Being More than a Teacher
When I was 7 years old, I remember my first encounter with racism. It was at my elementary school. A boy who was in a grade level ahead of me would tell me I needed to get down on the floor (while pointing down) and clean his shoes because I was Black. However, he wouldn’t […]
Teaching your students how to identify and appropriately express their feelings are social/emotional lessons that can easily be weaved into daily classroom lessons. It is helpful for classroom management and for your own teacher self-care. After years of teaching social/emotional learning and working with teachers on how to deal with students that have emotional behavior […]
The teaching profession 79% white. I know what it feels like to be the “first” or the “only” in various scenarios in districts that I worked in – except in my classroom. With being the minority in my profession, I learned how to adapt and assimilate to work with the majority. But as I taught […]