“I’m an activator,” he says. “In education, everyone is waiting for someone else to do something different, but if something is inequitable, I’m not going to wait―I’m going to disrupt.”
- Impact of social justice and trauma informed practices
- Trauma as a whole, but not as an event.
- Intergenerational transmission of trauma.
- Impact of racial trauma over time and day to day.
- ACES and Trauma.
- Understanding implicit bias
- If we’re not cognizant of it, it can wreak havoc on our impact as an educator.
- How do we navigate our roles as educator’s knowing that we possess bias?
- Why do we have clip charts in elementary schools?
- Unapologetic disruptor
- Our schools are designed to reflect the majority of our culture
- Behavior is a lagging skill instead of a personal choice.
- Change the school to meet the needs of our kids.
- When we put norms on kids.
- Look at kids as though they are doing the best they can!
- Many people have experienced trauma.
- Focused on the strengths of what kids come with.
- We’ve learned that clip charts in the classroom
- When public shaming becomes a norm in the school it can have major damage.
- Every kid is a genius.
- You’re being sent home because…
- How to have the conversation with adults.
- Teachers just like kids are doing the best they could.
- De-escalating kids.
- An escalated adult cannot deescalate an escalated child.
- Tap in and tap out strategy.
- Happy teacher revolution.
- You’re done.
- I can’t handle that weight. It’s too much.
- How to be a transformative principal? Activator - don’t wait for someone else to do it or try it. If it doesn’t work, it’s ok.
Episode 26
