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I now start the year by telling caregivers about my high
What is some advice you receive that has helped you in
expectations and the value of productive struggle. I explain
your teaching career?
what my antiracist approach means and does not mean. I
Everything in the book Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday.
send home talking points prior to or after my lessons about
It’s too much to summarize, but the title does it justice. I’ve
tough topics. I teach and encourage self-advocacy. When
also received some helpful advice about boundaries and
caregivers appear to have an eliminative, rather than an
additive approach to student anxiety, I talk to them about
how I add layers of support when things get tough, not
eliminate the challenge.
