05/29/2024
15th year of teaching complete! This year has been quite the transition back into education and I can say I’ve found a home away from home! Out of all my years in education, I’ve experienced the most growth this year. Not from a teacher evaluation, from being mentally stimulated with newness and knowledge and acquiring skills that I didn’t know I had, while putting old skills to use that I didn’t realize were transferable to special education.
This year, I have been acknowledged multiple times for having high expectations and Integrity, something that I was berated for in CCSD while dismantling white supremacy and unapologetically centralizing the beauty, joy and power of our Black and Brown babies. It feels good to be acknowledged and seen as who I am, without being penalized for my passion and determination.
I never want to be in a place I am not wanted and I’m glad God has very strategically guided me to where I’m not only needed and wanted, but understood. Not having to explain myself every time. A knowing that I am going to serve my students with integrity, passion, joy, and love. A knowing that I am an educator that will move what needs to be moved and change what needs to be changed in order for my students (marginalized and minoritized) to succeed and have a little taste of what a true equitable and inclusive education could look like.
I’m blessed that God kept me aligned with my passion as I attempted to sway away from it.
#15
