S4EP5 Zaretta Hammond's Truth: Supporting and advocating for students in poverty

Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers

Angela Watson

Education, Courses

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2016

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Zaretta is the author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain, and has so much helpful info to share about supporting students in poverty. Listen in as we discuss the pedagogy of poverty, and how an individual teacher can make meaningful connections with students despite the drill-and-kill focus so prevalent in many Title I schools. Zaretta gives practical suggestions for any teacher who wants to understand his or her students better.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Season 4 episode 5 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers.
0:05.0	I'm your host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth
0:10.0	into the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead.
0:15.0	Today I'm going to be talking with Zaretta Hammond about how we as educators can support our students
0:20.0	who are impacted by poverty and empower them to advocate for themselves.
0:24.0	Visit truth for teachers.com to get the transcript, links to recommended resources, and to share
0:29.3	your thoughts on the show.
0:31.4	This episode is sponsored by Kitam, a standards-based platform helping
0:34.7	teachers personalize learning. With Kitam, teachers gain access to an unlimited
0:39.0	library of content with beautiful, actionable reports.
0:43.0	And the best part, KITM is free.
0:45.0	Visit W. KITM. co to learn more.
0:49.0	That's K-I-D-O.
0:51.0	So today I have invited Zaretta Hammond to the show. I was introduced to Zaretta by a good friend of mine
0:57.6	she had the privilege of talking with Zaretta and she immediately wanted to connect us
1:01.8	because of the similarities and our missions and our passions.
1:05.0	So I checked out Zaretta's blog. It's Ready for Rager.com.
1:08.0	So ready, the number four, Rager.com.
1:11.0	And I was just so impressed by her ability to take really important complex topics
1:16.8	and make them accessible and practical for classroom teachers.
1:20.5	Zaretta is the author of culturally responsive teaching in the brain and describes herself as a former writing teacher turned equity freedom fighter.
1:29.0	Her full-time role in education now is supporting teachers and closing the achievement gap as they work with
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