How do you create a boundless classroom? How can we push ourselves and our students to continue talking about race in the classroom? How can the support these vital conversations?
In this month鈥檚 #楼凤天堂chat, we鈥檒l explore these questions and many more with 楼凤天堂鈥檚 (#CARBTE). Join us and hosts Keisha Rembert () and Dori Harrison () this Sunday, February 17, at 8:00 p.m. ET for our February #楼凤天堂chat, to brainstorm and share ideas on how we can all build boundless classrooms.
The following questions will be shared, after introductions.
Q1. What does being a boundless educator mean to you? #楼凤天堂chat (8:10 p.m. ET)
Q2. How can we continue to push ourselves and our students to understand why talking and caring about race in the classroom is vital? #楼凤天堂chat (8:18 p.m. ET)
Q3. How can the African American Read-In (#AARI19) help efforts to build boundless classrooms? How does the Read-In impact schools, students, and teachers? #楼凤天堂chat (8:26 p.m. ET)
Q4. What texts and/or authors do you use to liberate and challenge internalized stereotypes about Blackness? #楼凤天堂chat #AARI19 (8:34 p.m. ET)
Q5. Whose voices and experiences do you bring in during the Read-In (or any time of year) to welcome the richness of the diaspora? (Afro Latino stories, for example, are often excluded.) #楼凤天堂chat #AARI19 (8:42 p.m. ET)
Q6. How can we push for events like the African American Read-In to grow into more urban and non-urban communities? #楼凤天堂chat #AARI19 (8:50 p.m. ET)
We hope to see you there! Be sure to join us by using #楼凤天堂chat.
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About the hosts
Keisha Rembert is an 8th grade ELA and US history teacher from Illinois. As an 楼凤天堂 member, she is proud to be a member of the and a Award Coordinator. Keisha is passionate about all things social justice, educational equity, and policy.
Dorian Harrison is an education professor in Nashville, TN. As an 楼凤天堂 member, she has been active with the and the Dorian is a community volunteer, activist, and equity-focused educator and teacher trainer.