TEACHER AS ALLY
BADGE
My contention is, first, that we should want more from our educational efforts than adequate academic achievement and, second, that we will not achieve even that meager success unless our children believe that
they themselves are cared for and learn to care for others.
~ Nel Noddings, author of The Courage to Care in Schools
My contention is, first, that we should want more from our educational efforts than adequate academic achievement and, second, that we will not achieve even that meager success unless our children believe that
they themselves are cared for and learn to care for others.
~ Nel Noddings, author of The Courage to Care in Schools
Hopefully, most teachers enter the profession because they care about students and want to support their academic, but also social and emotional, development as people who can make a difference in the world. That is, they want to be allies for students at a crucial point in their lives. But what does this lofty goal look like in reality? This badge is designed to help you own your identity as teacher who views students as far more than consumers of content, candidates for differentiation, or data points for academic achievement. As you move down this pathway, you will learn what it means to be a teacher ally to students in general as well as to students who belong to groups that historically have been marginalized in our culture, You will read an educational memoir by a teacher who is fiercely committed to being a teacher ally, and you will also analyze the missions, stances, and approaches that organizations outside of schools use to reach and engage youth. As you research concrete methods and techniques for being a teacher ally, you will compose publicly as a way of sharing your learning. You will also respond to the thinking of your classmates, share your own writing in community with others in this class, and revise your work based on their feedback. Finally, you will create a metacognitive reflection to reflect on your developing identity as a teacher ally and post it to your blog. Your completion of these activities will scaffold your learning as you work toward the final project for this badge--a Teach-In, which is an engaging, participatory, and dynamic technique that will help us practice being teacher allies in actionable ways.
NOTE: If you are working toward an "A" in this class, you will also need to complete the activities with the indicator LEVEL UP -->.
NOTE: If you are working toward an "A" in this class, you will also need to complete the activities with the indicator LEVEL UP -->.
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