Episode 17: Tara Haskins
The TeachHER Podcast
English - July 19, 2021 16:44 - 19 minutes - 26.5 MBEducation Kids & Family Parenting education empowerment girlpower girls mentors principals teachers Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Welcome to the TeachHER Podcast Powered by The Innocent Brown Girl Project. Our mission is to convey strategies for Grit & Grace with educators and advocates of African American and Latina Girls. Thank you for joining us today.
Today, our guest is Tara Haskins. Tara is honored to serve as the Founding School Leader of Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy. Following her graduation from Hampton University, Tara joined the New Teacher Project (TNTP) and taught middle school English and Language Arts in Shreveport, Louisiana. It was here that she developed a middle school all-girls mentoring program that focused on mindfulness, college preparation, and community service. Tara then joined KIPP Voyage Academy for Girls in Houston, where she taught U.S. History and served as a History and later an English content lead. She also led school-wide culture systems as Dean of Restorative Justice and Culture. Her implementation of school-wide restorative practices that led to out of school suspensions decreasing by half in a single year. As a former History teacher and Dean of Restorative Justice and Culture, she values representative history and centering the power of relationships.
As KC Girls Prep grows, she continues to create spaces that amplify the voices of students and families.
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