"Race Matters"

After calling a parent to discuss negative behaviors or learning struggles regarding their child, a teacher should ALWAYS...

• Follow up with positive feedback via phone call.

• Send home extra work for the student to do.

• Nothing because parent-teacher relationships are not as important as the learning abilities of the students.

• Nothing because parents should never be called with concerns of student achievement.

What do you think Baldwin meant by stating, “God showed Noah the rainbow sign, He said it won't be water but fire next time?"

The Social Equality Educators organization proposed a three-point policy that would support the Black Lives Matter Movement, racial equality, and racial justice within schools. Which are the correct three policies?

• 1. support ethnic studies 2. implement restorative justice practices 3. de-track classes to undo racial segregation

• 1. maintain strict, traditional curriculum 2. implement zero-tolerance practices 3. place students in classes based on cultural and racial perspectives

• 1. adapt curriculum for all student learning 2. limit all class management and behavior management 3. allow students to choose classes based on interests rather than academic quality

• None of the above.

Which of the following individuals stated, "As educators we (sometimes unknowingly) step into the roles of advocate, caretaker, guide, and even mother or father figures to students."

• Jamilah Pitts

• Christopher Emdin

• John Muir

• James Baldwin

What does the term cogenerative dialogues refer to?

• Prevents teachers from discussing racial and cultural content with students by following educational policies and guidelines.

• Refers to only the academic work the teacher is responsible for covering.

• Allows a teacher to have conversations with Black students about how the teacher can better meet their specific academic needs, and they can create spaces for students to present their true selves to the teacher.

• None of the above.

What does the term reality pedagogy refer to?

• A philosophical belief that all human beings feel an inherent need to be responsible for each other in some way.

• Teachers and students bringing symbolic artifacts that are of significance to students' beliefs and cultures.

• A deliberate collection and reflection on artifacts related to teaching and learning by young people for the purpose of helping their teachers to create a better classroom experience.

• An approach to teaching that responds to the realities of the students’ and teachers’ experiences and constructs a framework for teaching that responds to it.

How do you believe the movement that John Muir Elementary School advocated for is important for the future of educational systems?

As an educator, what are some ways that you can be engaged in incarceration prevention rather than incarceration expansions?