Tea With Teachers Podcast / Conversation / Identity / Life Experiences
Summary: Join teacher Aashish Parekh in a conversation with fellow teachers exploring identity and drawing on life experiences to consider how that impacts their worldview and craft.
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On Episode 5 Part 1 of Tea With Teachers, I chat with Jennifer Sloop, a veteran educator who is currently working as a learning specialist in Washington, D.C. We discuss a range of topics, focusing on the realities of choosing between motherhood and career and how that causes some internal friction with her feminist ideals. We share stories of our upbringing during the 80s and how her Indiana white working class roots has impacted her and her husband raising 2 daughters. And as much as I try to avoid it, we talk about the recent election. She contemplates how her Indiana roots intersects with race, privilege and politics...and cheerleading.
We’re back with Episode 4 Part 2 of Tea With Teachers. I continue my talk with 1st grade teacher Beth Simmonds from the KIPP Promise Academy in Washington, D.C. We begin with her views on race, privilege and the value of listening. She ponders the challenges of being a white educator in a predominately African-American community and hypothesizes as to why charter schools may not necessarily be the answer to addressing equity in education even though she currently works at one.
We’re back with Episode 4 Part 2 of Tea With Teachers. I continue my talk with 1st grade teacher Beth Simmonds from the KIPP Promise Academy in Washington, D.C. We begin with her views on race, privilege and the value of listening. She ponders the challenges of being a white educator in a predominately African-American community and hypothesizes as to why charter schools may not necessarily be the answer to addressing equity in education even though she currently works at one.
On a grey, rainy day right before Inauguration Day, I sat down Beth Simmonds, a 1st grade teacher at KIPP Promise Academy in Washington, DC. She reflected on her parents’ influence during her childhood, specifically her dad’s involvement in their community and the importance of her mom’s advocacy of her when diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. Also, the challenges of talking about this disorder with her students. We discussed whether or not the No Excuses approach is the right one for kids and how Beth creates a safe space in her classroom.
On a grey, rainy day right before Inauguration Day, I sat down Beth Simmonds, a 1st grade teacher at KIPP Promise Academy in Washington, DC. She reflected on her parents’ influence during her childhood, specifically her dad’s involvement in their community and the importance of her mom’s advocacy of her when diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. Also, the challenges of talking about this disorder with her students. We discussed whether or not the No Excuses approach is the right one for kids and how Beth creates a safe space in her classroom.
In Part 2 of Episode 3, I continue my conversation with Marielys Garcia, Dean of Culture at the charter school I work at. We begin with her perspective on comments made by now Attorney General Jeff Sessions when he singled out Dominican immigrants on the senate floor. Then we dive into her role as Dean as we explore the challenges of using suspension as policy, how she deals with her own implicit biases as a woman of color in her position and the power of de-escalation as a tool for conflict resolution.
In Part 2 of Episode 3, I continue my conversation with Marielys Garcia, Dean of Culture at the charter school I work at. We begin with her perspective on comments made by now Attorney General Jeff Sessions when he singled out Dominican immigrants on the senate floor. Then we dive into her role as Dean as we explore the challenges of using suspension as policy, how she deals with her own implicit biases as a woman of color in her position and the power of de-escalation as a tool for conflict resolution.
There are two parts of Episode 3 with my guest Marielys Garcia. She is the Dean of Culture at my charter school. One day, I’ll talk to teachers from other schools, I promise. Nonetheless, the work she does is valuable and her story is certainly worth listening to. In part one, we talk about her sheltered, but happy upbringing in Queens and Brooklyn as an Afro-Latina Dominican woman. Also, you’ll hear Marielys describe her experience at an Afrocentric school and the role that played early in her teaching career. We touched on how being a woman impacts her role as a dean, especially when addressing behavioral issues and building relationships with students.
There are two parts of Episode 3 with my guest Marielys Garcia. She is the Dean of Culture at my charter school. One day, I’ll talk to teachers from other schools, I promise. Nonetheless, the work she does is valuable and her story is certainly worth listening to. In part one, we talk about her sheltered, but happy upbringing in Queens and Brooklyn as an Afro-Latina Dominican woman. Also, you’ll hear Marielys describe her experience at an Afrocentric school and the role that played early in her teaching career. We touched on how being a woman impacts her role as a dean, especially when addressing behavioral issues and building relationships with students.
On episode 2 of Tea With Teachers, I talk to another coworker of mine, Mike Conners. He, just like me, is an ELL Teacher at EL Haynes Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. Mike and I explore his experience in the military, his depression that followed and how all of this prepared him for teaching. We delve into what it was like growing up in a small, conservative town in Idaho with white supremacists in the vicinity. You’ll also hear how being white and in an interracial marriage with three biracial children has influenced him.
On episode 2 of Tea With Teachers, I talk to another coworker of mine, Mike Conners. He, just like me, is an ELL Teacher at EL Haynes Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. Mike and I explore his experience in the military, his depression that followed and how all of this prepared him for teaching. We delve into what it was like growing up in a small, conservative town in Idaho with white supremacists in the vicinity. You’ll also hear how being white and in an interracial marriage with three biracial children has influenced him.
Join teacher Aashish Parekh in a conversation with fellow teachers exploring identity and drawing on life experiences to consider how that impacts their worldview and craft.
Join Aashish in a conversation with teachers exploring identity and drawing on life experiences to consider how that affects their worldview and craft.