Wellness Initiative Sessions Presented by DOVE
My Hair My CROWN
Narrow beauty standards make it difficult for young people to grow up celebrating their uniqueness. While everyone experiences unrealistic beauty pressures, societal bias unfairly discriminates against Black women and girls based on hair texture and protective hairstyles that are so culturally important. We’re taking action to change this. To break boundaries, build confidence and challenge stereotypes – so the next generation can grow up loving who they are without judgment. My Hair, My CROWN is a free tool for educators, parents and mentors. It’s academically validated to boost hair confidence in kids with coils, curls, waves and protective styles, as well as build allyship in others to Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair. The resource was specially created for children aged 11–14, designed to target a key source of appearance pressure for young people – hair and hair culture.
Confident Me: Single Lesson
This is a free teacher toolkit to help boost self-esteem in young people. The 40-65 minute lesson is aimed at 11-14 year olds. This downloadable pack has everything you need to run a one-off body confidence workshop (teacher guide, presentation slides, activity sheets and short videos). It explores everything from media influence to peer pressure and promoting positive body image, you’ll have the opportunity to host small group activities and create class discussions.
The workshop has been specially developed by Dove Self-Esteem Project partner, the Center for Appearance Research – the world’s largest research group focusing on the role of appearance and body image in people’s lives. The session has been proven to help young people:
- Identify personal strengths
- Improve emotional, social and physical wellbeing
- Learn about the impact of social media on on body image
- Recognize unrealistic beauty standards in the media
Celebrándome: Building self confidence in Hispanic/Latinx Youth
Celebrándome (Celebrating Me) – a new tool to boost confidence and self-esteem in Hispanic/Latinx youth, brought to you by the Dove Self-Esteem Project. Every young person deserves to grow up feeling confident in their skin. But so many things can stop them from developing self-esteem and being their most authentic selves. Take unrealistic beauty standards for example. They differ from country to country and are heavily influenced by cultural narratives and norms.
Multilingual Sessions
Celebrándome: Building self confidence in Hispanic/Latinx Youth
Celebrándome (Celebrating Me) – a new tool to boost confidence and self-esteem in Hispanic/Latinx youth, brought to you by the Dove Self-Esteem Project. Every young person deserves to grow up feeling confident in their skin. But so many things can stop them from developing self-esteem and being their most authentic selves. Take unrealistic beauty standards for example. They differ from country to country and are heavily influenced by cultural narratives and norms.
Asegurando el Acceso Para Estudiantes Bilingües | Providing Access for Multilingual Learners
All students deserve access to grade-level mathematics. In this session, we will engage in a bilingual mathematics task in order to understand the experience and needs of multilingual students in the classroom, while considering the major work of grades 3–5. Let’s learn the importance of utilizing instructional and language routines in math!
Supporting ALL Children with Math Language Routines (MLRs)
Instructional routines are embedded into each lesson and activity in the Open Up Resources K–8 Math curriculum. Let’s learn the how and why behind instructional routines and the ways they promote student discourse. We will unpack instructional routines and the characteristics that make them effective instructional practices.
Language Supports to Highlight an Asset-Based Mindset in Grades 6–8 Math
In this session, participants will look at unit progressions of linguistic demands of their learners and align them to lessons. Participants craft and examine embedded language supports to provide learners and reflect on lessons to promote equity in student voices.
Digital Solutions Sessions
Engage in an Open Up Resources 7th Grade Math Lesson (with Kiddom)
Let’s do math and collaborate together! Experience an Open Up Resources 7th Grade Math lesson from the lens of a student. Then, synthesize the lesson demo and learning goals, and brainstorm with fellow educators using the curriculum. These lessons highlight several instructional routines and Math Language Routines (MLRs) found in the Open Up Resources 6–8 Math curriculum!
Engage in a 4th Grade EL Education K–8 Language Arts (with Kiddom)
Let’s collaborate together! Experience an Open Up Resources EL Education 4th Grade Language Arts lesson from the lens of a student. Then, synthesize the lesson demo and learning goals, and brainstorm with fellow educators using the curriculum. These lessons highlight several protocols found in the Open Up Resources EL Education 4th Grade Language Arts curriculum.