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I have been attending an online version of the Teach Your Heart Out conference and have absolutely LOVED IT! I take notes on almost every session and have so many ideas to take back to my school. Some of my favorite sessions deal with integrating community building activities like class chants/songs, how to be the yellow (be the bright spot in someone's day), and creating a welcoming environment for all. Many presenters also have blogs and websites that I have added to my list of references, so I can continue to learn from them after this current conference. This TYHO conference is so worth the money and time spent, if anyone wants to look into it, here is the link! I attended the spring and this summer one.

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I have been wanting our school to have a stronger impact when it comes to drawing in the community. I am hopeful that with my new admin, she will bring some new ideas on how to do that. With teaching online last year, I think that might have sparked a desire in the parents to get more involved as well, and I would hate to disregard that once we are back in school fulltime.

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For about a year now, I have been a part of a book club with my colleagues. We always pick a variety of titles to talk through, and choose one that interests the majority of us. We have read books that deal with many topics that are current "hot button" items. I always leave with a greater sense of understanding and appreciate our thought-provoking conversations.

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I absolutely love drawing from other teachers in my school. I always find new, innovative ways to teach and learn so much from them, regardless of grade level.

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I want to put this into action right away! I purchased, "The Racial Healing Handbook" this summer and would like to have book talks with my peers if any others are interested in reading along with me.

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A few years ago at a training one of the teachers in my district shared that once a week she would have dinner at a different student's house. This was obviously voluntary for families and they only signed up if they were willing to have her over and she communicated well in advance when she would come, but she said that the kiddos and families absolutely loved it and it was so special to get to know her students and families on a more personal level. I'm not sure how this would work in the COVID teaching era- but this is something that I hope to do someday. I am also working on creating a schoolyard habitat and partnering with local parks and community agencies to promote greener initiatives.

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I often try to co-teach with the other first grade teacher at my school, prior to COVID we would share instruction. Now that our kiddos are cohorted this is obviously more difficult, but we still work closely together. I also am on the Anti-Racism committee at my school and work with a team of educators to train and inform our staff on anti-racism.

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Similarly to others, cost is almost always a factor. There are many professional memberships that I would LIKE to have, however I financially can't afford. Unless my admin/ district is willing to invest in it- it is difficult for me to join.

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I plan to take initiatives of these in my school system of Karachi, Pakistan:
- School structure
- Continuous Professional Development sessions
- Skills development sessions for teachers

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I started use of social media during the pandemic as there are many websites such as Edmodo which I use for my students.

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I try to affiliate my religious/spiritual studies with my academic classes.

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There are many volunteer services available in our school for us and I am part of it.

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I conduct sessions for parents and community awareness. Also, I encourage my students' parents to be active in my classes so that they can also learn and be a part of our school organization.

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I always found book talks fascinating but due to syllabus pressure, I never get time to initiate the book clubs ideas for my students.

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There are many volunteer communities for students' services and students programs and events. I myself is a part of counseling service and I also encourage students to avail these opportunities for their learning and growth.

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There are many learning communities in my school and I encourage my students to take active participation in it.

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I always wanted to be a part of professional membership clubs but I have been waiting for my school to approach me to be a member of such clubs maybe because of huge amount of money.

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I am pretty active on social media, but I am more of an observer versus someone that posts a lot. I am a part of many Facebook groups that have lots of discussion forums, especially for teachers. I think that a goal of mine will be to communicate and participate in these forums to share my thoughts with others.

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I grew up in a Christian household but I am not currently practicing.

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I would love to start volunteering in any organization. I find that providing acts of service to others fills my cup so I think that if, and when, I find a volunteering opportunity that suits me, I can share that with others as well.

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I am pretty passionate about planning events and organizing things in my community. I think that I would need to expand upon leading in other areas, especially benefiting students and families.

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I would like to be a part of a book club, whether it is for educational purposes or leisure. I think that I have strayed away from reading for pleasure or for my choice since starting grad school. I have enjoyed many of the books that I have read for some of my classes, so it would be amazing to take the leadership learning from this class to initiate a book club for educators in my community.

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Being a substitute for so many years, it's difficult to create partnerships with other teachers. I have built a professional relationship only to the extent of communicating scheduled days and plans for teachers that would like for me to be in their classroom again. I worked a summer school position this summer and I felt pretty confident in the relationships that I built, so I am looking forward to building partnerships in the future.

