Issues Now! Conversations About Equity

On this episode, I welcome back Ashley Boles, Dustin Best, and Kandy Cox Dillion to discuss their personal experiences as an educator who is also a member of the LGBTQ community.  I am so grateful to these three amazing educators for sharing their personal experiences to help others learn and grow.

On this episode, I welcome back Ashley Boles, Dustin Best, and Kandy Cox Dillion to discuss their personal experiences as an educator who is also a member of the LGBTQ community.  I am so grateful to these three amazing educators for sharing their personal experiences to help others learn and grow.

On this episode we are diving into a new topic about equity in education.  We will spend the next three episodes exploring issues related to LGBTQ students and staff.  Today’s episode will focus on the importance of, and how to create welcoming spaces for our LGBTQ students.  I am thrilled to welcome three of my friends, Ashley Boles, Dustin Best, and Kandy Cox Dillion for this conversation about equity.

For more information about this topic, please visit The Trevor Project and GLSEN.

On this episode we are diving into a new topic about equity in education.  We will spend the next three episodes exploring issues related to LGBTQ students and staff.  Today’s episode will focus on the importance of, and how to create welcoming spaces for our LGBTQ students.  I am thrilled to welcome three of my friends, Ashley Boles, Dustin Best, and Kandy Cox Dillion for this conversation about equity.

For more information about this topic, please visit The Trevor Project and GLSEN.

In this episode we are dig a bit deeper into the classroom application of becoming an anti-racist ELA teacher.  Last week, I talked with three professors from NC State University about their white paper about this topic.  Today, I talk with two English  teachers from Grays Creek High School, Melissa Bishop and Joel Mayo, about how they are putting some of these practices into action in the classroom.  Melissa is also the president of the North Carolina English Teachers Association and talks briefly about what that organization is doing to promote anti-racist work through North Carolina.  

To nominate someone for the NCETA Anti-Racist Teaching Award, please visit: https://forms.gle/QxGHCcKhmPsvij3r6

In this episode we are dig a bit deeper into the classroom application of becoming an anti-racist ELA teacher.  Last week, I talked with three professors from NC State University about their white paper about this topic.  Today, I talk with two English  teachers from Grays Creek High School, Melissa Bishop and Joel Mayo, about how they are putting some of these practices into action in the classroom.  Melissa is also the president of the North Carolina English Teachers Association and talks briefly about what that organization is doing to promote anti-racist work through North Carolina.  

To nominate someone for the NCETA Anti-Racist Teaching Award, please visit: https://forms.gle/QxGHCcKhmPsvij3r6

In this episode I with three professors from NC State University on how to work towards becoming an Anti-Racist ELA Teacher; Dr. Michelle Falter, Dr. Chandra Alston, and Dr. Crystal Chen Lee.  These three ladies worked together in the summer of 2020 to write a white paper outlining the steps that teachers, specifically ELA teachers, should take towards becoming Anti-Racist teachers.

To read the entire paper, please visit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11wwUDyWOeiXaYpSlzaE6LvAMG-NJnumnHl-Ud1fiPII/edit?usp=sharing

In this episode I with three professors from NC State University on how to work towards becoming an Anti-Racist ELA Teacher; Dr. Michelle Falter, Dr. Chandra Alston, and Dr. Crystal Chen Lee.  These three ladies worked together in the summer of 2020 to write a white paper outlining the steps that teachers, specifically ELA teachers, should take towards becoming Anti-Racist teachers.

To read the entire paper, please visit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11wwUDyWOeiXaYpSlzaE6LvAMG-NJnumnHl-Ud1fiPII/edit?usp=sharing

In part three of our series on White Privilege, I talk with three colleagues from CCS- Larry Parker, Dr. Lillian McDavid, and Jovan Denaut about the importance of having access to teachers of color for our students of color.  We talk about the difficulties of recruitment and the importance of staff development in cultural responsive teaching- no matter the race of the teacher.

In part three of our series on White Privilege, I talk with three colleagues from CCS- Larry Parker, Dr. Lillian McDavid, and Jovan Denaut about the importance of having access to teachers of color for our students of color.  We talk about the difficulties of recruitment and the importance of staff development in cultural responsive teaching- no matter the race of the teacher.