Passing out papers? Turning out the lights? Running errands? Remember those cool jobs from elementary school? Let me tell you how class roles in my high school class build community and make my job easier. Plus, I talk to a brilliant young educator English teacher, Dillin Randolph, about his Black Teacher journey.

My uncle, Bill Jeter, on his father as a positive and negative teacher.

"The secret to teaching Black girls does not involve solving their mystery like a puzzle. The secret to teaching Black girls is working on your internal puzzle, your internal Whiteness that causes you not to hold space for their Innocence for their questions."

Ross Gay on the time his basketball coach told his dad to calm down at a game. An excerpt from Episode 5

Lacey Robinson talks about how helping her grandmother learn to read helped her find her path to teaching. Excerpt from Episode 14

When is a seating chart more than a seating chart? I tell a story about internalized seating charts at the beginning of the year. UnboundED President and CEO Lacey Robinson talks about her new book Justice Seekers and the historical connection between Black self-determination and literacy.

How does Sunday school prepare Black folks to lead children in classrooms? Author and teacher Matthew Kay talks about how it influenced him. Excerpt from Episode 9.

Evanston Township High School teacher Tamie Holmes reflects on the supportive learning community in Maywood, Il that helped her grow.

Alexs Pate talks about how the journey to find a child's innocence can be liberating for Black teachers. "Your freedom is connected to their freedom." Outtake from episode 2: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abdel-shakur6/episodes/Episode-2-Alexs-Pate--Innocence--and-Getting-to-the-Good-env2gq

I swear I was about to lose my job, but then a student helped me not lose my purpose. Plus, I talk to my ETHS colleague Steven Speight, a chemistry teacher who talks about an essential element to good science: community.