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I am very open to reading about educational blogs. I have subscribed to some educational podcasts on Apple but I haven't found one that I particularly like necessarily. Does anyone have any Ed podcast stations that they are currently into right now?

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I currently use educational articles and academic writings but I believe that education blogs would give me some more fun and exciting ways to teach.

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within my district sub-department there is a a somewhat strong network of teachers.

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On Facebook I joined many teacher support groups especially due to the pandemic.

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I know of sites but I need to spend more time on it.

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I follow many innovative and disruptive teachers through Instagram and twitter such as teachandtransform, teachingisintellectual, unconditionallearning, and ihartericka, . I am often challenged by the thought provoking ideas they post. I find many resources for lessons, frameworks, and self-reflection in the material they share. Many of them also have a Patreon site where they post helpful materials. While I do not currently subscribe so any of these full time, I do tap in to them as needed.

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I am curious about this one. I wonder if there are other ways to make this spiritual or religious connection outside of a formal affiliation?

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Have used in the past (would like to use)

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Have used in the past (would like to use)

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This has been a great anchor for change in our school, but hard to get all folks committed to the reading.

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While we have established PLCs, I have not yet found these to be particularly helpful in updating my practice as a teacher. We mostly use the time to lesson plan and align grades.

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It has been challenging for me to find time to invest in the resources of professional memberships. There are so many great resources and PDs offered from the National Council of Teachers of English that would help my practice.

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While I am not an avid user, I have gained tons of new insights and really broadened my media diet with the use of Twitter. I know that there are some very toxic elements to this, but I have learned so much about politics, social sciences, public policies that I can apply to my work and planning as a teacher. It also really makes me aware of new cultural trends that students are engaged in both positive and negative.

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I am the advisor for our Key Club at school. This is a volunteer organization. I do my best to try and be involved in a couple of activities a year in addition to helping them mange meetings and to get organized. I led a group of students on a field trip to the Blanche House in Portland. It was a fabulous experience, but I wish I would have better documented students experiences.

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Not technically current, but last year we had a book talk with the common text by Joe Feldman called Grading for Equity. This book talk led to some great conversations about how different teachers manage grading practices. Mainly I realized how differently we do this and would like to continue this conversation to see if we can demystify this process.

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My building tends to team us up by subject area to define a specific need or approach as it pertains to our class. Typically we need to measure our success with a SMART goal format.

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I am new in many things, I am going to move to Portland in the next two weeks and start my first job as a teacher in the USA. I plan to be a more equalitarian, facilitator and inspiring teacher, not only with my students but with the members of the community. I want to improve in terms of my personal and professional life. I would like to be in touch with PSU and attend conferences as well as building relationships supporting professional development.
I plan to finally get to know in-person some nice colleagues I became friends with while studying at PSU during the pandemic.
I plan to keep my energy level balanced not to feel burned out in this kind of first year as a teacher, so for me it is relevant to temper my enthusiasm, and keep internal motivation when facing any difficulties. Nevertheless, the course in leadership is giving me valuable tools to build alliances, by getting to know the community I'll be immersed.

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Social media connects me with people I cannot communicate with by other means.

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Despite the lack of contact with my Sikh community back in 2016, I still listen to Yogi Bhajan lectures. Looking forward to joining when very soon.

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After reading the comment by Mary Cowhey about Pedagogy of the Oppressed I could understand what a community organizer does. I quote her "I spent the week before school started going door to door in the community, visiting the families of my students. That felt familiar. I could teach like an organizer".

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My mother in law is a retired teacher and principal and she keeps a book club with her friends, she seems to me pretty motivated by continuing reading topics such as or anti-bias education, critical racial theory, etc.

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I think this is a good way to keep posting and learning from what others teachers think about the content of the articles. But I currently using vlogs, which is blogs done by teachers on YoutTube.

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I typically find that any time I am searching for resources online, I am unable to find anything all that useful for me. This is largely because I am looking for specific kinds of activities revolving around an academic content area. Perhaps I need to find blogs that show me interesting management or organization/planning strategies.

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Would like to use, and I feel this would be the most accessible thing for me to change. I started researching and found this: https://www.mededportal.org/anti-racism

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Would like to use, and I feel this would be the most accessible thing for me to change. I started researching and found this: https://www.mededportal.org/anti-racism

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It's a collection of research articles related to racism and the effect upon healthcare. That's something I've always been aware of where a healthcare provider can easily be a pitfall to their bias and let that affect how they treat their patients. Even though it isn't officially a blog, new and recent articles are constantly published on this site. I plan to check this site and read at least one or two articles minimum every few weeks.

