Women,Gender,Sexuality Studies 398C - P-Teaching&Lrng/CarceralSpaces

This course provides students with the opportunity to facilitate weekly tutoring sessions in the Western Massachusetts Regional Women's Correctional Center (WCC), the Franklin County Jail, the Hampshire County Jail, or the Berkshire County Jail (via zoom). Students will complete a 4-part Tutor Training with the Petey Greene Program (PGP), a national organization that "supports the academic goals of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people and justice-impacted youth, through high-quality volunteer tutoring programs"; offer individualized, weekly tutoring sessions that support the academic goals of students; attend a weekly pedagogy seminar to deepen reading and research in the area of critical prison studies and to share insights, explore challenges and troubleshoot issues or problems; participate in PGP leadership programming and the Justice Education Series; and complete a written Reflection Journal. Students will develop the knowledge, experience, and practical skills to support justice in education and to work with others to imagine, advocate for, and build a more just society in which all people, regardless of their circumstance, have access to quality higher education.