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When You’re the Minority in Your Classroom

07/15/2019 by admin Leave a Comment

With only 2 weeks left until the start of the 2019-20 school year, I’m still gathering resources (mainly picture books) to share with my students. After school ended, I spent 2 days in a Culturally & Historically Responsive Literacy training at Georgia State with Dr. Gholdy Muhammad. To say the training was transformative would be … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Black students, Black teachers, Culturally Responsive Literacy, Culturally Responsive Teaching, DeKalb County, ESOL, Georgia public schools, Hispanic students, Hispanic teachers, Metro-Atlanta schools, Title I

I hate what’s become of Special Education

11/22/2018 by admin Leave a Comment

Today is Thanksgiving. We are spending two short days with immediate family in Indiana, after touring four colleges with the middle child. On top of being mentally exhausted before the start of the week-long holiday, I am now physically exhausted. As a Special Education Teacher, exhaustion is typically par for the course, right? Outside of … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Black teachers, Co-Teaching, IDEA, Inclusion, LRE, Special Education, Special Education Teacher, Urban education

I, Too, Recite the Student Loan Serenity Prayer

02/11/2018 by admin Leave a Comment

Like Michael Arceneaux, I, Too, Recite the Student Loan Serenity Prayer. This evening, I was sitting in the parking lot of ‘the place where my daughter works’ and decided to keep myself occupied by scrolling through my Twitter timeline. Since I arrived an hour early, I had time to kill. As I scrolled, I saw … [Read more…]

Posted in: Rambling Reflections Tagged: African American college students, Black teachers, First generation college students, Student loan debt, Teacher student loan debt, Teachers of Color, Upward Bound

I See What You Do: Why I won’t sit with teachers during lunch

01/21/2018 by admin Leave a Comment

“I can’t believe what you say because I see what you do.” ~James Baldwin In holding myself accountable about writing more as a means of both reflection and motivation, I’m writing on this beautiful Sunday to clear my head. After our 1-day workweek last week due to snow, ice, and hazardous driving conditions, I find myself … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Daily Teacher Grind Tagged: Black teachers, Teachers of Color, Urban education

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