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Finding our voices
The document discusses creating space and place for student voices through culturally responsive pedagogy and positive racial identity. It describes a 5-week program called AAAMSLI that gives students explicit discussion of race and opportunities to write in various genres. Examples of student writings are provided but not reprinted due to copyright. The program provides transportation, meals and stipends. Guiding principles include asset-based instruction, time for reading and writing, and recognizing "real" authors. Logistical tenets that support the program are also outlined. Educators are encouraged to consider what aspects of the program could be applied in their own schools and classrooms.
Finding our voices
- 1. FINDING OUR VOICES:CREATING SPACE AND PLACE FOR STUDENT VOICES Teresa Bunner HS Literacy Coordinating Teacher Wake County Public Schools tbunner@wcpss.net
- 3. “There is nogreater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” -Maya Angelou
- 4. Rationale Behind SWI “Thereis sufficient evidence to argue that both culturally responsive pedagogy and positive racial identity promote academic achievement and resilience... “ Mary StoneHanley and GeorgeNoblit. 2009. CulturalRespo nsiveness, Racial Identity, and Academic Success: AReview o f the Literature.
- 5. Dr. Tatum’s AAAMSLI •5 weeks • Various genres • Explicit discussion of race • Application process • Stipend, lunch, transportation • http://aaamsli5.blogspot.com/
- 6. First Year A-Ha’s AndReflections Day 1- Worksheet Moment Text is more than written word on the page “Real” authors are important I have more to learn from my students at times than they have to learn from me Time to write, time to write, time to write
- 7. Its seeing theuniverse open up right before your eyes, As the stars and planets swirl into one. Make a wish, There it is, Flying through the night’s sky, A shooting star come to bless us as it passes by. (rest of student work deleted by Teresa Bunner. You Do not have permission to copy or reprint this work)
- 8. My slim handsare not meant to hold the whole world. So, when you ask me what would I become? I cannot tell you what I don’t see. So, when you ask me questions that even I can’t see clear. But I’ll tell you what I have imagined already. (sample of student work only. No permission granted to copy or reprint)
- 9. I am fromhundreds of beautiful plants. From fresh lemonade I am from Nana’s beautiful garden, Full of colorful flowers We watered every day. I am from a lemon tree Decorated by big, green, juicy lemons Ready to be picked. Yo soy de miles de plantas hermosas De limonada fresca Yo soy de el jardín hermosa de mi abuelita Lleno de flores coloridas Que regabamos con agua todos los dias Yo soy de un arbol de limones Decorado con limones grandes, verdes y jugosos Todos listos para ser deshilachados (Sample only of student work. No permission granted to reprint or copy for use)
- 10. Guiding Pedagogical Principles Assetbased instruction Time to read and write “Real” authors
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- 12. What can youtake back to your school, classroom, district?
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