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Dr. Crum is an artist, author,researcher, and founder of MosaicEducation Network, LLC. MosaicEducation Network is a consultingcompany that infuses the arts,diversity, and critical thinking intoprofessional development,community building and traditionaleducation so participants havehealthy ways of thinking aboutthemselves, their future and adiverse world. Dr. Crum earned herBachelors in Visual Art Studies fromthe University of Florida, her Mastersin African American and AfricanStudies and her PhD in ArtAdministration, Education andPolicy from The Ohio StateUniversity. She has conductedprofessional development training,
given presentations and facilitatedprojects across the United Statesand internationally including Ghanaand Brazil.
She continues to shape her ownprofessional development through avariety of opportunities. She workedwith The Ohio State Universityand The Royal ShakespeareCompany in the United Kingdom tolearn how to increase students'reading comprehension throughtheater-based practices.
As an Imagining AmericaFellow, she worked withartists, scholars, andcommunity organizers acrossthe country to expand therole of art and publicscholarship in highereducation. As an AlbertSchweitzer Fellow, sheworked with thirteen 8thgraders, a social studiesteacher, and numerouscommunity members tocreate the LindenDocumentary Project.Students created researchquestions and facilitatedinterviews with communityprofessionals to learn aboutthe history of theirneighborhood.
In May of 2015, Dr. Crum wasnominated to give a TEDxtalk, “A Tale of TwoTeachers.” Her focus was onan arts-based professionaldevelopment process calledmulticultural critical reflectivepractice (MCRP) which sheco-created and published.
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Integrate:Community-Based
Education
To support educators, non-
profits, and communitystakeholders in forming andimplementing creativeproject-based curriculum.
The goals are the following:
educators who want tobring relevant curriculuminto their classrooms
students' education byincorporating the expertiseof community stakeholders(e.g. parents, youngprofessionals, non-profitboard members, and artists)
creative social justice-
oriented project-basedcurriculum
STUDENT-DRIVEN LEARNING
OBJECTIVE
SUPPORT
ENHANCE
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IMPLEMENT
ACT:Actively Critically
Thinking
To encourage students tocritically analyze literatureand media from differentperspectives using theaterpractices while promotingan intellectual experience.
The goals are the following:
creative project-basedcurriculum that isconnected to social justicethemes and encouragescritical thinking
academic, social andcultural experiences into theclassroom
a foundation of awareness,values, ethics andcitizenship
reading, visual culture andtheater-based "rehearsalroom" techniques forinteractive learning
THEATER-BASED LITERACY
OBJECTIVE
IMPLEMENT
INTEGRATE
CREATE
CONNECT
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literacy
ExpandingCultural
Perceptions
To help educators gainstronger relationships withtheir students by guiding
educators through criticalself-reflection using art. Thegoals are the following:
educators gain culturalconsciousness, avoidperpetuating stereotypes,and create opportunities forcritical thinking
educators become leadersin the classroom throughculturally-conscious andinnovative teachingpractices
assumptions that influenceteaching approaches,student-teacherengagement, andcurriculum choices
DIVERSITY TRAINING
OBJECTIVE
HELP
SUPPORT
IDENTIFY
Conversationsthat Matter
To incorporate personalinput to address challengesaffecting the school,organization, or businessthrough small-groupconversations. The goals arethe following:
and utilize the collectivewisdom in the group todetermine productiveaction steps
conversations that allowparticipants to proactivelytake charge
in methods that allow forbetter decision-making,
more efficient and effectivecapacity building andgreater ability to quicklyrespond to opportunity,challenges and change
in conversations to learn,
exchange ideas, offerresources and be innovative
DIALOGUES FOR REALSOLUTIONS
OBJECTIVE
IDENTIFY
FACILITATE
ENGAGE
PARTICIPATE
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IntegrateStudent-Driven
Community-Based Education
TARGET AUDIENCE SUMMARY
FEE INCLUDES
6-12th gradestudents andteachersinterested inincorporatingcommunitymembers into theclassroom
Students, teachers,and community
stakeholdersshape the direction,
purpose and
creative output for asocial justice-
oriented projectincorporated in
classroomcurriculum
10-30 students3-5 teachers 6-weeks3 day/wk90 min sessionsSupplies
ACTTheater-Based Literacy
Actively Critically Thinking
TARGET AUDIENCE SUMMARY
FEE INCLUDES
6-12th gradeteachers lookingfor an alternativeapproach toreadingcomprehenstion
15-30 students3-5 teachers 9 sessions90 min sessionsSupplies
An active approachto teaching thatpromotes peercollaboration,
develops critical-thinking skills, andstudents making
their own informedinterpretive choices
Cultural PerceptionsDiversity Training
Expanding
Conversations thatMatter Dialogues for Real Solutions
Hosting
TARGET AUDIENCE
FEE INCLUDES
SUMMARY TARGET AUDIENCE SUMMARY
FEE INCLUDESUses art, critical self-reflection, and story-
telling toequip educators to bebetter leaders in theireducational spaces by
minimizing the effect oftheir bias for more
engagement with andconfidence in learnersfor better academic
performance.
Teachers, schooladministrators,service- learningstudents, and non-
profit leaders andstaff seeking toform strongerrelationships withthe diversepopulations theyserve
ContinuingEducationCredits(CEUs)90 -120 min
Schools, businesses,and organizationsseeking to address achallenge by using in-
depth and uniqueinsights from theirstakeholders (Parents,teachers, support staff,board members,community members,students, grantors, etc)
Small group,
action-orientedconversations toensure diversecontribution,
connectperspectives, andshare discoveries
to addresschallenges and co-
creating solutions
AuthenticdataDetailedreport withnext steps 120 min
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