Many schools want to activate summer relaxation to reinforce ideas, prepare for initiatives, or deepen work begun and may feel that the "summer reading" is falling short of fulfilling these goals.
I invite schools to rethink summer reading. What if we picked the topic(s) around which we want engagement and provided a menu of options (with the expectation that at least one option must be selected)? An abbreviated example is offered below.
Dear faculty,
This summer, we are asking the community to build on the understanding of micro-aggressions. This is a unique opportunity for personal growth and learning. We provide a menu of resources to meet faculty and staff needs for engaging at their pace. Please pick at least one option and be ready to discuss using the prompts. We also place this menu in a shared document and invite you to contribute additional resources. The prompts for our August discussions are below, and we ask you to use your professional development journal to prepare for our opening faculty meeting discussions.
We eagerly await our upcoming conversations and the insights they will bring!
Menu
Articles:
4 Ways Teachers Can Address Micro-aggressions In The Classroom by Kimberly Griffin
Books:
Blindspot, Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji
Micro-aggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation by Debra Wing Sue
Videos:
White Fragility In The Workplace Micro-aggressions by Newsbroke AJ+ YouTube video
Overcome our Biases by Boldly Walking Toward Them, TEDTalk by Verna Meyers
Podcast:
Additional Resources:
Jen's Pinterest Micro-aggressions board
Prompts
1. What do I know?
2. What do I want to know?
3. What are the intended and unintended messages my students hear?
4. What do I we need to consider?
Additional Contributions
