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I want to make a difference in the lives of my students. Sometimes I just don't know how to reach certain students. My hope is that by expanding my own understanding of culture, I'll be able to up my culturally responsive game.

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I hope that as a teacher I can help students to think critically about the world around them and not just my content area. These kids will be the ones to power the world in the coming years

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I am a teacher who works hard to keep things as real as possible 100% of the time with students. I work hard to meet as many students as possible and build as many relationships as I can. I enjoy my days here at PCSH and I hope to be a positive role model and an example of being able to achieve your dreams. I will continue to show up each day and provide as much help as I can to each student I encounter so that they can be prepared for what comes after high school and be as successful as they possibly can.

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I am a a teacher who has always been a mover. My people are all of those that I have come in contact with who helped me learn about myself and the world I am a part of. As a teacher I come from a place of caring and accountability in that I am doing no student any favor by thinking that if i let them not learn that they will be ok. MY dreams is that students will understand that the doors of opportunity are open for them, but they have to take steps and avoid obstacles in order to keep them open and that a life without learning and action is unfulfilled.
I am a a teacher who has always been a mover.  My people are all of those that I have come in contact with who helped me learn about myself and the world I am a part of.  As a teacher I come from a place of caring and accountability in that I am doing no student any favor by thinking that if i let them not learn that they will be ok. MY dreams is that students will understand that the doors of opportunity are open for them, but they have to take steps and avoid obstacles in order to keep them open and that a life without learning and action is unfulfilled.
Reflection
Reflection
I am a teacher who is committed to growth for my students by growing myself. I believe that all means all and this means that the search for instruction that works for the students in front of me doesn't stop--ever.
My people are my students and the colleagues who challenge me, lift me up, and inspire me to keep going by example and through collaboration.
Where I come from as a teacher is all of the same places I come from as a human: Minnesota, white America, good intentions that don't always play out as good practice, time in the South, time in the city.
My dreams for my classroom are that all WILL mean all, and all will learn, grow, and see connections between their learning and their world on a daily basis.

Reflection
Reflection
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a understanding of ourselves.”

 
Reflection
Reflection 
I come from a different place than my students in terms of culture. I went to Osseo schools my whole life, yet it was a completely different experience for me. I come from teachers and in turn understand 'teacher culture.' It was always reinforced in me that education and school are things of importance and are deserving of my best effort. I, in turn, had the motivation to strive and at times play the game of school. I am slowly letting go of my experiences with school, in order to better understand each of my students understanding and reactions to education/school. I need to understand and meet my students at their 'student culture.' I dream (and work towards) a classroom where students are motivated to succeed (however that success looks to them). I dream my students understand the connective-ness of the world (through history, geography, culture, politics) better after leaving my classes. I dream they can critically look at their own world, understand its problems, and are motivated and skilled enough to improve what they want in their lives. 
Reflecting....
Reflecting....
Ubuntu, I am because We are! 
 
Reflection
Reflection
I want students to be able to see someone who grew up in a similar area and school system so that they can see what they can do with their lives coming from the same immediate local area as their teacher.
Reflection
Reflection
I want my classroom to be a space where students learn to question and reflect on what they know and have learned. I want them to feel comfortable asking questions and know that they can support their own ideas with evidence.
Reflection
Reflection
I am a special needs teacher. I come to work each day with a positive attitude knowing I have an impact on their learning. I want them to be successful and independent. I am proud to be apart of their success.  
Reflection
Reflection
I enjoy the psychology behind teaching much more than my content. Luckily, I also believe that we can bring students together through the content (math). When hearing that word, math, you're probably already shuffling through mostly positive or mostly negative emotions towards it. As a learner, many of my emotions to math were positive. As an educator, I find that math creates a comparably negative haze as I have seen how it acts as a gatekeeper for certain students; typically students of color who have an upbringing that is as rich as mine but objectively less resourced or not as easy. 

