Start Here, Start Now: ABAR Best Practices for English Teachers (Camp BNT '24) [S6 Ep. 210]

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Have you signed up for Camp BNT yet? Last week we talked through what camp will look like this summer and we hope you’ll join us! We’re diving into the first book on our list, Start Here, Start Now: A Guide to Antibias and Antiracist Work in Your School Community, by Liz Kleinrock. 

In this conversation, we’re highlighting two specific parts of the book that can be incorporated into your teaching practice and your planning process for the upcoming school year. Start Here, Start Now will help you take the steps toward cultivating an antiracist and antibias classroom, and prepare you for the tough discussions that this work entails. 

If you haven’t already purchased this book, we highly recommend doing so (or even asking your school to get it for you!). It would be a great book to read with your team. There’s no time like the present to start having difficult conversations!

Topics Discussed:

• Some of the most pressing concerns that we hear from teachers

• Strategies for having difficult conversations in your classroom

• Examples of various reactions you might have as a teacher, and the impact of those reactions

• The difference between “calling in” and “calling out”

• Backwards planning that’s developmentally appropriate

• Determining what your students need to understand before tackling big topics

Resources Mentioned:

• Join Camp BNT

• Free Masterclass: Down With the Reading Quiz

• Start Here, Start Now, by Liz Kleinrock

• Amanda’s Bookshop.org lists

• Marie’s Bookshop.org lists

• Join Happy Hour!

• Shop more BNT resources

• Join Curriculum Rehab

• Connect with us on Instagram @bravenewteaching

• Follow Marie on Instagram: @thecaffeinatedclass

• Follow Amanda on Instagram: @mudandinkteaching

• Let us know what you think! Leave a review on Apple Podcasts.

check out other bnt episodes:

• Episode 166, Lesson Plan Inspiration with Elizabeth Acevedo: An Interview Debrief

• Episode 165, Family Lore & Other Stries We Love: An Interview with Elizabeth Acevedo

• Episode 155, Powerful Female Voices in YA Lit: An Interview with Yamile Saied Mendez

• Episode 151, Our Summer Mission: Culturally Responsive & Equitable Teaching

More about Brave New Teaching:

Join hosts Amanda Cardenas (Mud & Ink Teaching) and Marie Morris (The Caffeinated Classroom) in discussions about being brave, trying new things, and all things teaching! As seasoned classroom teachers, Amanda and Marie bring their experience, insight, energy, and oh, so many opinions and ideas... It's time for all teachers to take their classroom and teaching practice into their own hands!

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