Teach Out Project

 TEACH OUT PROJECT

I chose to do my Teach Out Project on identity. I am pairing up with Caitlyn to present this project to her summer camp.  The theme of the camp is "Understanding my Identity and my Impact on the Environment." We would like to focus our teach out on personal identity, power and how it shows up in a classroom.

The two sources we will be using are, "Delpit's Other Peoples Children and Wildman and Armstrong's Colorblindness is the New Racism." These articles offer a wealth of information to support our project.

This topic is important to me on many levels.  I believe that when people are making  a choice to work with young people, they should understand that there is an internal work they need to do themselves. What I mean is, as adults it is vitally important that we do the work of understanding who we are, how we identity, what power we hold, and how it shows up in spaces.  (Intent vs Impact)

Caitlyn's goals are for my staff to leave with knowledge of self identity that they can bring into their classrooms and explore with youth. Hopefully, they will gain an appreciation for each other's values and the skills they each bring to the table. My goal is to assist her in this meaningful work and that we model what it looks like when you respect and collaborate with a diverse people.

As a black and indigenous women I don't have choice in how people perceive me. Just because I'm black assumptions are made before I even open my mouth. Because of this, I have a heightened awareness of how I show in spaces and how I use my power. I am also very aware of how my "showing up" can impact spaces. So I want other educators  to be aware of this as well, especially when working with the BIPOC community.