Teachers' Cup of Coffee Timothy Allen

In this episode, we discuss the racism continuum and how to teach it to students.  Let's give racism a language and a framework for kids to understand.  
This is episode 2 in our series focused on equipping schools and educators with concrete, anti-racist practices!

Schools have come a long way in how they address bullying.  More work can be done, but progress has definitely been made.  What about racism?  Have schools improved their prevention and elimination of racism?  I would argue, not really.  And thus, this is our opening episode in a series dedicated to equipping schools and educators with concrete ways to implement anti-racist practices.  Come along for the journey!

Drawing is a powerful way to improve teaching, learning, and assessment.  It seems so simple on the surface, but it actually leads to a lot of brain work and deepening of learning.  In under 10 minutes, we go over the why/how/what of bringing drawing into our classrooms.
Check out this video and consider showing it to your students before you incorporate this new strategy:
https://www.edutopia.org/video/powerful-effects-drawing-learning

In a few weeks, many of us will be responding to students who have experienced trauma.  Let's open our school year using some simple proactive measures to support challenging students right from the jump!

Teacher retention and teacher well-being are pretty much at a crisis level.  What can we do?!!  How can teachers stay sane enough to continue in the profession?  I bring in some experts for ideas.  
https://www.corcreativepartners.com/

Academic safety allows students to ask questions, take risks, and grapple with challenging material.  How can we make sure that students in our classrooms feel academically safe?