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The importance of high-lighting, showing and giving pride into the every cultures impact to the growth and evolution of humanity.

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The importance of high-lighting, showing and giving pride into the every cultures impact to the growth and evolution of humanity.

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Always keep a humanistic lens when working with all students. 

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Always keep a humanistic lens when working with all students. 

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I thought every word said was powerful and to me, clearly the way we must move forward. Anything else is a grave disservice to our students and to our profession.

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I thought every word said was powerful and to me, clearly the way we must move forward. Anything else is a grave disservice to our students and to our profession.

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What aligns with my plan is to teach on taking pride in who you are and where you come from. Every struggle before you paved a path to your opportunities.

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What aligns with my plan is to teach on taking pride in who you are and where you come from. Every struggle before you paved a path to your opportunities.

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How can we work on more than just skills: making it a priority to grow students identity, intellectualism, and criticality are just as important as "skills".

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How can we work on more than just skills: making it a priority to grow students identity, intellectualism, and criticality are just as important as "skills".

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working with/changing  the structures in place for us to use

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working with/changing  the structures in place for us to use

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Having a difference lens when teaching my students and not to teach them with a deficit mindset.

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Having a difference lens when teaching my students and not to teach them with a deficit mindset.

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Making sure that my students feel empowered and cultivate a learning environment that uplifts them and support their growth in every facets not just academically.

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Making sure that my students feel empowered and cultivate a learning environment that uplifts them and support their growth in every facets not just academically.

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I plan to look at why we teach what we teach.  I've realized how schools have been created to sustain the white supremacy in our society and want to interrupt that.

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I plan to look at why we teach what we teach.  I've realized how schools have been created to sustain the white supremacy in our society and want to interrupt that.

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educate each other with different life experiences, struggles, triumphs.....lets not just here one side of history, agreed we only hear the winning side of the story. Lets listen to both sides of the story in history.

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educate each other with different life experiences, struggles, triumphs.....lets not just here one side of history, agreed we only hear the winning side of the story. Lets listen to both sides of the story in history.

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Changing the way that I approach the work that I do with my students.  It starts with my mindset and my lens.  How to make sure that I create opportunities for my students to feel supported and empowered.

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Changing the way that I approach the work that I do with my students.  It starts with my mindset and my lens.  How to make sure that I create opportunities for my students to feel supported and empowered.

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A challenge I anticipate is breaking up this system of white supremacy in our very volatile society.

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A challenge I anticipate is breaking up this system of white supremacy in our very volatile society.

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We have and hold the power to change the narrative

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We have and hold the power to change the narrative

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I agree with: humanizing the whole learning process.

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Acknowledging not just glossing over

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Looking at all of the assets a student brings and can share with the class instead of looking at deficits.

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Looking at all of the assets a student brings and can share with the class instead of looking at deficits.

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The structures, expectations, standardized assessments(frequency as well) mandated by BPS.

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Every voice heard, not just the squeaky wheel.

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Every voice heard, not just the squeaky wheel.

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Difficulty with Zoom. meaning you don't have that up close contact.

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Difficulty with Zoom. meaning you don't have that up close contact.

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Abolish the oppression...Cultivate justice, love, peace and joy!

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Abolish the oppression...Cultivate justice, love, peace and joy!

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Pausing and checking the content of what we teach- who are the authors of the content? How will it reach our students?

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Pausing and checking the content of what we teach- who are the authors of the content? How will it reach our students?

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forgetting what we've been taught/learned and creating new that fits ALL. 

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forgetting what we've been taught/learned and creating new that fits ALL. 

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A clear understanding of Racial Bias; ownership; self perceptions; willingness to change

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A clear understanding of Racial Bias; ownership; self perceptions; willingness to change

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creating our own unit/lesson plans that teaches all students.

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creating our own unit/lesson plans that teaches all students.

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I don't have a plan yet.  I have spent this summer reading and listening to BiPoc voices and am still figuring out how to be a better teacher and white person.

