I need for not only my school administration but the district administration to look deep within themselves to truly understand the DEI work that has been done so far and to see how they can enhance that at every level. This covers most aspects of the day from ability grouping to sending home practice work… Read more »
Equity in the Classroom
Equity is giving students what they need so that they can be the most successful in my classroom. My students currently don’t receive that because I am only one person and my “small group” third grade reading class has grown to almost twenty students who are all at varying levels of English acquisition. . In… Read more »
Blog Post: The Muslim Faith & Community
The Muslim faith is one that I knew very little about prior to transferring from a third grade teacher to a Teacher of Multilingual Learners. I took the position in August of 2016 and my first parent/teacher conferences were right around election time. One of the nights of conferences was the day before the election. … Read more »
Blog Post: “Exploring this Story & Your Own”
I missed the beginning of Anne’s presentation due to a school commitment so when I went to look further into the protocol that she had set out, I realized that I do my read alouds in a very similar fashion. I had not seen that particular protocol before but I do start with some simpler… Read more »
Cohort Post: Finding a Forever Home…
The need and stressors of finding a forever home were echoed by all of my students after reading “Wherever I Go”. All of my students’ families have been in the position of needing to leave their home for a new one for various reasons. Fortunately, this year, all of my students’ families have had help… Read more »
Cohort Post: Understanding Implicit Bias
Implicit biases are unconscious beliefs and are involuntarily activated in the mind. We are not even aware that they exist, yet they can have a tremendous impact on decision making. I took two of the Implicit Association Tests (IAT). I took the sexuality and race IAT. I like to think that I am a very… Read more »
The PINE Project