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Racism is discrimination based in an ideology of racial hierarchy that facilitates inequities between groups of people. Sociopolitically constructed racial categories and racism emerged as a necessary precursor to global systems of oppression, including slavery, and continues to fuel the systemic disenfranchisement of racial minorities in the United States. The police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are symbolic of the myriad of racial injustices that Black people have endured throughout history, while also underscoring the physical, political, socioeonomic, and existential assaults continually experienced by all Black and Brown communities.

Structural and interpersonal expressions of racism also afflict health care, whether manifesting as social determinants of health, policies that create health disparities, or diagnostic algorithms that bias treatment decisions. Racism also underlies discriminatory mistreatment of students, trainees, and physicians and the underrepresentation of non-white identities in medicine.

As a journal of health professions educational resources, it is our responsibility to name racism as a barrier to equity and to work toward dismantling systems of oppression within our profession through training and education. The new Anti-racism in Medicine Collection within MedEdPORTAL provides educators with practice-based, peer-reviewed resources to teach anti-racist knowledge and clinical skills, elevates the educational scholarship of anti-racist curricula, and aims to convene a community of collaborators dedicated to the elimination of racism within medical education. To specifically support developers of and educators in anti-racist curricula, we also offer individualized mentorship for potential authors.

By increasing awareness, providing professional development, contextualizing content in culturally relevant ways, and spurring explicit dialogue about racism, our journal joins the fight against health inequity and racial injustice.

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Racism is discrimination based in an ideology of racial hierarchy that facilitates inequities between groups of people. Sociopolitically constructed racial categories and racism emerged as a necessary precursor to global systems of oppression, including slavery, and continues to fuel the systemic disenfranchisement of racial minorities in the United States.

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I am not a big fan of Social Media. Honestly, I don't like to spend my "free" time navigating the internet of using social media.

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Raised catholic. I am not an active member in a church.

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Before COVID, I volunteered as a Basketball Coach for the Special Olympics. I coached students with different disabilities. It has been one of the greatest experiences and I am hoping to continue doing it once everything goes back to normal.

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In my first job as a Special Education Assistant, our team created a Book club where we met once a week. I really enjoyed it! I think this could be a great idea to create in my current school since we don't have anything like this. I see it as a good opportunity to connect with colleagues and know them better.

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In my school, we have different committees. I am a part of the Social committee with other teachers in the school. We are in charge of the organization of Social Events in our school community.

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This year while teaching Distance Learning, all the Middle School PE/Health Teachers in my district, we met once a week to create and plan materials for the students. We decided that no matter what happens in the fall, we will continue these meetings.

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I feel this would be the easiest option for me in terms of time. I am a pretty busy person so I see viable doing some reading a few times a week.

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Currently use, but I am not active in a church right now. I was raised in a Christian upbringing, and I have always tried to mirror grace and compassion. I believe in treating others how I would like to be treated. I don't dedicate as much time to bible study as I used to, but I've found solace in my daily bible verse email as simple as that sounds. 

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Currently use, but I am not active in a church right now. I was raised in a Christian upbringing, and I have always tried to mirror grace and compassion. I believe in treating others how I would like to be treated. I don't dedicate as much time to bible study as I used to, but I've found solace in my daily bible verse email as simple as that sounds. 

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Currently follow BrownGirl, RDH on social media. This movement of diversity also offers scholarships for dental hygiene. 

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Currently follow BrownGirl, RDH on social media. This movement of diversity also offers scholarships for dental hygiene. 

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Currently use with my colleagues. One of my colleagues is Indian and has experienced racial bias. She is actually the one who told me about taking this Teacher Leadership course! :)

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Currently use with my colleagues. One of my colleagues is Indian and has experienced racial bias. She is actually the one who told me about taking this Teacher Leadership course! :)

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Currently use through the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion department at our college. We are sent weekly emails as "food for thought" about currently events happening within the world. I find it wonderful, professional, and educational from different standpoints.

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Currently use through the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion department at our college. We are sent weekly emails as "food for thought" about currently events happening within the world. I find it wonderful, professional, and educational from different standpoints.

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Would like to use. I think my hurdle has been cost. 

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Would like to use. I think my hurdle has been cost. 