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I don't have a plan yet.  I have spent this summer reading and listening to BiPoc voices and am still figuring out how to be a better teacher and white person.

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Doing the work to help students learn about and define themselves as individuals in all the contexts: school, family, community, country, history

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Doing the work to help students learn about and define themselves as individuals in all the contexts: school, family, community, country, history

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Everyone is in a different place in thinking about abolitionist teaching so we all need to work together to get on the same page.

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Everyone is in a different place in thinking about abolitionist teaching so we all need to work together to get on the same page.

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The importance of finding authentic ways for students to use their voices and be heard

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Unless standards are changed system wide, how do we teach 'this way' if we are still "held accountable" to the old standards?  

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Unless standards are changed system wide, how do we teach 'this way' if we are still "held accountable" to the old standards?  

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Ways we can invigorate our curriculum and the importance of one's lens

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Ways we can invigorate our curriculum and the importance of one's lens

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Not all of this is at that classroom level so what can I do in my small part of the system to meet this goal

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Taking a step back to prioritize humanity and to keep the importance of humanity as a foundation.

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Taking a step back to prioritize humanity and to keep the importance of humanity as a foundation.

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trauma informed care must involve anti racism and awareness of racial trauma

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trauma informed care must involve anti racism and awareness of racial trauma

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The challenges of the 2020-2021 learning models vs everyday face to face learning communities

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The challenges of the 2020-2021 learning models vs everyday face to face learning communities

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working within a large school system and structure with years of white supremacy influence. how can we work within this but also work to change it

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working within a large school system and structure with years of white supremacy influence. how can we work within this but also work to change it

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working to look at all that we do as educators and just as individuals through an abolitionist lens

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working to look at all that we do as educators and just as individuals through an abolitionist lens

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the systematic racism that is seen throughout BPS

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the systematic racism that is seen throughout BPS

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Getting everyone on board so that this is school wide. It's tough work that we all need to go through for this to truly work and for us to support our beautiful children.

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Getting everyone on board so that this is school wide. It's tough work that we all need to go through for this to truly work and for us to support our beautiful children.

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Teaching the "whole" child; highlighting black excellence

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Teaching the "whole" child; highlighting black excellence

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This is the perfect opportunity to reimagine education, to humanize it, and to ensure that we are providing an education that works for all students.

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This is the perfect opportunity to reimagine education, to humanize it, and to ensure that we are providing an education that works for all students.

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Thinking about the quote that teachers taught students, how to be, how to see and how to act

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Thinking about the quote that teachers taught students, how to be, how to see and how to act

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Valuing  students' minds, creativity, and experiences. Simply believing in them.

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Valuing  students' minds, creativity, and experiences. Simply believing in them.

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Completely rebuilding. Going from an entire system that hurts our students, to one that uplifts them and empowers them and gives them what they need to achieve 

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Completely rebuilding. Going from an entire system that hurts our students, to one that uplifts them and empowers them and gives them what they need to achieve 

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The disconnect in BPS between the belief in abolitionist teaching and the BPS push for the same old testing, assessing, and focus on standardized data.

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What happens when this isn't a priority for those we work closely with?

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What happens when this isn't a priority for those we work closely with?

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We need to expand the standards to encompass aspects of the whole child

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We need to expand the standards to encompass aspects of the whole child

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The importance of recognizing each child and their family as offering something to our community and use what we know about them to support what they need as learners.

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The importance of recognizing each child and their family as offering something to our community and use what we know about them to support what they need as learners.

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We can due

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Continuing to encourage all of students to share their experiences, and to move towards more universal growth.

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Continuing to encourage all of students to share their experiences, and to move towards more universal growth.

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Navigating difficult conversations with students, parents, and colleagues

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Navigating difficult conversations with students, parents, and colleagues

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Uncomfortable with the idea of eliminating standards -- need to re-examine, but still make sure there is a consistency to what is provided to all students.

