Lay Me Down to Sleep: The Story of a Student-Centered English Teacher (feat. Rob Parris Jr.)
I missed y'all here on Substack last week but this week I am back with an early episode of the Black on Black Education Podcast w/ an interview with AUTHOR and student-centered educator Rob Parris Jr.
Hey y’all hey!
Last week I went on vacation, and I just couldn’t make it all happen before I left, BECAUSE YOU’RE GIRL HAS BEEN WORKING!!!!
With that being said, we are back, a day early, to celebrate PUB DAY with this week’s podcast guest, Rob Parris Jr., author, and student-centered english educator.
This episode was such a gift because he gave us so many fantastic tips and tricks to maintaining your student-centered practice. We talked about:
The power and importance of literacy
The power and importance of feedback from our classroom community to thrive
Developing choice menus for student assessment
Post-it note feedback exit tickets
Developing safe spaces that center joy
…and so much more. You want to listen to this episode on your way to work tomorrow, because in this political, economic, and social climate, we can’t afford NOT to make the shift to student-centered practice.
So, buy the book and listen to the episode, we are all that we’ve got and the answer is in the room, we just need to scale in our understanding of how to center the needs of our students, and create the joyful communities we AND our students’ need.
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