Meeting Pattern
Online/Microsoft Teams
Description
Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D. of Baytown, Texas has been a professional educator since 1972. She has been a secondary-school teacher and department chairperson, an elementary-school principal, a consultant, and a central-office administrator.
A Framework for Understanding Poverty is a powerful tool for educators to use when teaching children from poverty. Educators, social service and healthcare workers, law enforcement and the judiciary, communities, employers, and individuals from all walks of life are engaged in supporting children and adults to build resources, patterns of learning, and behaviors that will help them exit poverty.
Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes
Objectives:
- Best practices when working with students and families in poverty.
- Understand generational poverty, middle class and wealth.
- How poverty intersects with race, health, immigration and more.
- Provide a multifaceted, multidisciplinary set of tools and resources applicable across society.
Required Text:
A Framework for Understanding Poverty: A Cognitive Approach for Educators, Policymakers, Employers, and Service Providers, Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.
Resources:
Any required classroom resources, minus the required text, will be found in the TEAMS classroom folder(s), assignment(s) and chats.
Registration Instructions
Online registration URL closes @ 5:00 p.m. on June 4, 2026.
You will receive an email when you have successfully registered. Allow 48 hrs. (2 business days) to process your registration form. You will receive access information prior to course start date.