My goal is to strip math of its connotations and present it in a way that allows students to see it for what it is--pattern finding, pattern forming, and pattern generalizing. I am a multicultural educator, and ever since I saw the critical side of education and who it serves, there has been no turning back. I'm standing behind all my people. 
Reflection
Reflection
I try to let students know that they must not let others opinion make their decisions for them and that in the end that they are responsible for their successes, failures, and decisions.
Reflection
Reflection
I want to continually remind myself to place myself in my students shoes. Students with disabilities have a much different view of the world and I have to remind myself how hard it is for them to do classwork when we take it for granted. I also continually remind myself to think about the students culture, where they come from and what they value. It is much different than me and it's so easy to make assumptions about everyone based on yourself, I try to avoid doing that. 
Reflection
Reflection
I hope my classroom can be more responsive, I like the idea of vulnerability 
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PC has changed a lot since I started here 18 years ago.  I hope to continue to morph and adapt to the changing needs of my students
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I grew up with people who looked like me, but I didn't always feel like they felt like I did. As an adult, I feel most comfortable with people who don't look like me.
I grew up with people who looked like me, but I didn't always feel like they felt like I did.  As an adult, I feel most comfortable with people who don't look like me.
Reflection
Reflection
I am a teacher who gets to work with some of the best kids out there. I am part of a team that works hard to find the success in all our students. I come from Minnesota and I dream of a world where everyone thinks a little harder.
Park Center has been my teaching home since 1989. I have seen the school become more diverse and seen administrators and teachers adapting and modifying constantly to serve and teach students in the most effective way. My dreams for my students is that they will truly embrace learning and use this passion to fuel their dreams.
Park Center has been my teaching home since 1989.  I have seen the school become more diverse and seen administrators and teachers adapting and modifying constantly to serve and teach students in the most effective way.  My dreams for my students is that they will truly embrace learning and use this passion to fuel their dreams.
Reflection
Reflection
I get to work with high school students as they generate who they are going to be. It's a privilege and an opportunity that I enjoy. I hope to help them get everything they want out of this and show them the way to do so. 
Reflection
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Math teacher
My students
I come from 3 different school districts
I want all of my students to succeed
I teach juniors and seniors about the world. My people are the students I teach and my coworkers. I come from a highly educated background with privilege. My hopes and dreams for my classroom are that students feel welcome and grow.
I teach juniors and seniors about the world. My people are the students I teach and my coworkers. I come from a highly educated background with privilege. My hopes and dreams for my classroom are that students feel welcome and grow.
Reflection
Reflection
I am a teacher of juniors and seniors.  My people are the students I teach as well as everyone else I see every day.  My hope is that my classroom is a safe caring place where students will feel accepted and have the confidence to work at achieving their dreams.

Reflection
Reflection
I am many different people who works to help young people realize they are many different people also --to  dig their way out of that box we all put ourselves into  by investing in themselves
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I am a ambassador to each individual students path to their future. I highlight and develop strengths and struggles to make all choices possible. 
Reflection
Reflection
Culturally responsive teaching is the type of teaching that, at it's root, helps students develop the skills and knowledge needed to succeed. It's skills-focused, with attention to the other things that are the buzz words: implicit bias, social justice, relationships, etc.  Achieving equity means students get what they need to succeed.  My dream is to never run out the energy and creativity it takes to support students in their learning.  My dream is to never underestimate what my students are capable of so that I can keep challenging to understand what they can do.
Reflection
Reflection
Bringing my dreams to the classroom is important. If students know my experiences, struggles, and successes, they can relate. When we all relate to one another, learning happens. The more you get to know someone, the more you trust them. I also have to provide a high-quality classroom. I can't be buddy-buddy all the time.
Reflection
Reflection
I teach primarily 10th and 11th graders. I can see their drive and desire to do well. My hope is to continue to encourage them and help make their dreams a reality. 
Reflection
Reflection
I am a Special Education Teacher who works with students with learning challenges. My hope is for the students I have the privilege to work with is to leave our school with the skills to live independently and live meaningful lives.
Reflection
Reflection
I am a white, female teacher of all types of learners.  My people are my students and my peers; all of which make me a better person and teacher.  As a teacher, I come from and operate from a place of feelings; caring for and loving my students, anger and frustration about the inequities my students face, happiness that I get to work with amazing young people everyday.  My dreams for my classroom is that it is a safe place for every student and that it is an environment that all students can learn and grow, personally and academically, so that they have the tools and confidence necessary to achieve their dreams.
Reflection
Reflection
I am a white female special education teacher teaching all grades 9-12th grade.  My hope is to encourage all students to DREAM big, to positively impact the future of our world, to experience personal growth, become independent and to pay it forward.
Reflection
Reflection 
I am a special education teacher. I hope that my students will become as independent as possible after high school.  
Reflection
Reflection
I am a white, female, classroom teacher teaching mainly 11th and 12th grade students. My people are the ones who support me in my role in the classroom- whether it is by giving my students emotional support or by walking by my classroom handing me copies for what I am teaching that day! I could not do this job without my people (I hope you know who you are). My people are students who are trying really hard to figure out who they are. And they struggle. As a teacher I come from a history of teachers who showed me that they loved their content but they also truly loved me. PC is my home. My dreams for my classroom are that I teach my students how to be good people with hearts for the people around them, that I teach them how to think and persist, and that I teach them that there are consequences to their actions but also grace.  
Reflection
Reflection
I am classroom teacher teaching mainly 11th and 12th grade students
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 Reflection I am a teacher that is a continuous learner. I seek out experiences and learning opportunities that will help me to continue to improve throughout the profession. As a teacher, I come as a first generation college graduate with some years of experience. I am happy to say seven of seventeen have been at PC with this dedicated group of people. In my classroom, I hope I can instill the love of continuous learning that I have and help students see the possibilities that await them. 
Reflection
Reflection
I am a teacher who works with underperforming students. We overcome many issues everyday in an effort to learn something new. My hope for them is that they find something that they are passionate about and can turn that passion into something productive and satisfying. 

