Super Teacher's Job is Never Done!

Super Teacher's Job is Never Done!
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Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions. ~ Author Unknown

My goal is to reveal one teacher's humble journey of self-reflection, critical analysis, and endless questioning about my craft of teaching and learning alongside my middle school students.

"The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'." ~ Dan Rather



Thursday, December 8, 2011

Teaching Tolerance Awardees Announced

Teaching Tolerance has announced the winners of its first-ever Culturally Responsive Teaching Awards. The winners will be honored at a special gathering on culturally responsive pedagogy in Washington on Dec. 9, to be video-broadcast live onEducation Week Teacher. 


One of the honorees teaches in my district!



Teaching Tolerance Honors Five Educators for Excellence in Culturally Responsive Teaching

Teaching Tolerance
Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, has announced the winners of its Culturally Responsive Teaching Award. The award was designed to recognize educators who have demonstrated excellence in teaching students from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds.
The five winners, selected through a rigorous application and review process, will each receive $1,000. They will also be honored at a special gathering on culturally responsive pedagogy in Washington on Dec. 9, 2011. Education Week Teacher, which is helping to organize the awards event, joins Teaching Tolerance in congratulating the winners:

THE WINNERS:

(Click on each winner for additional details.)
Silvestre Arcos ArcosSILVESTRE ARCOS, middle school math teacher, the Laboratory School of Finance and Technology, New YorkWhen he first surveyed the program for English-language learners at his school, Arcos—who holds an master's in bilingual/bi-cultural education from Teachers College at Columbia University—was disappointed by the use of the traditional, "subtractive" model of weaning students from their first language as they learn English...
Sonia GalavizSONIA GALAVIZ, 5th grade teacher, Endeavor Elementary School in Nampa, Idaho.Galaviz' school serves many students from low-income families and has the highest English-language learning population in her district. "Building relationships is at the heart of my pedagogy," says Galaviz, who holds a master's degree in curriculum and instruction (bilingual ed. emphasis) from Boise State University...
Katy LaCroixKATY LACROIX, literacy specialist and 4th and 5th grade teacher, Logan Elementary School, Ann Arbor, MichiganIn addition to teaching an ethnically and academically diverse mix of students, LaCroix—who holds a master's degree in educational leadership from Eastern Michigan—heads up her school's "equity team," a group of faculty members that meets throughout the year to share culturally inclusive teaching strategies...
Amber MakaiauAMBER MAKAIAU, National Board-certified social studies teacher, Kailua High School, Oahu, Hawaii.She teaches "Hawaiian" students, meaning those from native Polynesian populations as well as from around the Pacific Rim, including Japan and China. Her students, most of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds, often struggle to understand what "being Hawaiian means. ..."
Tracy Oliver-GaryTRACY OLIVER-GARY, history teacher, Paint Branch High School, Burtonsville, Maryland.Oliver-Gary teaches open enrollment AP history classes to a mix of Asian, African, Latino, black, and white students, ensuring that all students have opportunities to tackle rigorous content...

For the full article and video clips, please visit: http://www.edweek.org/tm/events/teaching-tolerance/resources.html?cmp=ENL-TU-CMTY
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1 comment:

  1. Richard KeefeDecember 8, 2011 at 7:57 AM

    Ironically, NOT ONE of the Southern Poverty Law Center's top executives is a minority.

    Despite being located LITERALLY in the back yard of Dr. King's home church in Montgomery, the SPLC has NEVER hired a person of color to a highly paid position of authority in its entire 40 year history.

    http://wp.me/pCLYZ-7m

    Even it's "Teaching Tolerance" arm has been led by "whites only" for 19 of its 20 years.

    It's time the SPLC began to practice what it preaches.

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