educating while black podcast
When your teacher training provider sets up a series of networking events called ‘cock-up clubs’ (which were described both as ‘events focus[sed] on individual challenges that leaders have overcome that have informed their development as a successful leader’ and ‘meetings with successful leaders speaking about ‘their own career low points and how failure and despair can be turned around’), you'd think that the invitation to share your own stories of triumph and tribulations was a given... But what happens when the choice to share career low points and near misses is seen as an act of career sabotage? To Black educators, the inability to be vulnerable in professional spaces (like a staffroom) is akin to the butterfly effect. What to make of the consequences of decisions made or not made based on a feeling, an anecdote or an unsupportive workplace environment and we haven't even mentioned the additional tax on the mental health of Black educators. #EducatingWhileBlack is intended to be a starting point to share these (and other stories) in a ‘virtual staff room’ that is set up for Black educators (and run by a Black educator), with an understanding that there is an acute need to include more diverse voices in storytelling and this platform is there to both focus on the Black educator and provide them with an unrestricted opportunity to reflect on their experience. @Supermahrio
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RT @RogueChieftan: It’s crazy full professors are splitting rooms at hotels to make conference trips more economical. How do we expect… https://t.co/AMh17wxRLo
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RT @ActiveYouthUK: Super enjoyed this conversation with @jessjessboyd & @Supermahrio. Speaking on my contribution in the race chapter… https://t.co/2hvVPsxPHS
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RT @jessjessboyd: “Every school & ITT provider should have racial literacy training”🔥@ActiveYouthUK thanks for speaking to me &… https://t.co/A4XAaXMI7m
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RT @WFarahslt: “ I speak German, Arabic & English but at school I only speak English Because that’s the most important one”… https://t.co/FCbdeuV72S
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Interesting and important podcast!
Highly recommended for anyone in education, or interested in learning about education (teachers, parents).
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Raw Truths!
It’s amazing how much our experiences are similar! These chats reveal that there is so much work to be done GLOBALLY. Micro aggressions have to be addressed and called out on the spot! Love this! It didn’t even feel like 58 minutes, the conversation was so engaging.
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What I am most proud of in the educator podcast community is the representation of Black male voices. These perspectives can be very different from mainstream experiences. The Liberated Educator (hosted by Ken Shelton, Dee Lanier, and Brian Romero-Smith Sr.) and Educating While Black (hosted by Mahlon Evans-Sinclair) are great examples in America and Canada.