This workshop series will enable you to gain insights and strategies for navigating challenging conversations in schools. The series includes scheduled live sessions with speakers from Facing History & Ourselves, Better Arguments Project, and Middle Ground School Solutions as well as asynchronous experiences such as virtual museum tours, videos and readings. The workshop will explore what makes conversations difficult, the opportunities they present, and the mindset and skills to lead them with better outcomes. The series is hosted by a Museum of Tolerance facilitator who creates space for dialogue and a supportive community to begin practicing the skills. Walk away with toolkits and teacher guides for pro-actively implementing conscious conversations with students and with adults in community contexts.(Certificates of completion are provided for 7.5 hours including synchronous and asynchronous learning).

• Jan 25^th: Begin with asynchronous independent virtual museum exploration and community building; Virtual Museum Tour: Exploring the Difficult Questions of Our Time 
• Jan 27^th: 3:00-4:30 Basic Facilitation Skills for Educators LIVE Workshop
• Feb 3^rd 3:00-4:30: Strategies for School and Classroom: Introducing The Better Arguments Project LIVE workshop

• Feb. 10^th 3:00-4:30: Strategies for School and Classroom: The Fostering Civil Conversations Toolkit by Facing History and Ourselves LIVE Workshop

Confirmed registered participants will receive an email during the week prior to the event with the agenda, links to the Zoom events, and Flipgrid passcode protected pages.

For questions regarding registration, please contact Blanca Gaytan at Gaytan_Blanca@lacoe.edu