Ep. 88: Someone is Waiting for Who You're Becoming

Note to listeners: We recorded this episode at the end of October.

EQ: How can an emphasis on educational leadership impact and improve the recruitment and retention of teachers, especially Teachers of color?

Guest: Patrice Dawkins-Jackson, a Science educator, ambassador fellow, teacher leader, and ASCD Board Director. Patrice is also a Carnegie Foundation Associate, Director of the Post Baccalaureate Fellowship Program and Vice President of Cool Boys Communicate, Inc Board.

Our conversation spans a range of topics but centers Patrice's journey from the classroom into leadership. She shares her passion for being a disruptor, making pathways for students, and how we should develop our own pathways. One of the mottos she uses to drive her choices is the idea that “someone is waiting on who you’re becoming.” In order to make change we need to rethink our own roles and involvement in these changes. Additionally, she outlines some ways schools and districts should change to create more racially and culturally diverse communities by focusing on being places to belong. There is a necessary  mindset shift that those closest to the work need to commit rather than buying into something

Related resources:

• Teach to Lead 

• Sharif Al-Mekki Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders

• Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching

• Cool Boys Communicate Inc 

Do Your Fudging Homework:

• Hope/Megan: Check out Cool Boys Communicate Inc and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

• Patrice: Embody the idea that someone is relying on you. Get started on your journey and bring someone along