Reflecting I am a teacher with students. I come from a place of experience and knowledge, with more yet to obtain. I dream that my students become independent, lifelong learners.
Reflecting I am a teacher with students. I come from a place of experience and knowledge, with more yet to obtain. I dream that my students become independent, lifelong learners.
Reflection
Reflection
I am a teacher who feels lucky to serve the interesting, diverse students at PC. My people include other teachers who are all doing their best work to make classroom experiences relevant, enriching, and growth-building for our students. As a teacher, I come from having taught in many schools and settings. In my classroom, I hope all of my students feel inspired - to be curious about learning and the world and to be motivated to improve their thinking and communication skills.
REFLETION I am a white female educator that is continuing to expand my racial consciousness. I enjoyed the misconceptions article because it said many of the things I've been feeling. In order for my to be more responsive, I need to look at my own content and curriculum in a deeper way to understand how I can better serve my students
REFLETION   I am a white female educator that is continuing to expand my racial consciousness.  I enjoyed the misconceptions article because it said many of the things I've been feeling.  In order for my to be more responsive, I need to look at my own content and curriculum in a deeper way to understand how I can better serve my students
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Reflection:
I am a teacher, but mostly a person who cares for others and for who they are.  My people in my work place are very similar to my "people" in this world.  People all trying, I hope at least, to make a better world in a variety of ways. I come from this place as a teacher and a person from years of experience and meeting so many different and unique people.  My classroom I hope can continue to be a place where all people adults and students alike share experiences and learn from one another.
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Reflection
I am a math teacher who loves the subject in all its beautiful uselessness. I dream of a class full of students who love the subject like I do. I am an academic. The theoretical aspects of everything fascinate me.

Reflection
Reflection
I am an EL Teacher who values making genuine connections with students and staff. My people are colleagues and students that I work with that challenge me, make me laugh, encourage me and make me want to be a better teacher. I've worked in education for about 15 years and have worked in several school districts. I realize there is no perfect place to work, but there are a lot of great qualities at PCSH. My dreams for my classroom is to provide a safe place where all students feel understood and challenged. It's a balance between pushing and guiding them. If language proceeds thought, then I have to help them have the language to develop insightful thoughts. 
Reflection
Reflection
 I am a teacher that is trying. I have reading people and sped people that are walking with me , guiding me, sharing experiences. I come from a place a whiteness and am learning and growing all the time to evolve into the kind of teacher I dream of being. I dream of being a teacher of a classroom where students are striving to read, wanting to share what they write, and our proud of their work. I dream of a classroom that is a community and my students feel welcomed supported, loved, and challenged. My classroom will one day be one where any student can learn more how to navigate the world and understand themselves a little bit better. 
Educator
Educator
I am an educator and learner of and from my culturally resilient students. My people are fellow educators and students who work together and lift each other up to achieve our dreams.  I come from a background of culturally, racially, linguistically and economically learning and teaching.  My dreams for my classroom are that we continue to view each other from an asset based model, that each student brings with them learned and lived experiences including innovation, adaptability, critical analysis, cross cultural communication and teamwork.
Teacher
Teacher 
I am a teacher who values the importance of an education and establishing a relationship with my students. If I can connect and let them know I care for them as people and encourage them to reach for the stars then I hope they will continue to be successful at what they want to do in life.
Reflection
Reflection
I ama teacher working with a different set of students this year, those students who need a little extra help a motivation to succeed. This has stretched my skills to find common ground and get my students to take an active role in their learning as opposed to a passive role. Many of them want to sit back and let the learning come to them instead of the other way around. Giving my students a little more leeway in work completion has helped them to be more active in their learning. 
Reading teacher
Reading teacher 
I am a teacher who values reaching all students with my lessons. My people are the struggling readers in special education at Park Center along with the special ed staff. I come from small town Wisconsin where I grew up going to schools that were 95% white, middle class students. I have taught for 10 years now in schools with the majority of students receiving free and reduced lunch and the majority of students being students of color. I am grateful for this opportunity. I want all students to develop a love of reading along with improving their reading skills. It is my goal to reach all students from all backgrounds and cultures. I am continuing to use the teachers around me as resources to help improve upon my teaching to include culturally relevant material and delivery of instruction for all students. 
Reflection
Reflection
I am a teacher and a learner who is very curious about other people.  My people are my students and community members.  I come from a family of really curious people and I fall back on this all the time in the classroom.  Being interested in other people and where they are from, what makes them tick, and what their interests are can help me create a culturally responsive classroom.  My dreams are that my classroom can be a place where kids want to come and feel like they are given things that they will need to be successful people. 

