9/3/20 – Building A Culture for Advocacy – Janice Wyatt-Ross (@janicewyattross)

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#Mastery Chat Questions for Thursday, September 3rd, 2020

Topic: Building A Culture for Advocacy
Moderator: Janice Wyatt-Ross (@janicewyattross)

Questions

(8:00 ET) Intro/Welcome: Welcome to #Masterychat! Please introduce yourself, tell us your role in education, and one thing you are passionate about.

(8:05 ET) Q1 An important thing for teachers to do is to reflect on how their upbringing shapes their morals, values, and ways of being. We have our ways of doing things and we judge others based on how they measure up to our standard of living. Think back to your childhood, what specific conversations did you have with your family members about race, ethnicity, gender roles, strangers, or a person’s sexual orientation? #MasteryChat

(8:10 ET) Q2 We have biases or preferences of grocery stores, department stores, clothing stores, and thus have implicit biases of the people who frequent stores that are not our preference. When we make comments about our preferences for or against those stores, as in this example, people who are listening to us internalize the words and either feel validated or invalidated. How have your childhood impressions of race, ethnicity, gender roles, strangers, and sexual orientation influenced your choices in life? #MasteryChat

(8:20 ET) Q3 Our students will be different from us. That does not make their experiences wrong. They have needs and wants that are different from ours. Teachers must be willing to acknowledge differences in language, skin color, abilities, preferences, socioeconomic levels, etc. Teachers have the responsibility to be advocates. That advocacy in the classroom is closely aligned with culturally responsive practices. How have you advocated for the rights of someone who is different from you? #MasteryChat

(8:30 ET) Q4  We all advocate for things in our lives. Advocacy is inspired by our early life experiences, our early career experiences, and any traumatic experiences we have survived. What type of experiences in your life have shaped your advocacy? #MasteryChat

(8:40 ET) Q5 Advocacy is a process that can be executed in different ways which involve listening, researching, and action. Give an example of how failing to research an issue could hurt your credibility. #MasteryChat

(8:45 ET) Q6 The goal of advocacy is to change people’s minds. What impact have you had on the systems in your classroom, building, or district? Can you see any systems that might have shifted (even just a little bit) as a result of your advocacy work? #MasteryChat

(8:50 ET) Q7 How do you respond when your advocacy is met with condescending remarks, anger, passive aggression, retaliation, dismissiveness, or excuses regarding lack of time or resources, etc.? #MasteryChat

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