EP201 Freedom dreaming & who we need to BE for kids this year (with Tanesha Forman)
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
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🗓️ 9 August 2020
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In our rush to figure out logistics, we can't forget that who we ARE impacts how we teach more than anything else. Unpacking our own identity and the "why" we bring to the classroom can be a grounding force that holds us steady through change.
Listen in as I have a laid-back yet energizing conversation with Tanesha Forman, a middle school teacher entering her 15th year in the classroom. She shares how her daily classroom work is a reflection of her own learning, identity, and growth, and how she uses that self-reflection to support students in being fully seen and known in her classroom.
Tanesha also shares how she's planning for both curriculum and socio-emotional learning in the coming school year through a reflective, anti-bias/anti-racist lens. We talk about disrupting power structures, and Tanesha shares her "freedom dream" in which kids and teachers can fully be themselves in school. If you want to surround yourself right now with the inspiration of folks who are reimagining schools through their daily work, this episode is a must-listen.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 201 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host |
| 0:06.5 | Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the |
| 0:12.0 | minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead. |
| 0:16.0 | Today I'm talking with Tanisha B. Foreman, a middle school teacher with 15 years of classroom experience about freedom dreaming and reflective |
| 0:25.5 | teaching practices. Visit truth for teachers.com to get the transcript or find our |
| 0:30.8 | truth for teachers podcast Community on Facebook. |
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