Teaching history
Teaching history
As a history teacher I am always working to connect students to history. I am always searching for ways to connect them to the curriculum. That pushes me to search for as many anecdotes, personal and through my own studies. I believe that our history can connect to all history. I do this through source analysis as this is the way to truly connect to the creation of history. This allows me to empower students to develop the skills to become historians themselves.
Reflection
Reflection 
EL Teacher at PC. I am striving to make sure that I am on top of all of the changes that occur in the school and with my students.  I have a smaller classs, but they are still very important to our school. I fight for equity for my students so they have a fair  chance to graduate on-time. My goal is to make sure students understand what they have to do in order to graduate and  make sure they don't miss out on opportunities. 
Sonia
Sonia
Who am I?  A slightly experienced teacher, always learning from my veteran teachers.  Reflective and cooperative.  Highly driven to scaffold students in achieving academically, socially and cognitively at grade level acting in our roles as gate keepers to hold open as many doors for them as possible.  Who are my people?  Educators that work as a team to bring up all of our kids.  My co-teacher and collaborating educators in and out of my current school who share their ideas one-on-one. Where do I come from as a teacher?  I come from the feeling of being uncomfortable in and with the institution of education; with a great love for real learning and growth.  I have experienced education in many different settings, and highly value education from outside a classroom. For good or bad I bring the ethnic of hard work, the value of thinking about others more than myself, and a communal process. I have and continue to learn so much from my mentor teachers, I really am so awed by the impact these experienced educators I have been blessed to cross paths with on my journey have on the youth around them.  If our society really valued youth in the way real educators do, we would have a very different country.  I don’t have dreams because you never know your future, I just do the best I can each day.  
Reflection on CRT
Reflection on CRT
I am a veteran teacher who continues to choose to teach on the East Side of the District because my people - the racially diverse students and equity focused colleagues - are here.  Although my life has not been easy, I realize I come from white privilege.  Now I want to give back - and learn from my students and colleagues.  My dream is for my students to be thoughtful, engaged global citizens and that they will finally dismantle the system of racial and economic inequality we have in the US and beyond. 
REFLECTION I am a teacher who is passionate about giving students a voice in my classroom and in their life. I believe in helping the students in my classroom feel heard and understood so that they can trust in their own voice and make decisions for themselves and the people they call friends, family and community.
REFLECTION I am a teacher who is passionate about giving students a voice in my classroom and in their life. I believe in helping the students in my classroom feel heard and understood so that they can trust in their own voice and make decisions for themselves and the people they call friends, family and community. 
Reflection
Reflection
I am a teacher who is passionate about working with under-served and marginalized populations. I strive to provide access and opportunity equitably to all students. I hope to be a strong advocate for my students and, more importantly, help my students advocate for themselves and others. My people are those who "fight the good fight" with me in regard to educational equity. I come from an upper-middle-class/suburban school where I had the newest technologies and every opportunity in the world -- the place where I also realized the vast inequities that lived in education. (Why did my peers and I have EVERYTHING while teenagers across town had NOTHING?)  My dream is to provide a warm and welcoming community in my classroom, an environment where students feel valued and loved.  My dream is to instill in my students a passion for using their voice to better their community -- in both the local and global sense. My dreams is for my students to become lifelong learners.
Reflection
Reflection
I am a teacher who believes that my goal is to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
Through my teaching, I want my students to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

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 I am a teacher of freshmen students at PC. 
My people are my English department and my freshmen students.
I come from teaching for thirteen years in a school that is 85% white and now have  the opportunity to teach in a much more diverse environment and I love it.
My dreams are for my students to appreciate their peers’ diversity and to become the best people they can be.

Reflection
Reflection
I want to enable students to feel like they are contributing and have a voice in my classroom. 
I am a teacher who deeply cares about her students; these young people are my people and I can't wait to see them grow up, graduate, and become the people they dream of being now.
I come from a wealthy and supportive family, but I grew up with diversity. I  know my perspective and experiences are only one of many in my classroom. 
My dreams for my classroom include a place where students are comfortable and excited to learn. I want students to see the practicality of my class and go on to use what they learn here later on in life. 


Reflection
Reflection
I am a teacher in two different roles.
My people are my students and really all young adults at Park Center
I come from a different place then some of my students but I come with respect, high expectations and determination that all students can be successful.
I dream of a place where students work together to achieve a common goal. Where students help each other and are not afraid to take risks. 
Reading teacher
Reading teacher
My dream for my students is to instill a love of books and reading. I want them to be lifelong readers who deepen their understanding of this everchanging  world 
Reflection
Reflection
I am a teacher who believes that I can bring engaging, scaffolded lessons to make learning enjoyable and possible for any of my students. I come from a background of a growth mindset. I dream that all students feel valued and that they can change the communities they are a part of (local and global) for the better!

