In confronting attacks on LGBTQ+ students’ rights to representation and safety in public education, we hold firm to creating inclusive and affirming learning spaces.
@GLSEN’s executive director, @themelster discusses how inclusive education benefits all: https://t.co/3tdeoabL5h
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🎨 Jacqui Vanliew
Quick de-escalation phrases for kids:
You’re not in trouble.
I want to hear your side.
I’m not mad at you.
What happened?
How can I help you right now?
Let’s talk about this.
TOMORROW - As leaders make critical policy decisions concerning the implementation of culturally relevant curriculum, join @BERC_TC for a post-election discussion on the politics of equity & curriculum policy in NY, hosted by @drsonyadouglass.
👉 https://t.co/xvAfetkJVr
Last week's Black Teacher Design Lab session really leaned into this great quote by Robin D. G. Kelley. Teachers used what they imagined about thriving & transcending limiting beliefs to start building healing-centered prototypes 🌱
What are your new visions?
#FreedomDreaming
"Teacher education programs should consider ways to encourage new and experienced teachers to follow the news, engage in civil discourse with one another about topics of public concern, and participate in civic and political life." #teacherprep#teachereducation#civics
In honor of Toni Morrison’s tireless commitment to anti-censorship advocacy, NYPL is providing unlimited, instant digital access to two of her most challenged works, ‘Beloved’ and ‘The Bluest Eye’ through October 31. #BannedBooksWeek https://t.co/hAb9chNFuu
📣Applications due TODAY! In this offering Black teachers get paid to design healing-centered approaches specific to their students in a cocoon of Black love intentionally cultivated to reimagine schools as liberated learning environments!
💰750.00 stipend
https://t.co/ykKeiAatWA
Planning field trips to historic homes or plantations? Learn how to choose one that honors the enslaved people who lived there.
Educators planning field trips hoping to teach students local history have options — but they need to know what to look for.https://t.co/P3kswdVczH
“I realized I wanted to give something back.” Engaging audiences on the stage and in the classroom, TC grad Audrey Yatdon finds purpose and new challenges as an educator. #TCAlumni
https://t.co/g7PUwL7fO9
Systems are often designed to make us feel small & yield space that is rightfully ours. But we are not small; our dreams, feelings & personalities are BIG & need space to flourish! To start the week, take up all the space you need; be YOU; your authenticity is your super power ✊🏿
Teacher educator Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz uses the phrase “Archaeology of the Self” to describe how teachers should dig deep, peel back layers of themselves and think about how issues of race, class, religion and sexual identity live within.
https://t.co/J0qg2TDGhl