Educational Change Work Is for Everyone
I attended a topic group on educational change at the Caribbean RC Regional Black Liberation and Community Development Workshop. It was led by Marilyn Robb, the International Commonality Reference Person for Educational Change.
Here is some of what I remember from the group:
- We all have distresses about school, because we were hurt in school, and we get to discharge the feelings from the hurts.
- Educational change work is for everyone, not just those who work in schools.
- Each of us can do something to make schools better. We can identify something specific we would like to change and focus on that.
- We can share the tools of RC when we interact with a school.
- Building relationships is key.
We each had three minutes in front of the group to work on early school hurts. I noticed that I wasn’t the only person who got humiliated in school and was made to feel stupid.
I’m working on building a stronger relationship with a middle school where I mentor Black students.
Albany, Oregon, USA
Reprinted from the RC e-mail discussion list for leaders of educational change
(Present Time 206, January 2022)
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