Reflection
Reflection
I am a teacher who endeavors to help her students grow (as she herself grows). 
My people are my students - if I'm not working for their success, why am I working at all? 
As a teacher, I come from a background that's not at all diverse, and wasn't responsive to the needs of students. 
My dreams for my classroom involve helping my students see value in themselves, their world, their past and their future, and to equip them with skills to be successful in all realms of their lives. 
Life long learner--
Life long learner--
As with all things in this profession, culturally responsive instruction brings with it a learning curve. I am continually amazed by my students and the wonderful diversity they bring to the table. It is humbling to hear their stories and to try to figure out how to keep those stories at the forefront of what i do every day.
Moving forward while learning from the past...
Moving forward while learning from the past...
I am a teacher who helps students to appreciate our rich and diverse history. As a teacher, I come from a background of amazing life experiences that have shaped me to be the teacher I am.
My dreams for my classroom...help students to realize their story. Help them to see where their story fits into our bigger human story. Help students realize their potential and to see them believe in themselves and that they can do anything they put their mind to.
Reading Teacher
Reading Teacher
I am a teacher. My people are struggling readers. I come from a diverse teaching background of all ages and subjects. My dream for my students is for them to become highly literate adults who use their reading, writing, listening, and speaking to learn about the world and to help make it a better place.
EL Teacher
EL Teacher
I work with mostly higher level EL students.  I come from a background of living in another country having to learn a foreign language in a foreign school system.  My dreams from my classroom remain to have all students feel successful and get them to the place where they can achieve their dreams for their future.  Also, to make sure they know all of the possibilities that are available.
I am a teacher who works with mostly senior students.
I am a teacher who works with mostly senior students.
My dream and goal is to have high school seniors leave Park Center with a PLAN for the next years in their lives.
Reflecting...
Reflecting...
I am a teacher working to help students grow
My people are high school students from all grades
I come from a history of trial and error.
My dreams for my classroom are for every student to learn and grow each day despite where they come in.

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I am a a teacher who has always been a mover.  My people are all of those that I have come in contact with who helped me learn about myself and the world I am a part of.  As a teacher I come from a place of caring and accountability in that I am doing no student any favor by thinking that if i let them not learn that they will be ok. MY dreams is that students will understand that the doors of opportunity are open for them, but they have to take steps and avoid obstacles in order to keep them open and that a life without learning and action is unfulfilled.

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I am a a teacher who has always been a mover.  My people are all of those that I have come in contact with who helped me learn about myself and the world I am a part of.  As a teacher I come from a place of caring and accountability in that I am doing no student any favor by thinking that if i let them not learn that they will be ok. MY dreams is that students will understand that the doors of opportunity are open for them, but they have to take steps and avoid obstacles in order to keep them open and that a life without learning and action is unfulfilled.

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I am a teacher who is committed to growth for my students by growing myself. I believe that all means all and this means that the search for instruction that works for the students in front of me doesn't stop--ever.
My people are my students and the colleagues who challenge me, lift me up, and inspire me to keep going by example and through collaboration.
Where I come from as a teacher is all of the same places I come from as a human: Minnesota, white America, good intentions that don't always play out as good practice, time in the South, time in the city.
My dreams for my classroom are that all WILL mean all, and all will learn, grow, and see connections between their learning and their world on a daily basis.

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“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a understanding of ourselves.”

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I come from a different place than my students in terms of culture. I went to Osseo schools my whole life, yet it was a completely different experience for me. I come from teachers and in turn understand 'teacher culture.' It was always reinforced in me that education and school are things of importance and are deserving of my best effort. I, in turn, had the motivation to strive and at times play the game of school. I am slowly letting go of my experiences with school, in order to better understand each of my students understanding and reactions to education/school. I need to understand and meet my students at their 'student culture.' I dream (and work towards) a classroom where students are motivated to succeed (however that success looks to them). I dream my students understand the connective-ness of the world (through history, geography, culture, politics) better after leaving my classes. I dream they can critically look at their own world, understand its problems, and are motivated and skilled enough to improve what they want in their lives.

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Ubuntu, I am because We are!

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I want students to be able to see someone who grew up in a similar area and school system so that they can see what they can do with their lives coming from the same immediate local area as their teacher.

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I want my classroom to be a space where students learn to question and reflect on what they know and have learned. I want them to feel comfortable asking questions and know that they can support their own ideas with evidence.

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I am a special needs teacher. I come to work each day with a positive attitude knowing I have an impact on their learning. I want them to be successful and independent. I am proud to be apart of their success.

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I enjoy the psychology behind teaching much more than my content. Luckily, I also believe that we can bring students together through the content (math). When hearing that word, math, you're probably already shuffling through mostly positive or mostly negative emotions towards it. As a learner, many of my emotions to math were positive. As an educator, I find that math creates a comparably negative haze as I have seen how it acts as a gatekeeper for certain students; typically students of color who have an upbringing that is as rich as mine but objectively less resourced or not as easy. My goal is to strip math of its connotations and present it in a way that allows students to see it for what it is--pattern finding, pattern forming, and pattern generalizing. I am a multicultural educator, and ever since I saw the critical side of education and who it serves, there has been no turning back. I'm standing behind all my people.

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I try to let students know that they must not let others opinion make their decisions for them and that in the end that they are responsible for their successes, failures, and decisions.

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I want to continually remind myself to place myself in my students shoes. Students with disabilities have a much different view of the world and I have to remind myself how hard it is for them to do classwork when we take it for granted. I also continually remind myself to think about the students culture, where they come from and what they value. It is much different than me and it's so easy to make assumptions about everyone based on yourself, I try to avoid doing that.

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I hope my classroom can be more responsive, I like the idea of vulnerability

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PC has changed a lot since I started here 18 years ago.  I hope to continue to morph and adapt to the changing needs of my students
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I grew up with people who looked like me, but I didn't always feel like they felt like I did.  As an adult, I feel most comfortable with people who don't look like me.

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I grew up with people who looked like me, but I didn't always feel like they felt like I did.  As an adult, I feel most comfortable with people who don't look like me.

