These past few days I've been jumping through several books that I want to read all at once:
-"Multiplication Is For White People", Lisa Delpit
-Motivated, Lani Horn
-Moving Things Around, Bowen Kerins et al.
-Mathematical Mindsets, Jo Boaler
The reality about my days with online teaching - it's really hard to admit this - many many days it feels like I'm in an empty classroom, still teaching.
But I will still teach because there are still kids there wanting to learn.
#wordsofaffirmation Do what you feel is right by you as a teacher during this time.
This week I've been going back and forth over how I'm teaching compared to my colleagues and I need to remind myself I'm doing what I can and I've always been keeping my students in mind.
Next year I'll be co-teaching Intro to Computer Science for the first time. Here's my attempt at trying out one of the projects my students will do: https://t.co/3Z2MzDJBXz
#introcs
Coming here I realized how I have always wanted to advocate for and support Fil-Am youth, all while still understanding my own identity as a Filipino American. Having conversations about mental health in the Filipino community is so important so this event alone was empowering.
By no means did I leave #NCTMSD2019 feeling refreshed/relieved - instead I was challenged, humbled, and feeling more connected to this community of educators. There's a lot of work to be done which is scary but exciting to know I want to see this through in this profession.