Listening to Teachers “It came from that changing of mindset and it came from -let me meet you where you are and your interest” Rashida Carter - John Muir Elementary Content Knowledge “Teachers need to be vulnerable enough to share our own identities” Taica Hsu - Mission High Global, Local, and Digital Identity “I hope we take this opportunity to radically rethink what we're doing.” Laura Nichols - Everett Middle Career and Life Skills “Our kids have been conditioned to solve a problem in this “right versus wrong” mode.” Jacob Aringo - Hoover Middle Creativity “If the adults in the building have not developed their sense of self, then they're not going to be prepared to help their students with that.” Joy Patterson - SF Community Elementary Sense of Purpose, Sense of Self “I embraced my identity, I embraced student identity, and listening more to what I was hearing.” Ana Olivar - Daniel Webster Elementary Global, Local, and Digital Identity “I was assuming that we would just contextualize it as we talked about it more, and that was not working.” Ellie Williams - The Academy SF High Content Knowledge “I would like time to backwards plan units for project based learning” Heidi Avila Smith - James Lick Middle Leadership Empathy and Collaboration “I'm literally thinking about spending the first weeks designing the rest of the year together.” Yvie Raij - Balboa High Leadership Empathy and Collaboration “Like books should be mirrors for students, content should be mirrors for students. They should see themselves represented in the curriculum.” Mira Carberry - BVHM Global, Local, and Digital Identity “My job as a teacher is to arrange for victories for my students.” Stuart Briggs - Jose Ortega Elementary Creativity “The internship ended and Dropbox offered him a position” Mark D’aquisto - Mission High Career and Life Skills This page was last updated on January 20, 2021