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I am a teacher who gets to work with some of the best kids out there. I am part of a team that works hard to find the success in all our students. I come from Minnesota and I dream of a world where everyone thinks a little harder.

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Park Center has been my teaching home since 1989.  I have seen the school become more diverse and seen administrators and teachers adapting and modifying constantly to serve and teach students in the most effective way.  My dreams for my students is that they will truly embrace learning and use this passion to fuel their dreams.

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Park Center has been my teaching home since 1989.  I have seen the school become more diverse and seen administrators and teachers adapting and modifying constantly to serve and teach students in the most effective way.  My dreams for my students is that they will truly embrace learning and use this passion to fuel their dreams.

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I get to work with high school students as they generate who they are going to be. It's a privilege and an opportunity that I enjoy. I hope to help them get everything they want out of this and show them the way to do so.

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Math teacher
My students
I come from 3 different school districts
I want all of my students to succeed

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I teach juniors and seniors about the world. My people are the students I teach and my coworkers. I come from a highly educated background with privilege. My hopes and dreams for my classroom are that students feel welcome and grow.

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I teach juniors and seniors about the world. My people are the students I teach and my coworkers. I come from a highly educated background with privilege. My hopes and dreams for my classroom are that students feel welcome and grow.

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I am a teacher of juniors and seniors.  My people are the students I teach as well as everyone else I see every day.  My hope is that my classroom is a safe caring place where students will feel accepted and have the confidence to work at achieving their dreams.

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I am many different people who works to help young people realize they are many different people also --to dig their way out of that box we all put ourselves into by investing in themselves

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I am a ambassador to each individual students path to their future. I highlight and develop strengths and struggles to make all choices possible.

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Culturally responsive teaching is the type of teaching that, at it's root, helps students develop the skills and knowledge needed to succeed. It's skills-focused, with attention to the other things that are the buzz words: implicit bias, social justice, relationships, etc.  Achieving equity means students get what they need to succeed.  My dream is to never run out the energy and creativity it takes to support students in their learning.  My dream is to never underestimate what my students are capable of so that I can keep challenging to understand what they can do.

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Bringing my dreams to the classroom is important. If students know my experiences, struggles, and successes, they can relate. When we all relate to one another, learning happens. The more you get to know someone, the more you trust them. I also have to provide a high-quality classroom. I can't be buddy-buddy all the time.

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I teach primarily 10th and 11th graders. I can see their drive and desire to do well. My hope is to continue to encourage them and help make their dreams a reality.

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I am a Special Education Teacher who works with students with learning challenges. My hope is for the students I have the privilege to work with is to leave our school with the skills to live independently and live meaningful lives.

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I am a white, female teacher of all types of learners. My people are my students and my peers; all of which make me a better person and teacher. As a teacher, I come from and operate from a place of feelings; caring for and loving my students, anger and frustration about the inequities my students face, happiness that I get to work with amazing young people everyday. My dreams for my classroom is that it is a safe place for every student and that it is an environment that all students can learn and grow, personally and academically, so that they have the tools and confidence necessary to achieve their dreams.

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I am a white female special education teacher teaching all grades 9-12th grade. My hope is to encourage all students to DREAM big, to positively impact the future of our world, to experience personal growth, become independent and to pay it forward.

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I am a special education teacher. I hope that my students will become as independent as possible after high school.

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I am a white, female, classroom teacher teaching mainly 11th and 12th grade students. My people are the ones who support me in my role in the classroom- whether it is by giving my students emotional support or by walking by my classroom handing me copies for what I am teaching that day! I could not do this job without my people (I hope you know who you are). My people are students who are trying really hard to figure out who they are. And they struggle. As a teacher I come from a history of teachers who showed me that they loved their content but they also truly loved me. PC is my home. My dreams for my classroom are that I teach my students how to be good people with hearts for the people around them, that I teach them how to think and persist, and that I teach them that there are consequences to their actions but also grace.

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I am classroom teacher teaching mainly 11th and 12th grade students

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Reflection I am a teacher that is a continuous learner. I seek out experiences and learning opportunities that will help me to continue to improve throughout the profession. As a teacher, I come as a first generation college graduate with some years of experience. I am happy to say seven of seventeen have been at PC with this dedicated group of people. In my classroom, I hope I can instill the love of continuous learning that I have and help students see the possibilities that await them.

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I am a teacher who works with underperforming students. We overcome many issues everyday in an effort to learn something new. My hope for them is that they find something that they are passionate about and can turn that passion into something productive and satisfying.

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Reflecting I am a teacher with students. I come from a place of experience and knowledge, with more yet to obtain. I dream that my students become independent, lifelong learners.

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Reflecting I am a teacher with students. I come from a place of experience and knowledge, with more yet to obtain. I dream that my students become independent, lifelong learners.

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I am a teacher who feels lucky to serve the interesting, diverse students at PC. My people include other teachers who are all doing their best work to make classroom experiences relevant, enriching, and growth-building for our students. As a teacher, I come from having taught in many schools and settings. In my classroom, I hope all of my students feel inspired - to be curious about learning and the world and to be motivated to improve their thinking and communication skills.

