The purpose of the MLK Teacher In-Service program is to provide a very special training session for teachers and other professionals that ties in directly with the life and legacy of of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  This year’s Teacher In-Service program will focus on primary sources from the Holocaust.  

Teachers and professionals attending this program will hear from the Executive Director of the Tennessee Holocaust Commission and UT’s Professor of Urban Multicultural Education. These facilitators will also engage participants in writing activities as well as provide support materials that connect to the Common Core Standards.  

Dr. Chonika Coleman-King, Assistant Professor of Urban Multicultural Education at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, will facilitate the second session. This presentation will focus on “How Cultural Differences Affect the Classroom.”