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Even if you weren’t the best teacher today, chances are, you were still someone’s favorite. Keep at it.
Dwayne Reed
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Dwayne Reed
@TeachMrReed
Husband🤵🏾♂️ | Father 👨🏾🍼| Educator 👨🏾🏫 | Keynote Speaker 🗣 | Author ✍🏾| DM for all inquiries 📮
- White supremacy won’t die until White people see it as a White issue they need to solve rather than a Black issue they need to empathize with.
- If prayer is your thing, please send one up for my firstborn, Chase. We had to rush him to the E.R. today 🖤
- Told my scholars I might get locked out from virtual school tomorrow by CPS because I refuse to go into the building. 5 minutes later, I called on one of them and she didn’t respond. Me: “Hey, what you up to?” 4th grader: “I’m emailing the mayor.” 😭😭❤️
- Promised her scholars back in January that I would marry their teacher (@MonieFreshh) if they did well on their state testing. They did well. So did I 😉💍👰🏽
00:00 - Normalize apologizing to children. Normalize apologizing to children. Normalize apologizing to children. Normalize apologizing to children. Normalize apologizing to children. Normalize apologizing to children. Normalize apologizing to children. Normalize apologizing to children.
- Dear 1st Year Teachers, You’re not doing it wrong, it’s just really THAT hard. Signed, Been there, done that, made it through, and so will you.
- Instead of getting mad at your child’s teacher for wanting to stay alive, get mad at the government for refusing to provide monthly stimulus checks, more unemployment money, rent freezes, and childcare subsidies. The government has failed to act, not teachers.
- “Duh” fixes for remote learning: No testing. Get rid of A-F grades. Homework only as enrichment Cut screen time down to 3hrs max. One full asynchronous day for everyone. STOP trying to make remote learning look exactly like in-person learning.
- Don’t, “I have a dream” your students later this month if you’re not willing to discuss the nightmares many of them are living through today.
- Let’s be okay with teachers playing games with their students, having class parties, and putting on a movie the last couple days before a major break. We should trust teachers’ discretion, and kids deserve to have fun.
- Preorder your copy of my debut picture book, ALL GOOD IN THE HOOD. A story about brotherhood, neighborhood, and a Juneteenth celebration being all good! ✊🏾🖤 Drops May 23rd! lbyr.com/titles/dwayne-…
- Quick de-escalation phrases for kids: You’re not in trouble. I want to hear your side. I’m not mad at you. What happened? How can I help you right now? Let’s talk about this.