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REFLETION   I am a white female educator that is continuing to expand my racial consciousness.  I enjoyed the misconceptions article because it said many of the things I've been feeling.  In order for my to be more responsive, I need to look at my own content and curriculum in a deeper way to understand how I can better serve my students

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REFLETION   I am a white female educator that is continuing to expand my racial consciousness.  I enjoyed the misconceptions article because it said many of the things I've been feeling.  In order for my to be more responsive, I need to look at my own content and curriculum in a deeper way to understand how I can better serve my students

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I am a teacher, but mostly a person who cares for others and for who they are. My people in my work place are very similar to my "people" in this world. People all trying, I hope at least, to make a better world in a variety of ways. I come from this place as a teacher and a person from years of experience and meeting so many different and unique people. My classroom I hope can continue to be a place where all people adults and students alike share experiences and learn from one another.

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I am a math teacher who loves the subject in all its beautiful uselessness. I dream of a class full of students who love the subject like I do. I am an academic. The theoretical aspects of everything fascinate me.

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I am an EL Teacher who values making genuine connections with students and staff. My people are colleagues and students that I work with that challenge me, make me laugh, encourage me and make me want to be a better teacher. I've worked in education for about 15 years and have worked in several school districts. I realize there is no perfect place to work, but there are a lot of great qualities at PCSH. My dreams for my classroom is to provide a safe place where all students feel understood and challenged. It's a balance between pushing and guiding them. If language proceeds thought, then I have to help them have the language to develop insightful thoughts.

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I am a teacher that is trying. I have reading people and sped people that are walking with me , guiding me, sharing experiences. I come from a place a whiteness and am learning and growing all the time to evolve into the kind of teacher I dream of being. I dream of being a teacher of a classroom where students are striving to read, wanting to share what they write, and our proud of their work. I dream of a classroom that is a community and my students feel welcomed supported, loved, and challenged. My classroom will one day be one where any student can learn more how to navigate the world and understand themselves a little bit better.

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I am an educator and learner of and from my culturally resilient students. My people are fellow educators and students who work together and lift each other up to achieve our dreams.  I come from a background of culturally, racially, linguistically and economically learning and teaching.  My dreams for my classroom are that we continue to view each other from an asset based model, that each student brings with them learned and lived experiences including innovation, adaptability, critical analysis, cross cultural communication and teamwork.

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I am a teacher who values the importance of an education and establishing a relationship with my students. If I can connect and let them know I care for them as people and encourage them to reach for the stars then I hope they will continue to be successful at what they want to do in life.

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I ama teacher working with a different set of students this year, those students who need a little extra help a motivation to succeed. This has stretched my skills to find common ground and get my students to take an active role in their learning as opposed to a passive role. Many of them want to sit back and let the learning come to them instead of the other way around. Giving my students a little more leeway in work completion has helped them to be more active in their learning.

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I am a teacher who values reaching all students with my lessons. My people are the struggling readers in special education at Park Center along with the special ed staff. I come from small town Wisconsin where I grew up going to schools that were 95% white, middle class students. I have taught for 10 years now in schools with the majority of students receiving free and reduced lunch and the majority of students being students of color. I am grateful for this opportunity. I want all students to develop a love of reading along with improving their reading skills. It is my goal to reach all students from all backgrounds and cultures. I am continuing to use the teachers around me as resources to help improve upon my teaching to include culturally relevant material and delivery of instruction for all students.

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I am a teacher and a learner who is very curious about other people.  My people are my students and community members.  I come from a family of really curious people and I fall back on this all the time in the classroom.  Being interested in other people and where they are from, what makes them tick, and what their interests are can help me create a culturally responsive classroom.  My dreams are that my classroom can be a place where kids want to come and feel like they are given things that they will need to be successful people.

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As a history teacher I am always working to connect students to history. I am always searching for ways to connect them to the curriculum. That pushes me to search for as many anecdotes, personal and through my own studies. I believe that our history can connect to all history. I do this through source analysis as this is the way to truly connect to the creation of history. This allows me to empower students to develop the skills to become historians themselves.

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EL Teacher at PC. I am striving to make sure that I am on top of all of the changes that occur in the school and with my students. I have a smaller classs, but they are still very important to our school. I fight for equity for my students so they have a fair chance to graduate on-time. My goal is to make sure students understand what they have to do in order to graduate and make sure they don't miss out on opportunities.

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Who am I?  A slightly experienced teacher, always learning from my veteran teachers.  Reflective and cooperative.  Highly driven to scaffold students in achieving academically, socially and cognitively at grade level acting in our roles as gate keepers to hold open as many doors for them as possible.  Who are my people?  Educators that work as a team to bring up all of our kids.  My co-teacher and collaborating educators in and out of my current school who share their ideas one-on-one. Where do I come from as a teacher?  I come from the feeling of being uncomfortable in and with the institution of education; with a great love for real learning and growth.  I have experienced education in many different settings, and highly value education from outside a classroom. For good or bad I bring the ethnic of hard work, the value of thinking about others more than myself, and a communal process. I have and continue to learn so much from my mentor teachers, I really am so awed by the impact these experienced educators I have been blessed to cross paths with on my journey have on the youth around them.  If our society really valued youth in the way real educators do, we would have a very different country.  I don’t have dreams because you never know your future, I just do the best I can each day.

