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Episode 41 | A Vulnerable Moment
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto wraps up 2022 by engaging in a vulnerable moment and apologizing to any students that he may have caused harm to, even if he did so unknowingly.
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Episode 40 | Border Stories w/ David Bowles
In this episode of Our Classroom, author and professor David Bowles joins to discuss Border Stories.
Classroom Notes:
Immigration and life on the border as focal points for his writing
The way he shows up in his...
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Episode 39 | Developing Antiracist, Pro-Human Students w/ Afrika Afeni Mills
In this episode of Our Classroom, author Afrika Afeni Mills, shares insight about her book Open Windows, Open Minds: Developing Antiracist, Pro-Human Students.Â
Classroom Notes:
The story of her name
3 actions steps...
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Episode 38 | Building a Pipeline of Black Teachers
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto shares an excerpt from the article To Build a Pipeline of Black Teachers, This Program Starts Recruiting in High School by Emily Tate Sullivan.
The article examines the...
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Episode 37 | Creating Culturally Inclusive Literacy Classrooms w/ Kamania Wynter-Hoyte, Eliza Braden, Michele Myers, Natasha Thorton
In this episode of Our Classroom, Roberto is joined by Kamania Wynter-Hoyte, Eliza Braden, Michele Myers, and Natasha Thorton, the authors of the book Revolutionary Love, to discuss Creating Culturally Inclusive...
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Episode 36 | Where Faith & Schools Can Meet w/ Zakiya Jackson
In this episode of Our Classroom, Zakiya Jackson, President of The Expectations Project shares her insight and experience regarding where the church and public schools can meet.
Key Moments:
The role of the church in...
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Episode 35 | 4 Tips for School Leaders Starting DEI Work
Welcome to Season 2 of Our Classroom! In this episode, Roberto breaks down an article that he and Lorena originally published through Edutopia. The article examines the idea that school leaders should take an active...
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Episode 34 | Students, Schools, People and Prisons w/ Stacy Seward
Welcome to Our Classroom! In this episode, Stacy Seward, Executive Director of The Dream Network in Lawrence Massachusetts, joins to discuss the school-to-prison pipeline and prison to community re-entry, including a...
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Episode 33 | Reflections of a First Year School Principal w/ Terra Lynch
This week's guest was Terra Lynch, Director of Middle School at Headwaters School in Austin, Texas.Â
We discussed the following:
Director of Middle School role
Triumphs & trials in the first year
Expectations for...
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Episode 32 | Shifting POC Stories by Writing Fiction w/ Aiko Bethea
Aiko Bethea stopped by Our Classroom to discuss her upcoming publication, the Magnolia Murder Series. We touched upon the following:â—¦ Characters in the seriesâ—¦ Shifting POC stories from being steeped in sufferingâ—¦...
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Episode 31 | Reading for Self w/ Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul & Lorena Germán
In this episode of Our Classroom, Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul invites Lorena Germán to join her in one of the RedClayEd Community Conversations. As we transition from summer fun and flexibility, Sonja challenges the...
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Episode 30 | Hyphenated w/ Ummi Modeste
In the third and final part of our poetry series with author Ummi Modeste, she shares and analyzes the poem Hyphenated from her book Because I Knew. This is one of her favorite poems as it speaks to the struggle of...
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