"Is Malcolm X in YOUR Classroom" Reflection by Brittany Whitby https://padlet.com/brittanywhitby_tea/juhuh306qgie Individual and Group Reflection en-us 2017-06-27 16:22:50 UTC 2017-06-30 15:05:18 UTC hello@padlet.com Listen. I think one of the not important things to do as a teacher is to listen. There should be space for students to listen to each other and to be given the platform to speak. Teachers should be listening even when students are not speaking. There are so many pee identities and worries students walk in with that can lead a student to silence as well. It's important to validate what students have to offer. Even if what get offer is not much. Students are talking to you all day even if you do t realize it. Sometimes it means the world that a tea he'd asks you how hot are; how you really are. Students should also be exposed to different leaders that do have a voice in their community and in the country. Figures like Malcolm X, Sonia Sotomayor, Cesar Chavez, and MLK ate important role Odell in the lives of students. There should also be leaders represented from other cultures and identities as well. Students are speaking, we have to listen and give them the tools to amplify their voices even more. https://padlet.com/brittanywhitby_tea/juhuh306qgie/wish/177825513 2017-06-30 14:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/brittanywhitby_tea/juhuh306qgie/wish/177825513 Future leaders https://padlet.com/brittanywhitby_tea/juhuh306qgie/wish/177825520 "When I'm working with these students, I think, 'That's Malcom X in front of me. I have an opportunity to teach Harriet Tubman. I'm sitting in front of Ross Parks. This is César Chávez.' I think of young people that way, and I treat them that way."]]> 2017-06-30 14:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/brittanywhitby_tea/juhuh306qgie/wish/177825520 Big ideas https://padlet.com/brittanywhitby_tea/juhuh306qgie/wish/177825524 I felt the biggest theme was to be contentious of how we are thinking about students "on the margins." That thinking of them as a future statistic was nullifying to them and ultimately carries a ripple effect into their communities. ]]> 2017-06-30 14:55:53 UTC https://padlet.com/brittanywhitby_tea/juhuh306qgie/wish/177825524 Be prepared to learn https://padlet.com/brittanywhitby_tea/juhuh306qgie/wish/177825618 From the kid that curses you out. They are potentially on a journey. ]]> 2017-06-30 14:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/brittanywhitby_tea/juhuh306qgie/wish/177825618 https://padlet.com/brittanywhitby_tea/juhuh306qgie/wish/177825865 Being mindful not to categorize kids. Ask them what they need. Be prepared for them not to be willing to say. Keep working for that precious trust. ]]> 2017-06-30 15:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/brittanywhitby_tea/juhuh306qgie/wish/177825865