Podcasts about activating student voice

How’s This School Thing Working for Our Kids? Let Them Speak:  A Conversation with Dr. Rick Jetter Get inspired by Dr. Rick Jetter’s approach to seeking out student voices about how school is working out for them.  This self-described “Boundary Pusher” talks about going out on their “turf” and asking students about just about everything, from programs to procedures at school.  He shares some surprising turns in his quest to hear his “customers” opinions.  Risky business, right? But its ok – Dr. Jetter makes the process seem SO doable.  Especially for the podcast:  Rick and his coauthor Rebecca Coda have created a FABULOUS open download to accompany their work and new book, Let Them Speak. It’s called “Let Them Speak:  A 100 Ideas for Activating Student Voice.”  Link to his bio and downloads: https://myedexpert.com/vendor/rjetter/ To reach Dr. Rick Jetter: Twitter @rickjetter  Website: www.rickjetter.com

How’s This School Thing Working for Our Kids? Let Them Speak:  A Conversation with Dr. Rick Jetter Get inspired by Dr. Rick Jetter’s approach to seeking out student voices about how school is working out for them.  This self-described “Boundary Pusher” talks about going out on their “turf” and asking students about just about everything, from programs to procedures at school.  He shares some surprising turns in his quest to hear his “customers” opinions.  Risky business, right? But its ok – Dr. Jetter makes the process seem SO doable.  Especially for the podcast:  Rick and his coauthor Rebecca Coda have created a FABULOUS open download to accompany their work and new book, Let Them Speak. It’s called “Let Them Speak:  A 100 Ideas for Activating Student Voice.”  Link to his bio and downloads: https://myedexpert.com/vendor/rjetter/ To reach Dr. Rick Jetter: Twitter @rickjetter  Website: www.rickjetter.com

When we explore identity with our students, we often focus on single dimensions like race or ethnicity. But if we consider race, how does your gender, belief systems, or socio-economic status impact on your experiences and opportunities in life? The intersections of identity, that's the focus of this episode. And in the Lightning Round, we're Pushing The Edges of conversations about gender and race, privilege, social justice, democracy, and co-existence. Our guest is Bill Ivey. Bill is a middle-school Dean at Stoneleigh Burnham Girls' School in Western Massachussetts, USA. Bill's passionate about teaching for social justice, and the concept of intersectionality is central to much of his teaching in this area. For complete Show-Notes go to: http://PushingTheEdge.org/25 Episode Run-Down: ▪ The origin of this episode (1:07) ▪ What got Bill interested in Social Justice? (1:45) ▪ How Bill Pushes The Edge in education (4:41) ▪ What is intersectionality, why teach about it, and what got Bill interested in it? (5:17) ▪ Exploring gender identity and sexuality with students (8:03) ▪ How Bill explores intersections of identity with students - being a 'girl' (11:50) ▪ Developing class guidelines for discussing identity - exploring race (13:12) ▪ Navigating tricky situations within discussions - white privilege (14:25) ▪ Not under-estimating our students | Facing our fears about messing it up (15:19) ▪ Students are interested in 'No-Go' Topics - let's get out of their way (17:09) ▪ Discussing student designed units - Should we teach Gender? Should we teach sexuality in school? (18:05) ▪ Staff reactions to students' ideas and understandings about race and racism (19:39) ▪ The challenges in teaching about the intersections of identity (20:15) ▪ The Lightning Round - teaching gender, co-existence, conversations about race, social justice, democracy, privilege, best self, and Pushing The Edge (21:32) Episode Links: ▪ Bill Ivey on Twitter - https://twitter.com/bivey ▪ What is agnosticism? - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosticism ▪ What is intersectionality? - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality ▪ Teaching Resources on Supporting GLBTI Youth - http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org.au/resources ▪ Information about Caitlyn Jenner - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlyn_Jenner ▪ What is White Privilege - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_privilege ▪ Pondering (my) White Privilege by Shawn White - https://goo.gl/RqSxUU ▪ White People Tell White People about Privilege, and That's OK by Jose Vilson et al - http://goo.gl/Xexvvi ▪ Ferguson (Gun-related violence and policing in the USA) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_unrest ▪ Teaching about Ferguson (Class-resources) - http://www.tolerance.org/teaching-about-ferguson Listen to More Pushing The Edge Episodes about Identity: ▪ Making a Difference by Not Playing it Safe with Greg Curran - http://pushingtheedge.org/16 and http://pushingtheedge.org/17 ▪ Find your Voice and Really Connect with Jenny Moes - http://pushingtheedge.org/7 ▪ Activating Student Voice with Silvia Gonzalez - http://pushingtheedge.org/21

How can we support and empower students to make change happen? How can we empower them to be change-makers who challenge and transform unjust systems? Well, we've gotta dislodge and disrupt the stories of oppression and victim-hood that are so prevalent. We've gotta review and re-frame the ways we talk about ourselves and our communities. We've gotta tell stories of persistence, positivity, hope, joy and achievement. It all starts with re-thinking our business as usual in schools. And on that count we've got quite a few tips and insights to share. For complete show-notes go to: http://PushingTheEdge.org/24 Episode Run-Down: ▪ How Christina Torres Pushes The Edge (1:36) ▪ How to center social justice around students and their worlds (2:14) ▪ How Christina's students pushed back & resisted (3:38) ▪ Race: Seeing ourselves in power, in diverse roles (7:26) ▪ How to teach for student agency (10:34 & 12:27) ▪ Re-thinking how we view and talk about particular communities (11:26 & 14:47) ▪ Re-thinking how we view and talk about 'success' (16:15) ▪ Empowering students to recognize their capital (22:07) ▪ Why we need to name ourselves with empowered language (23:08) ▪ Getting beyond stories of oppression - moving toward hope, joy, persistence and possibility (25:16) >▪ Getting beyond obedience and polite 'critical thinking' (27:50) ▪ The Lightning Round - defiance, vulnerability, cultural capital, teacher-leader, agency, and advice (30:32) ▪ A Not To Be Missed Take-Away (34:56) Episode Links: ▪ Christina Torres' Blog - http://christinatorres.org/ ▪ Christina Torres on Twitter - https://twitter.com/biblio_phile ▪ The Language of Power by Christina Torres - http://goo.gl/AUu48p ▪ The United Farm Workers' Union - https://goo.gl/XS03kh ▪ The Unity Clap (Union protest tool) - https://youtu.be/CYOHnxYg50I ▪ The Giver by Lois Lowry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giver ▪ Martin Luther King Junior - https://goo.gl/M58vW ▪ Grace Lee Boggs - https://goo.gl/4h0Jlo ▪ Student Organize, Community Activist and Educator: Xian Barrett - https://twitter.com/xianb8 ▪ Surin McGrory - Re-thinking how we view Indigenous Students - http://pushingtheedge.org/15 ▪ Educolor Resource Page - http://www.educolor.org/resources/ Listen to More Change-Maker Episodes: ▪ From Student Voice to Agency with Stephanie Thompson - http://pushingtheedge.org/23 ▪ Questioning and transforming our communities with Nakisha Hobbs - http://pushingtheedge.org/22 ▪ Activating Student Voice with Silvia Gonzalez - http://pushingtheedge.org/21 ▪ Step back and let young people take the lead with Laura Hill - http://pushingtheedge.org/8