Welcome to Intentional Conversations, where we intersect diversity, equity, and inclusion with leadership and business.
This week we welcomed Valda Valbrun to Intentional Conversations!
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KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- The role of education is to make kids curious!
- A big part is not just about making sure the curriculum reflects it, but that the school experience is not one that feels so isolating.
- Think through how do I accept my students as they are and how do I learn from them and incorporate that into my instruction.
- When I engage in content, I should see myself in it.
- When we think of being culturally competent, how do I as a teacher or leader invite students into that?
- Most students of color experience up to 90 microagressions in school.
- What culture have we created where self advocacy gets you in trouble?
- We never know what someone is experiencing in their world, everybody has something.
- For educators, we need to realize that we don’t know all there is to know about them, especially with young people.
- Students spend more time at school than they do with their families… schools should be an environment where they can come and be their full self.
- Culturally relevant books are being banned and that’s ok because we can still talk about it.
- If I learn something that is relevant to my life, and I can make it work with my lived experience and culture, it is enduring understanding.
- DEI work is important, but I’m not going to allow it to take away from the things that I know are important, not at the expense of my health and well-being.
- Real inclusion is saying who has been left out that we need to include.
- Given where we are, who do you want to be?
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