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Students Teaching Teachers: The Students’ Six

March 13, 2020Graig Meyer

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Here’s what we’re going for …Session Outcomes

• Engage in racial equity conversations that feel productive in order to gain a new level of discourse about supporting students

• Listen to student voices on research based teaching methods • Explore strategies for culturally relevant learning environments



• Introduce yourself to your

partners

• What are some things that

students have taught you

about culturally responsive

education?

Affective OpenerBreakout Room Discussion

Equity Collaborative Transformation

FrameEquity and Oppression

Coaching and Facilitation

Learning Theory and Culturally Responsive

Teaching


Visibility

Goal Setting

Connecting to Students’ Lives

Physical Proximity

Connecting to Future Selves

Starting StrategiesCultural Promotion

Culture of Origin

Cross-CulturalCommunication

Acknowledging Racism

Explicit Standards

Physical Movement

Class Rituals

Check for Understanding

Welcoming Strategies

Community Learning

Students’ Six


Visibility

Proximity


Engaging Students’ Cultures

Addressing Race


Visibility

Proximity


Enloe 5


Visibility

Proximity


Check for Understanding

Addressing Race

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Students Six Video 1

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• How do the Students’ Six strategies connect to your own learning experience in school?

Students’ Six StrategiesBreakout Room Discussion


• What are some examples that you have seen of teachers who use these three strategies? • In what ways would these strategies be especially important for students of color?

Students’ Six StrategiesLarge Group Share


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Students Six Video 2

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• What are some examples that you have seen of teachers using these strategies?

Students’ Six StrategiesBreakout Rooms


Students’ Six


Visibility

Proximity



Addressing Race


Students’ Six


Visibility

Proximity


Making every student feel acknowledged and included in the classroom.

Using physical space to engage students and reduce perceived threat.

Making linkages between classroom content and students’ experiences and

perspectives.

Students’ Six



Addressing Race


Incorporating positive elements of students’ cultures into classroom learning

and community building.

Talking openly about racial dynamics and how they impact the student experience.

Helping students identify their future paths and using classroom experiences to guide

students towards their personal goals.

Students’ Six StrategiesIn the Chat Box


• What does it take to address race openly in a classroom? • Who do you know that does it well?

Students’ Six


Visibility

Proximity



Addressing Race


Ask a question that can be answered in 1-2 sentences or phrases.

Collected before students leave class.

Can be used to build relationships, assesses content knowledge, or seek feedback.

Always read some back to your students the next day.

Students Teaching Teachers Master Strategy

Exit Slips


o Day 1: Tell me something in this class that makes you feel like you’re learning.

o Day 2: What is your favorite learning activity that we do every day or every week?

o Day 3: What is something that makes it hard to feel smart in our class?

o Day 4: What is something that I need to do better? o Day 5: Tell me something that you think I need to know about you in order for you to do your best in my class. Add your name if you want to.

Exit Slips



o Rating Scale: How challenging was this assignment for you?

o Rating Scale: In class we talked about XX. Was that enough preparation for you to feel good about this assignment?

o Open Ended: What was the most difficult part of completing this assignment?

o Open Ended: What is one connection you can make between this assignment and your current life or your future goals?

Process Reflections



o Choose Common Texts: Be proactive in identifying and using texts that introduce age-appropriate vocabulary for race, including skin tone differences, and racial experiences.

oSkin Color Self Portraits: Children create skin-color accurate self portraits, then identify other things in their life that match their skin color (i.e. my skin is the color of Pepsi)

Addressing Race



o Cell Phone Cameras: Use your camera to take a picture of the cleaning products in your family’s home.

o Family Knowledge: Do you know anyone who builds things for a living? What do they build?

Connection to Student’ Lives



Praise Publicly, Criticize Privately: Use visibility and proximity to reduce perceived threat.

Appropriate Physical Touch: Physical touch can be used to redirect student attention, as well as for resolving cortisol load in the brain.

Culture Based Praise: Investigate the ways that praise is given within a student’s family, and mimic that praise in your interactions with the student.

Basics of Behavior Management



•Good communicators •Multiple racial perspectives •Variety of academic backgrounds •Racially conscious

Building a Student TeamBuild from Strengths


•Praise Publicly, Criticize Privately •Tell Stories •Practice What You Preach: Use the Students’ Six •Encourage Creativity •Be Specific

Students Teaching Teachers

Basic Facilitation



•Visit the resources page on our website •theequitycollaborative.com/resources/students-six/

•Join us for four more sessions this week: • Tuesday: Literacy for Black Students • Wednesday: Racial Identity Development • Thursday: Critical Race Theory • Friday: Bamboozled Discussion

Learn More with the Equity Collaborative


In the Chat Box…

•What was helpful from today’s session?

•What would you change to improve this session?

•How are you feeling at the end of our time together?

Final Reflections

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