Diaspora

TOPICS

1. ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AND DECISION MAKING IN

EDUCATION

2. “NOT ON MY WATCH” - BULLLYING & HARASSMENT

PREVENTION

3. CULTIVATING ETHICAL THINKING AMONG DIGITAL

YOUTH

4. ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT

5. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

6. TAKEAWAYS AND PARTNERSHIPS

ORGANIZATION

TARGETED MESSAGING

PLENARY & CONCURRENT SESSIONS

CAMPUS ARRIVAL

ETHICS SUMMIT, NOV. 3, 2012

WELCOME

Dr. Mark Rosenberg,

FIU President

Dr. Irma Becerra-Fernandez,

FIU Vice President for

Engagement

OPENING ADDRESS

ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AN DECISION MAKING

IN EDUCATION

Dr. Pablo Ortiz, Assistant Superintendent,

M-DCPS

Dr. Lawrence S. Feldman, Miami-Dade

County Public Schools Board

“NOT ON MY WATCH” BULLYING AND

HARASSMENT PREVENTION

(Parents, Teachers, Administrators)

Ms. Jowharah Sanders,

Executive Director, National Voices

for Equality Education and

Enlightenment

CULTIVATING ETHICAL THINKING AMONG

DIGITAL YOUTH

(Elementary, Middle and High School Students)

Dr. Maria Lovett, PhD, Project Director, The

Education Effect: Liberty City Neighborhood

School Partnership, FIU College of Education

Young People’s Project (YPP)

ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT

(PARENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS)

Mike Murawski, Esq.,

Advocate, Miami-Dade

Commission on Ethics

“NOT ON MY WATCH” BULLYING AND

HARASSMENT PREVENTION

(Elementary, Middle and High School Students)

THE CHILDREN’S MOVEMENT

(PARENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS)

Dr. David Lawrence, Jr.,

President; Early Childhood

Initiative Foundation;

Education and Community

Leadership Scholar at the

University of Miami School

of Education: Chair, of The

Children’s Movement of

Florida

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, CIVILITY AND

CITIZENSHIP: A STUDENT’S ROLE

Presenting ethical dilemmas that people face in terms of being good citizens

FIU College of Education

(elementary school session)

Mr. Philip Koenig, Leading Miami

(middle school session)

Mr. Phil Fitzpatrick, University of Miami, Youth Ethics Initiative

(high school session)

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Mr. Perry Thurston,

Florida State Representative

TAKEAWAYS AND CONTINUING THE

DISCUSSION

Mr. Joseph Gebara, 1st Vice

President, Legislation and Advocacy,

Miami-Dade County Council of

PTAs/PTSAs

Dr. Joan Wynne, PhD, Program

Leader/Urban Education Master’s

Degree, FIU College of Education

FEEDBACK

DEBRIEFING

CONNECTING ACROSS GENERATIONS

ENGAGEMENT

PARTNERSHIP

LASTING IMAGES & IMPRESSIONS

THE FUTURE

FIU LAW STUDENT VOLUNTEERS

OUTCOMES & UPCOMING PROJECTS

2013 Project Citizen Fair

3rd Annual Math and Civics Summer Institute

Developing Partnership with M-DCPS – Civics Training and Tutoring

Partnership with Miami Killian Senior High – International Law Studies Academy

2nd Annual Ethics Summit

QUESTIONS