The Healing Power of Listening to Ourselves and Our Students
This school year, I am participating in a cohort designed to help educational stakeholders take a deep dive in the education system and the policy related factors that prohibit students from being...
Why Your Students Social Lives Matter to Your Classroom and School
Everything happening in your students' social lives can be connected back to a lesson in your classroom. But, this is going to require you to step outside your comfort zones, create space for...
It’s Time to Walk It Out
Hip Hop influences a lot of the work I do as an educator and content creator. Like seriously, when I get a creative idea in mind, it is usually influenced by a song or the life of a hip hop artist. ...
If You Ask They Will Tell
I love the line from Field Dreams (1989), “if you build it they will come,” and actually find myself saying it often, or a version of it when working with teachers. “If you ask they will...
The Hard Topics
I remember it was my third year teaching and I had just received my Master’s Degree in Sociology with an emphasis on race studies. I was tasked with teaching Dual Credit Sociology to high...
Just Ask
..And yet, one of the worst things a teacher can do, and one that is not entirely uncommon, is to ignore the culture of their students. ...
Why Graduate School Has Been The Best PD Opp For Me…
It seems that this year’s theme for me, personally and professionally, has been #growthmindset. If you follow me any on Twitter, lately I have been doing a lot of tweeting about how I am pushing...
Relationship Building Is A Must
Each student walks into your classroom with a story; a story that you, as the educator, must know. ...
