UBIS: Chapter 7 "Examining Instruction & Classroom Climate" Quote Catcher by Romina Carrillo https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc How do we observe relationships between students and their teachers, between students and their peers, and between teachers and their peers? Post your quotes and reflections from your reading of this particular chapter. You can post more than once! en-us 2021-04-15 19:57:08 UTC 2026-01-13 19:59:48 UTC hello@padlet.com pg. 119 rcarrillo1 https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1427220509 "The disturbing reality is that whether through verbal or nonverbal communication, students receive messages about their value and worth on a minute-to-minute basis during classroom instruction. These messages, delivered unconsciously, daily, over time, have a profound effect on students."]]> 2021-04-16 21:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1427220509 https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1429074789 From Instagram...]]> 2021-04-18 03:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1429074789 pg. 132 rcarrillo1 https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1440324831 "We also need to accept that unconscious bias will continually creep into the school day, by continually creeping into our thinking. We address it not by creating systems alone, but by increasingly shedding defensiveness and adopting a mindset of inquiry." ]]> 2021-04-20 23:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1440324831 On the need to create standardized processes: arscott8 https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1445171667 In this context, standardized rules posted in a classroom or hallway are an essential aid for the educators, so that we can hold ourselves accountable for following the school and classroom management systems and interpreting behaviors with fidelity.

^^ this quote is not the best example of this, but got me thinking about our work more broadly - As we see in SDC and CI work, standardized processes steer us away from jumping to immediate assumptions or using our personal values/experiences to act. To the point the authors make however, this only takes us so far.]]> 2021-04-22 01:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1445171667 On the importance of establishing shared language, shared meaning: arscott8 https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1445175506 The checklist didn’t remove judgment; it improved it.

This definitely reminded me of the rubric work and the values that underpin it.

]]> 2021-04-22 01:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1445175506 Impact of Relationships on Whether Students Seek Help vsittenfeld https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1445176896 "...students we have not formed relationships with may likewise develop a pattern of not seeking help, which may compound over time, making them less and less likely to seek help as the year progresses...The good news is that students' comfort and willingness to approach us for help is well within our control."  This section confirms my experience as a shy student myself who did not have strong relationships with adults in school and did not feel comfortable asking for help.   Relationships between student and teacher are critical in increasing student engagement and I was encouraged by the hopefulness expressed because  I think many teachers feel they do NOT have control over whether students ask for help and engage.  Structures and protocols can help teachers develop relationships with students that may not otherwise happen organically..]]> 2021-04-22 01:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1445176896 The impact of auditing student participation jesperon1 https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1445197711 pg. 121 - In regards to Ethiopian child not raising their hand in class: "Sarah and her staff wondered if unconscious bias had influenced their complacency  with this and the silence of other black students in class. Were they quicker to assume the student wasn't capable rather than wonder what might be inhibiting him from participating?"]]> 2021-04-22 01:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1445197711 "Do I collect data on my classroom racial climate?" vsittenfeld https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1445200882 p.123. This feels unrealistic. It's hard to imagine NYC HS teachers doing this. Someone tell me I'm wrong.]]> 2021-04-22 01:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1445200882 Discipline and the larger society vsittenfeld https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1445224642 P.123  "It's impossible to address racial disparities in student discipline without understanding our society's criminalization of black lives".  What a moment in history to be reading this sentence.   ]]> 2021-04-22 01:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1445224642 Discretion & discrimination https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1445229032 “Where there is discretion, there will be discrimination. Reducing the amount of discretion in a system can’t eradicate discrimination, but it can reduce it. One tool that helps is an external checklist or flowchart” (126). 

In what situations do discretion and/or discrimination serve toward equity? What justifies the authority to bypass flowcharts and use discretion in those cases and not in others?

- Anonymous Jon
]]> 2021-04-22 01:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1445229032 Anticipating and Addressing Resistance https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1446838120 "...policies that require us to act counter to our learned instincts require changing mindsets, a much more difficult process." p. 130.  This is so important to understand in our work.  This is the adaptive challenge and it is easy to think that we can just change behavior.  That will work to a certain extent and definitely needs to be done, but we also have to be aware of where the resistance to change is coming from, uncover that, and support people in shifting mindsets.
- Anonymous Shannon]]> 2021-04-22 12:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1446838120 HOW DOE THIS MANIFEST IN OUR SCHOOLS? https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447078594 For all of us the mindset of good kids and bad kids is likely more rooted in our minds than we think. We know because harsher punishment for black students is pervasive. (black = bad, dangerous, violent) As we've described earlier the impacts felt not just by those who are subject to the discipline by the bystanders who witness the unfair treatment as well. 

Who are "those" kids in our schools? How does it reinforce white supremacist - racist mind sets? How does it mirror and reinforce our current policing and justice system? How are we hurting all of our students daily?]]> 2021-04-22 13:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447078594 Stress and Bias mgalazidis https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447081143 "We make decisions quickly and under stressful conditions, when we're most susceptible to bias influencing our actions.  Since we can't trust our instincts, collecting data from external sources becomes an essential tool' (p. 128).

In schools this is too often the criminalization and adultification of children of color (some schools even advertise this!), and on the streets this is white officers making split second decisions that kill children of color. Can the data change behavior? Does it reduce the bias? Does it change the way a white person reacts under stress? I feel a bit lost at sea. And I want to cry.]]> 2021-04-22 13:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447081143 p120 "...our ability to form authentic relationships with students may play a bigger role than we think in a student's willingness to approach us." vyurcik https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447104101 2021-04-22 13:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447104101 p124 "While none of us wants to accept it, our perceptions of students are not neutral. Our biases inevitably influence how we respond to student behavior." vyurcik https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447116744 2021-04-22 13:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447116744 Thinking about the impact of implicit bias on academic success in relation to the text on page 120 "If we tend to establish relationships more easily with certain groups of students, then they are likely to be the ones who approach us for academic help more often... may likewise develop a pattern of not seeking help, which may compound over time... " stoguchi1 https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447122509 2021-04-22 13:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447122509 pg. 121 "Were they quicker to assume the student wasn't capable rather than wonder what might be inhibiting him from participating?" stoguchi1 https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447124756 2021-04-22 13:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447124756 Considering mindset shifts for ourselves with schools and our schools with their students in relation to text on page 124 "What if the overrepresentation of black and brown students in the school office has more to do with adults' biases than children's behaviors.... disparities are more likely tied to adult behaviors and perceptions than to disparities in student behaviors" stoguchi1 https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447130570 2021-04-22 13:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447130570 pg. 119 " The disturbing reality is that whether through verbal or nonverbal communication, students receive messages about their value and worth on a minute to minute basis during classroom instruction." eharris183 https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447131981 2021-04-22 13:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447131981 pg. 123 "Its impossible to address racial disparities in student discipline without understanding our society's criminalization of black lives. A proactive step we can take as leaders is t help ourselves and our staff understand the effect this criminalization has on our unconscious reactions and split-second decisions and, the impact this has on students" https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447132282 2021-04-22 13:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447132282 p126 "Reducing the amount of discretion in a system can't eradicate discrimination, but can reduce it." vyurcik https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447138434 2021-04-22 13:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447138434 pg. 124 "Many educators assume that these statistics demonstrate that black students misbehave more than white students. However, a growing body of research shows that the disparities are more likely tied to adult behaviors and perceptions than to disparities in student behavior" https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447141296 2021-04-22 13:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447141296 vyurcik https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447143222 2021-04-22 13:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rcarrillo1/64agwuz2f26uulfc/wish/1447143222