EP106 3 beliefs that damage teacher relationships with black male students (and how to connect instead)
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2017
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The majority of the Truth for Teachers podcast episodes are on topics that will help improve your teaching practices with ALL of your students, but in some cases, I like to talk about specific student populations. It's okay to focus for ONE episode on meeting the needs of English Language Learners, or students with special needs. And it's okay to focus for an episode on students of color.
In this case, I chose to focus even more specifically on that: to talk about black males in particular. My guest today, Principal Kafele, is a black male himself and is a nationally-renowned authority on his work with black male students. There's a tremendous amount of research showing that many black males in the United States are facing unique challenges and are underserved. We do a disservice to our students if we pretend that the outcomes that our students experience from our school system are all the same regardless of race. Our black male students can do better, and we can do better by them.
The question of HOW to do better is what we're going to tackle today in my interview with Principal Kafele. Listen in to his message on helping students succeed by connecting with them, understanding them, and building relationships with them so that we can meet their needs better.
Click here to visit Principal Kafele's website to learn more about him and the resources he offers.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 106 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host |
| 0:05.4 | Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the minds and |
| 0:11.0 | hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead. |
| 0:15.0 | Today I'm going to be interviewing Principal Beruda Kefalay about three beliefs that damage |
| 0:20.5 | teacher relationships with blackmail students and how to connect instead. |
| 0:25.3 | Visit truth for teachers.com to get the summary, links to recommended resources, and to share your |
| 0:30.2 | thoughts on the show. So the majority of my podcast episodes are on topics |
| 0:35.2 | that will help you improve your teaching practices with all of your students. |
| 0:39.7 | But in some cases I like to talk about specific student populations. |
| 0:44.7 | It's okay to focus for one episode on meeting the needs of English |
| 0:48.9 | language learners or students with special needs. |
| 0:52.0 | And it's okay to focus for an episode on students of color. |
| 0:55.6 | In this case, I chose to focus even more specifically than that |
| 0:59.1 | and to talk about black males in particular. |
| 1:01.7 | And that's for a couple of reasons. |
| 1:03.7 | One is that my guest today is a black male himself. |
| 1:06.4 | He speaks from that perspective, and he's a nationally renowned authority on his work with |
| 1:10.9 | black male students. |
| 1:13.0 | Principal Cofala has been a middle and high school principal and led transformation of four |
| 1:16.8 | different urban New Jersey schools, including Newark Tech, which went from being a low performing |
| 1:22.2 | school in need of improvement, to being |
| 1:24.1 | recognized three times by US News and World Report magazine as being one of America's |
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