Trevor Taylor is a freshmen English teacher at Wagner High School. He has organized several peaceful Black Lives Matter protests.

On This Episode:

• Trevor shares why he went back to teach at the campus he graduated from.
• Hear how Trevor has become a strong role model for his community.
• Kevin and Trevor discuss some ineffective strategies employed by teachers.
• Find out how to employ vulnerability in the classroom.
• Discover how to best address mental health.
• Kevin explains the importance of customizing education for individual students.

Key Takeaways:

1. Many times, teachers don’t take the time to actually understand who their students really are.
2. If you don’t have trust, your students won’t receive anything you have to say.
3. What you model will be reciprocated.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “We’re not cookie cutter.”
• “I am more than a teacher. They are more than a student.”
• “What you have to say could change someone’s life or could change the entire world!”

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