“I became a teacher because I have enough idealism to be out to change the world-and enough pragmatism to see that a classroom is an ideal place for me to start”
-J. W
This week, a group of dynamic educators started a conversation...a long overdue conversation around Parent Engagement and Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Dispositions in our education system. As we started this conversation between UWW-SDW Graduate Students and our Community Educator Panel, each of us introduced ourselves briefly and gave a few statements about our why. On our panel, were experts in Adult Education, Early Childhood Education, Parents, Immigrants, Bilingual Teachers, LGBTQ Advocates and those who can represent teacher training in higher ed.
Some people come to education because of the energy, light and hope that children bring to their lives. Others come to education because of these same reasons, but with an even deeper calling to ensure all kids can maintain this light through the challenge of schooling and its de facto impact of replicating our greater society with all of its privileges and its repressions.
This week I would like to share the video of that conversation with you, and offer support, guidance and coplanning for panels at your site with community members, families and students whose voices are seldom heard. I recall a presentation that I was recently planning where I plan to state boldly ‘our students and families have resources and skills that are invisible to us’-until we engage, in relationship with the students and families whose strengths are hidden from our view, we may never come to know them, respect them, and utilize them to change the world.
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