Detroit Future Schools Rebrands As People in Education

Detroit Future Schools is excited to announce our rebrand as “People in Education.”  Our rebrand includes a new brand identity, designed by The Work Dept!

People in Education’s mission is to humanize schooling by facilitating space for connection, curiosity and reflection. We do this through three core programs:

• We bring media artists-in-residence into Detroit public schools to facilitate student-led community investigations, which culminate in Major Media Projects.
• We offer a yearlong teacher fellowship program called the Rida Institute through which teachers gain the skills to nurture authentic youth voice and leadership in their classrooms.
• Additionally, we work with a team of youth researchers who engage in participatory action research methods to explore our mission of humanizing schooling.

Learn more about PIE’s work in our Letter from the Director and check out our new website!

Save the Date: Rida 2017

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Heads up that this year’s Rida Institute Summer workshop is coming up August 2nd - 4th. 

The Rida Institute is a year long! We're kicking off in the summer with touch points throughout the year — here is some of what we’re planning so far:

Rida Institute Summer Workshop 2017 (August 2017) This is the traditional three day institute that introduces teachers to the Rida Framework. This year we’ll have talks by visiting Educators (to be named soon!) and we’ll focus on developing unit plans for the school year.

Tune-up Meetings At two points in the year, teachers will have the opportunity to come together after the summer workshop to “tune up” their classroom plans and practices. The Tune-ups will focus on troubleshooting challenges and sharing successes.

Classroom Visits Every classroom will be observed at least once throughout the year. PIE will also conduct interviews with students to assess their perceptions of the classroom. Teachers will reflect on the evaluations during Tune-up Meetings to understand what’s working and not working in their classrooms, and adjust their practices accordingly.

There will be more info soon and we'll be sure to pass it along to you!

Apply to be a youth Media Maker with DFS!

DFS is launching our second Out of School Project in May 2017. The OSP Summer Workshop will take place from May - August 2017, and is led by DFS youth researchers Alondra Castañeda, Wayne Bussey II and Issra Killawi. Check out the info and application below:

WHAT

As part of furthering our work to humanize schooling, The OSP Summer Media Workshop will investigate the big question “What it means to be human?” from the perspective of young Detroiters. We’ll also produce media projects that tell the story of our discoveries.

WHY

Too often, young people are reduced to statistics in the debate about education in Detroit. We believe young people can and should be leaders in addressing the complex problems we face in Detroit, from the drop-out crisis, to the lack of local accountability in our separate school districts, to the need for new ways of measuring success beyond standardized testing.

WHO WE ARE

Detroit Future Schools is a digital media arts program committed to humanizing education in Detroit. This workshop will be hosted by the Out of School Project, which aims to cultivate agency, critical consciousness and compassion with young people as we work to humanize schooling.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for young people (ages 13-25) who..

• want to grow ideas in collaboration with others

• want to learn about creating artistic, digital media

• want to use media as a tool for social change

WHEN & WHERE

Becoming a media maker with Detroit Future Schools means committing to three hour meetings every other week at the Allied Media Projects office on 4216 Third Street. The exact meeting days and times will be determined on May 10, 2017

HOW TO APPLY

CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE

CLICK HERE FOR A PDF APPLICATION

Complete the application and return it to Detroit Future Schools 4126 Third Street Detroit, MI 48201 or email it to nate@alliedmedia.org before May 1, 2017.