Early in my career, I wish I understood that I wasn’t a 5th grade teacher; instead I was a teacher to the students in my class who were in 5th grade! I was primarily a teacher of students/learners; not a teacher of grade level or subject area! #HackingLeadership#HackLearning
One of my mistakes was believing I would be supported, helped, promoted, and rewarded to the same degree as my white colleagues. I thought my credentials, degrees, excellence, and work ethic would be as valuable than their connections. I was wrong.
We've had a lot wrong about learning, turning it into a hunger-games high stakes competition in particular.
Learning is an act of vulnerability & humility. It requires the knowledge that we can & should learn as well as patient experience through stages of trial, error & learning
Morning!
Here is my ecological model of victim blaming of women.
It demonstrates all of the different systems and factors which support, encourage and influence victim blaming.
This is why it is SO difficult to challenge. This is why women are so impacted by VB.