To Build YourAdvocacy Skills5 Steps1. Recognize the “What if…?”Every day as an educator you see issues, challenges or strengths in yourstudents and classrooms that can lead you to ask questions like "What ifwe did things di昀昀erently?"2. Research the PossibilitiesLearn more about the issues you care about and see how many new solutions orinnovative ways to address them might exist already. If you can't find any, it might bea great time to imagine new possibilities.3. Reflect and ApplyBased on what you've learned, see what might work best foryour situation.4. Get ConnectedAn advocacy group or teachers collective may be the perfect way togather with like minds and practice using your voice.5. Make the AskWhether it is an email, a formal proposal, or a public post, ask for what youfeel you might need as a teacher or what your students may need.17
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