https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6 After reading the ON THE HORIZON documents, please add comments for the following prompt: "Classroom safety looks like".... en-us 2021-11-26 03:09:49 UTC 2021-11-26 16:50:23 UTC hello@padlet.com twalsh35 https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914544972 2021-11-26 15:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914544972 https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914553695 2021-11-26 15:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914553695 https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914556562 Students where the steps to repair harm are missed!]]> 2021-11-26 15:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914556562 https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914574975 teachers checking for their own biases and being self-reflective]]> 2021-11-26 16:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914574975 https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914601275 The idea that students get to decide what’s offensive scares me… I get it - but that whole fear of saying anything comes into play … to make students feel safe you need to connect, to connect you can’t just teach metaphors and math equations and notes you have to be a human being… but it’s so stressful to talk to kids while in your head you are 3/4/5 steps ahead of your current sentence trying to analyze what’s coming out - Like you’re your own ten second delay … bc one wrong word could ruin you … so … do you play if safe? Say good morning here is some math work … but that’s not why you got into this … and so the cycle goes … ]]> 2021-11-26 16:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914601275 https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914610648 Acknowledge your role as a settler (if you are one). Do not center yourself. Acknowledge you do not know everything. Learn WITH students. Be extremely aware of your identities and how you sit in positions of power and privilege. Good intentions can be harmful. You need to actually do the work to decolonize your mind in order to create a place where ALL students, especially Indigenous students, feel emotionally and mentally safe. Create a set of classroom norms where you discuss what and when students feel most comfortable and calm. Strive to have those environmental conditions in place for these discussions. Have your non-negotiables be: physical, emotional, and mental safety. Create together what that looks like for your students. Be congnizant and conscientious of how white supremacy has shaped your life and how it operates in the education system. Be open with students about that. Be vulnerable with students. Ensure that you are not teaching anything "about us without us" - have voices from those marginalized groups be the center of the discussion. Use videos, podcasts, essays, books, TED talks, etc. But also reflect on the idea that they are not a spokesperson for everyone in that group. Just as white people are each allowed to be unique and represent only themselves, promote the idea that one person from a marginalized group also gets to be unique and have their own ideas and opinions.]]> 2021-11-26 16:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914610648 https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914611735 2021-11-26 16:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914611735 https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914612401 It's important that we recognize the impact that colonialty has had on our society. As a white, cisgendered person I know that I have privilege and power in our society due to the pervasiveness of colonialism. I need to be aware and challenge this every day if I am to serve the needs of racialized and marginalized students. I try and stay open when people point out the harm I've caused. Listening with love and openness is important to ensure my own personal growth. I do not centre myself in the conversation. Creating conditions for inclusive spaces is essential. I always have good intentions, but this is not always enough. I need to unpack my biases and learn from different perspectives. I have always remained open to having courageous conversations with my students regarding issues of racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia, xenophobia, etc. I'm also beginning to think of the larger impact our education system has in perpetuating inequities and what my role is in upholding the status quo. How can I as a teacher/leader challenge systemic issues in our education system that harm racialized and marginalized students? How am I acknowledging my role in this and changing my actions/resisting practices that cause harm.

]]> 2021-11-26 16:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914612401 https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914620737 2021-11-26 16:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914620737 https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914622646 2021-11-26 16:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914622646 https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914624225 2021-11-26 16:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914624225 https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914625443 2021-11-26 16:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914625443 https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914630307 Reflection is key not only in our own learning but that of our students within the classroom. ]]> 2021-11-26 16:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/twalsh35/rxv0dv9r3fvhbbq6/wish/1914630307