Building community, having real conversations, & challenging the status quo w/Lorena Germán
Designed To Thrive Podcast with Elissa Frazier
English - May 07, 2021 21:25 - 38 minutes - 35 MBHow To Education equity multicultural education digital divide school improvement teaching urban education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Personalized Learning & The Power of Your PLN with Derek McCoy
Lorena Germán is an ELA teacher, teacher-leader, curriculum designer, author, and speaker. She is an advocate for culturally sustaining pedagogy anti-racist education. She is the chair of the National Council of English Teacher’s Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English and she is the founder of “The Multicultural Classroom.” Finally, she is the co-founder of #DisruptTexts and the Director of Pedagogy at EduColor.
Show highlights:
Knowing your why, not just what and the task connectedTeaching as personal and politicalImportance of safe spaces & healing from school-based traumaBuilding your PLN, and building community with organizations like NCTE, which can give teachers the language to use when making important changes that challenge the status quo.Lorena Germán
Twitter: @nenagermanWebsite: www.multiculturalclassroomconsulting.comInstagram: @lorenagermnElissa Frazier
Twitter: @fraziersvisionEmail Elissa at: [email protected]