Urban Leadership Academy 2018-19
Strategies to Engage Black Males
April 10, 2019
Mike Walker- MPS
Kings and queens recognize- get back in their box and do job
Disrupt the status quo is hard, scary, and puts you at risk.
How do we support black boys?
- Collective agreements of how our class will work with all voices involved
- Explicit ways how we can talk without raising hand
Raise hand, relay, CLRT strategies (turn and talk, shout out)
- Voice and choice in assignments and class- Personalization
- Let the power go as a teacher/ administrator
- Love and value and get to know all students as people with authentic relationships
- Black teachers and administrators, not just behavior specialists
- Fix the system that black boys live in
- Change beliefs of students, educators, community, and parents
- Support students in knowing self, character development, activism
- Professional Learning
- Authentic engagement/ relationships with black students and families
- See these kids as your nieces and nephews- family
- Class with teacher/ student mentors- weekly pull out
- Curriculum needs to reflect positive black role models and history not just slavery
- Bringing teacher and students cultures, leaning profile, behavior profile, goals together
- Commitment to racial justice
- VABB
- No N word- replace with King and Queen- Watch the N word
Time and place
- Understanding and respecting Black Culture
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