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I am a veteran teacher who continues to choose to teach on the East Side of the District because my people - the racially diverse students and equity focused colleagues - are here.  Although my life has not been easy, I realize I come from white privilege.  Now I want to give back - and learn from my students and colleagues.  My dream is for my students to be thoughtful, engaged global citizens and that they will finally dismantle the system of racial and economic inequality we have in the US and beyond.

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REFLECTION I am a teacher who is passionate about giving students a voice in my classroom and in their life. I believe in helping the students in my classroom feel heard and understood so that they can trust in their own voice and make decisions for themselves and the people they call friends, family and community. 

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REFLECTION I am a teacher who is passionate about giving students a voice in my classroom and in their life. I believe in helping the students in my classroom feel heard and understood so that they can trust in their own voice and make decisions for themselves and the people they call friends, family and community. 

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I am a teacher who is passionate about working with under-served and marginalized populations. I strive to provide access and opportunity equitably to all students. I hope to be a strong advocate for my students and, more importantly, help my students advocate for themselves and others. My people are those who "fight the good fight" with me in regard to educational equity. I come from an upper-middle-class/suburban school where I had the newest technologies and every opportunity in the world -- the place where I also realized the vast inequities that lived in education. (Why did my peers and I have EVERYTHING while teenagers across town had NOTHING?) My dream is to provide a warm and welcoming community in my classroom, an environment where students feel valued and loved. My dream is to instill in my students a passion for using their voice to better their community -- in both the local and global sense. My dreams is for my students to become lifelong learners.

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I am a teacher who believes that my goal is to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.

Through my teaching, I want my students to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

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I am a teacher of freshmen students at PC.
My people are my English department and my freshmen students.
I come from teaching for thirteen years in a school that is 85% white and now have  the opportunity to teach in a much more diverse environment and I love it.
My dreams are for my students to appreciate their peers’ diversity and to become the best people they can be.

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I want to enable students to feel like they are contributing and have a voice in my classroom.
I am a teacher who deeply cares about her students; these young people are my people and I can't wait to see them grow up, graduate, and become the people they dream of being now.
I come from a wealthy and supportive family, but I grew up with diversity. I  know my perspective and experiences are only one of many in my classroom.
My dreams for my classroom include a place where students are comfortable and excited to learn. I want students to see the practicality of my class and go on to use what they learn here later on in life.

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I am a teacher in two different roles.
My people are my students and really all young adults at Park Center
I come from a different place then some of my students but I come with respect, high expectations and determination that all students can be successful.
I dream of a place where students work together to achieve a common goal. Where students help each other and are not afraid to take risks.

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My dream for my students is to instill a love of books and reading. I want them to be lifelong readers who deepen their understanding of this everchanging  world

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I am a teacher who believes that I can bring engaging, scaffolded lessons to make learning enjoyable and possible for any of my students. I come from a background of a growth mindset. I dream that all students feel valued and that they can change the communities they are a part of (local and global) for the better!

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I am a teacher who endeavors to help her students grow (as she herself grows).
My people are my students - if I'm not working for their success, why am I working at all?
As a teacher, I come from a background that's not at all diverse, and wasn't responsive to the needs of students.
My dreams for my classroom involve helping my students see value in themselves, their world, their past and their future, and to equip them with skills to be successful in all realms of their lives.

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As with all things in this profession, culturally responsive instruction brings with it a learning curve. I am continually amazed by my students and the wonderful diversity they bring to the table. It is humbling to hear their stories and to try to figure out how to keep those stories at the forefront of what i do every day.

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Moving forward while learning from the past...

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Moving forward while learning from the past...

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I am a teacher who helps students to appreciate our rich and diverse history. As a teacher, I come from a background of amazing life experiences that have shaped me to be the teacher I am.
My dreams for my classroom...help students to realize their story. Help them to see where their story fits into our bigger human story. Help students realize their potential and to see them believe in themselves and that they can do anything they put their mind to.

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I am a teacher. My people are struggling readers. I come from a diverse teaching background of all ages and subjects. My dream for my students is for them to become highly literate adults who use their reading, writing, listening, and speaking to learn about the world and to help make it a better place.

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I work with mostly higher level EL students. I come from a background of living in another country having to learn a foreign language in a foreign school system. My dreams from my classroom remain to have all students feel successful and get them to the place where they can achieve their dreams for their future. Also, to make sure they know all of the possibilities that are available.

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I am a teacher who works with mostly senior students.

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I am a teacher who works with mostly senior students.

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My dream and goal is to have high school seniors leave Park Center with a PLAN for the next years in their lives.

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I am a teacher working to help students grow
My people are high school students from all grades
I come from a history of trial and error.
My dreams for my classroom are for every student to learn and grow each day despite where they come in.