EP239 Five things I've learned as a white teacher working in a Black community (with Sara Singer)

Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers

Angela Watson

Education, Courses

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

If your cultural, racial, or socio-economic background is different from that of your students, there can be a learning curve as you build rapport.

In today's episode, I'm talking with Sara Singer, a high school special education teacher on Chicago's South Side. Sara loves to co-teach and support students with disabilities in the general education classroom. She is also passionate about equity and creating rigorous, student-centered curricula.

Sara is a writer for the Truth for Teachers collective, and her first article is tackling a pretty tricky subject: what happens when you are of a different race, ethnicity, or cultural background than your students. Sara is white — specifically, Jewish in her heritage —and her student population is almost 100% Black.

She shares 5 core understandings she's developed in building her cultural competency over the years. I think you'll find that this conversation is empowering and helpful to anyone working in a diverse community or with families whose identities and lived experiences are different from your own.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 239 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers.
0:07.3	I'm your host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement and truth into
0:12.6	the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead.
0:17.0	Today, I'm talking with Sarah Singer about five things she's learned as a white teacher
0:21.9	working at a school in a predominantly black community.
0:25.4	You can visit truthforteachers.com to get an easy-to-read, easy-to-share blog post version
0:30.5	of this podcast episode.
0:32.5	And you'll get a sneak peek at our new Truth for Teachers writers' collective that's
0:36.2	launching soon.
0:38.9	Teachers, if you're looking for engaging project-based lessons for students in grades K-12, I encourage
0:44.0	you to take a look at the PBL tools and resources on defined learning.
0:49.2	Defined learning provides an online library of engaging real-world projects, along with
0:54.1	inspiring career-focused videos, research resources, and more to help you create deeper
0:59.8	learning opportunities for your students.
1:02.7	Listeners of this podcast can get a free 60-day access to all of Defined Learning's PBL
1:08.6	resources.
1:09.7	Just go to DefinedLearning.com-forward-slash-truth.
1:14.2	That's DefinedLearning.com-forward-slash-truth.
1:20.3	This school year has turned out to be, dare I say, unprecedented in its challenges.
1:25.4	I think we're all tired of that word, but it's certainly true.
1:28.4	If your co-workers are burning out and overwhelmed, and your administrators feel helpless to do anything
1:33.6	about it, let them know about the 40-hour leadership program.
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