It's been a while!! I moved to Florida last year, and spent the last school year as a fourth grade classroom teacher. It has been 14 years since I was a classroom teacher, and the standards have changed a lot! Luckily, the majority of my students were ELL's (21 out of 25), so at least some of my ESOL experience was helpful! Now that I've moved to Florida and am a classroom teacher, rather than solely an ESOL teacher, I need to learn more about teaching all of my students; most especially my US-born students of color. Luckily for all of us, there are many educators out there who have been doing the work of researching and writing about the issues that impact students of color in public school classrooms. Our job is to listen, learn, and incorporate what these educators know in order to elevate our practice.
With that, here we go!
I have some suggestions for a starting place for those of you just entering the world of social justice and education. For those of you that have been in this world for a while, you probably know most of these amazing educators already!
Many fantastic educators impart their wisdom on twitter. I have several suggestions for you to follow. You'll get links to articles and books that will aid you on your journey to becoming a more culturally responsive teacher. I'll be talking about many of those resources here on my blog, reflecting on what the information in them means for me as a teacher as well as for my students. (This is not an exhaustive list, and people are listed in no particular order.)
Anyway, here are some people to follow (you won't be disappointed!):
- Laura M. Jimenez
- Marian Dingle
- Ebony Elizabeth
- Christopher Emdin
- Jose Luis Vilson
- Shana V. White
- Val Brown
- Xian Franzinger Barrett
- Lynell Powell
- Sara K. Ahmed
- Mariana Souto-Manning
- Leigh Patel
- Kim Parker
- Sabrina Joy Stevens
- Cornelius Minor
- Dulce-Marie Flecha
- Kelly Wickham Hurst
- Julia E. Torres
- Clint Smith
- Rosa Perez-Isaiah
- Rebekah Cordova
- EduColor Movement
- Teaching Tolerance
- HipHopEd
- Teaching for Change
- All Y'all Social Justice Series
- Rethinking Schools
Anyone you follow that is not on my list? Please share!!
💜 Jacquie
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