Audience: Educators, administrators, Parents
Key Points:
Teachers roles should include understanding and supporting the various identities represented by our students. It is important to note that intent is far less important than impact. As teachers, the impact of our roles as mentors, authorities and guides means that the stakes are higher for us. Whether we like it or not, our job inherently asks us to judge our students, hopefully based on their work.
Relevance:
As educators we need to ask students what they need from us, thus to empower students in the classroom to have a decisive role. An important role as an educator is to be an ally, to listen and ask questions. An important realization is that the more the students are the focus of our work, the more we create space for their identities to thrive
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