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Uncomfortable with the idea of eliminating standards -- need to re-examine, but still make sure there is a consistency to what is provided to all students.

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elimination of standards and standardized testing

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elimination of standards and standardized testing

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questioning what our standards are and where they come from. what is informing our lens

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questioning what our standards are and where they come from. what is informing our lens

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Teaching all history -- history in general has been eliminated from our curriculums for a large part.  Developing stronger self awareness and appreciation of each others' perspectives.

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Teaching all history -- history in general has been eliminated from our curriculums for a large part.  Developing stronger self awareness and appreciation of each others' perspectives.

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Be patient and positive

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"We've always wanted for other people what we wanted for ourselves." 

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"We've always wanted for other people what we wanted for ourselves." 

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everyone working together to make changes and on the same page

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everyone working together to make changes and on the same page

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being able to make changes to the BPS curriculum and adding/changing what needs adjustment (in real time)

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being able to make changes to the BPS curriculum and adding/changing what needs adjustment (in real time)

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Bringing all voices to the table.  Critically examining where our curriculum and standards are coming from.  Ensuring we are cultivating not just skills but also identity, intellectualism, and criticality.

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Bringing all voices to the table.  Critically examining where our curriculum and standards are coming from.  Ensuring we are cultivating not just skills but also identity, intellectualism, and criticality.

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how much can a school really do when we are evaluated on our standards based instruction? 

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how much can a school really do when we are evaluated on our standards based instruction? 

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Boston has a majority white school committee appointed by a white mayor. 

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Boston has a majority white school committee appointed by a white mayor. 

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Not only is every voice heard, but we, as educators, listen and learn from our students and their experiences. 

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Not only is every voice heard, but we, as educators, listen and learn from our students and their experiences. 

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District expectations perpetuate the problem. The District asks us to do things that need to be abolished.

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District expectations perpetuate the problem. The District asks us to do things that need to be abolished.

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Getting away from the "Band-Aids". In order to make change, this cannot be business as usual. It's going to be challenging for mindsets to change and adapt.

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Getting away from the "Band-Aids". In order to make change, this cannot be business as usual. It's going to be challenging for mindsets to change and adapt.

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Navigating difficult conversations with colleagues, so that we can work together. Calling out each other.

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Navigating difficult conversations with colleagues, so that we can work together. Calling out each other.

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Inspecting, ripping apart standards that do not serve our students

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Inspecting, ripping apart standards that do not serve our students

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Making sure we recognize and give opportunities for all students to lead.

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Making sure we recognize and give opportunities for all students to lead.

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Still growing and working on a plan. To start - working towards giving all families in our grade a voice.

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people in charge of what is taught not being educators themselves and not being of diverse backgrounds

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people in charge of what is taught not being educators themselves and not being of diverse backgrounds

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People taking things to personally. Change creates a mechanism where there is resistance from breaking out of old habits.

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People taking things to personally. Change creates a mechanism where there is resistance from breaking out of old habits.

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This is an entirely new approach.  It's not something you can simply "sprinkle in."  These are massive changes, and we must approach it as such.  We will need to support each other and hold each other accountable for doing the work.

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This is an entirely new approach.  It's not something you can simply "sprinkle in."  These are massive changes, and we must approach it as such.  We will need to support each other and hold each other accountable for doing the work.

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anti racist teaching is necessary to ensure we are supporting all of our students to the best of our abilities. But most importantly we must continue to learn and grow and embody what it means to be an anti racist ourselves before we can teach and support our students

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anti racist teaching is necessary to ensure we are supporting all of our students to the best of our abilities. But most importantly we must continue to learn and grow and embody what it means to be an anti racist ourselves before we can teach and support our students

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This is very new but I think we can do this

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Learning who you truly are and what role you play in society. How to contribute to ending systemic racism?

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Learning who you truly are and what role you play in society. How to contribute to ending systemic racism?