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All lecture and visuals include discussion on the importance that every event had many eyes and therefore there are many valid stories

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I teach Genetics labs and watch Tedtalks with students about

skin color. Lunch with students who need extra support.

Committed to equity in the classroom. I make sure students understand

there are scientists like them.

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I always teach my students that we are all different but the same.

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I use a quotes from inventors & Innovators as well as teaching history of inventions and engineering.

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I design social studies projects in which world culture case studies are jigsawed to emphasize the value of all cultures.

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I teach students that their primary job is to STUDY. I define studying as the process of connecting what you don't know with what they do know. The practices that they do should only reinforce what they know and strengthen those connections.

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Give students opportunities to put into their own words what we are covering during lessons.

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I have other students try to make those connections as well.

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I am always open to the conversation, and I am intellectually aware of my actions, knowing that although my intentions are to always be equitable, that to do that I must think.

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I teach essays that represent authors from a variety of cultures, races and genders.

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I challenge students to "see" themselves in literature: to look at the things that connect us all.

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I try to use everyday examples to connect what students do not know with what they do know (those everyday examples, analogies, and metaphors).

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I look forward to participating in our building level activities. I also take special care to make sure that I am treating every child I encounter as if they are the only student in the building. This will help them feel that they are important in the sea of over a thousand students.

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Reading and Engaging in literature that exposes all to the unique characteristics as it pertains to cultural values and differences.

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I have a creative assignment in the first week and we put up all student work in the classroom by the end of the first week.

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I am committed to using diverse repertoire in my choirs. The songs we are working with span a variety of cultures and historical periods. This year, our focus is on American Music (American composers, poets, etc., Folk songs, African American Spirituals, Jazz, Music Theatre, etc.), which allows all of our students to bring their own rich experiences and knowledge of American history and culture into the learning process.

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I use personal anecdotes and invite students to share bits of their own story to get buy-in on class discussions.

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I am using popsicle sticks to call on students periodically so I don't call on one or two students all of the time