Principal Pirette McKamey has spent a decade leading an anti-racism committee. She says being an anti-racist educator means committing to 'all of the students sitting in front of me, including Black and Latinx students.'
as an educator, the principal at Mission High School in San Francisco spent a decade leading an anti-racism committee.means I commit to educating all of the students sitting in front of me, including Black and Latinx students," McKamey tells NPR'sIn a high school English class, for instance, if students are struggling with writing introductions to essays, teachers will reteach that skill — after figuring out how to do it using a different approach or different angle.
The work of an anti-racist educator, McKamey says, must be ongoing by nature. But, she says, it's also"joyful." To be an anti-racist educator means I commit to educating all of the students sitting in front of me, including Black and Latinx students. It's about flipping the deficit model of Black and Latinx students that plays out in our classrooms and schools.Deficit model is when you look at students as though there is something wrong with them or not complete with them — as opposed to thinking,"Oh there is a problem with my teaching practice.
I think leadership is very important in terms of anti-racist teaching because you're breaking a model that existed. And so, it's important for principals to identify teacher leaders and create opportunities for them to lead — so, teachers who've shown efficacy in teaching African American, Latinx students.
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