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In this episode, Nancy, Misty, and Kathryn chat with Coral Zayas (@MsZbilED) about recruiting and retaining diverse educators. Coral is a bilingual educator and education policy fellow alum who shares ways to advocate for programs, for other educators, and of course, for students.

Coral mentioned:

• Northern Arizona College Resource Center
• Teach Plus
• Leadership ISD: Tarrant County
• If you listen, we will stay, Education Trust (and full study)

Additional resources:

• NASSP Position Statement on Educator Diversity
• The diversity gap for public is actually growing across generations, Brookings
• College faculty have become more racially and ethnically diverse, but remain far less so than students, Pew Research
• Teachers of Color: In High Demand but Short Supply, Learning Policy Institute

In this episode, Misty and Kathryn visit with Jeremy Jewitt (@askJewitt), a Specialist on Richardson ISD's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion team. Jeremy provides information about the district's new Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Policy, explains ideas about Culturally Responsive teaching, and shares other ways educators can step-in for all students and staff.

Learn from these educators:

• RISD Equity team, @RISD_Equity
• Angie Lee, @AngeliaSharone
• Geneva Gay, professor, scholar, author of Culturally Responsive Teaching 
• Dr. Sharroky Hollie, educator, speaker, author of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning

Other ideas and resources mentioned:

• RISD Trustees Set New Standard With Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Policy announcement
• Racist Meme Inspires New RISD Equity Policy
• Young Leaders Strong City
• Dallas Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation 

In this episode, Kathryn, Misty, and Nancy talk with Beth Dolliver, one of Region 10's Instructional Designers. Beth shares that "Everyone is temporarily abled," and explains how accessibility is an equity issue. Since our work frequently includes blended learning formats, LMSs, and multi-media presentations, these ideas are especially important for meeting the needs of all learners (and their families!)

Start to make your work more accessible:

• Use contrasting colors in slides, documents, etc.
• Make certain the font sizes can be increased.
• Use less text per slide.
• Check your work using screen readers.
• Use the style guides (i.e. titles and headers).
• Check to see if your work is keyboard friendly.
• Accessibility checklist

Additional Resources:

• Accessibility Laws and Policies
• NVDA screen reader
• JAWS screen reader (paid)
• Color Contrast Checker
• Microsoft's Accessibility Features
• Microsoft Accessibility Checker
• PDF Accessibility Checker
• Captioning Feature in Google Slides
• Google's Posts About Accessibility
• Captioning in YouTube
• Grackle Chrome Extension to Check Accessibility of G Suite Tools
• Accessibility Conference
• Accessibility Webinars: Level Access, Web AIM, W3C

Accessibility Conversations and In the News:

• Curious Minds podcast episode with Kat Holmes, "The Power of Inclusive Design"
• First-Of-Its-Kind Trial Goes Plaintiff's Way; Winn-Dixie Must Update Website For The Blind
• Domino’s Pizza was just dealt a Supreme Court blow that could reshape the ADA in the digital era
• Mattel Introduces a Braille UNO deck
• Haben Girma, Disability Rights Lawyer, Author, Speaker

In this episode, our guest is Melody McAllister (@mjmcalli). Nancy, Misty, and Kathryn connected with Melody via social media after her webinar called Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in All Classrooms. Melody shares her journey and her experiences as a white educator who is working to create a more inclusive, equitable classroom community.

Shout-outs and Other Resources:

• Joquetta Johnson, @accordin2jo
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in All Classrooms webinar
• ISTE
• Why Race Matters for this White Teacher, Melody's blog post
• Safe Spaces Aren't for Snowflakes, Melody's blog post about her ISTE presentation
• Mellody Hobson's TED Talk Color Brave or Color Blind?
• Flocabulary
• Nearpod
• Brian Romero Smith, @BrianRSmithSr (and his episode on this podcast)
• Courageous Conversations book, Glenn Singleton

In this episode, our guest is Deon Quinn (@QuinninR10). Deon is a Program Coordinator at Region 10 ESC, and he helps support our districts with their families and students who are facing homelessness. Kathryn, Nancy, and Misty learn about the McKinney-Vento Act and all of the ways educators can support families in transition.

• Region 10 – McKinney-Vento Webpage

Resources Mentioned:

• Schoolhouse Connection
• National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAECHY)
• Texas  Education for Homeless Children and Youth Support Center (TEHCY)
• Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain, Zaretta Hammond
• Video - Homeless students in their own words

Tweet Nancy mentioned from @Ken_Patterson.

"Today is a fresh new opportunity to teach our most marginalized students strategies for navigating systems that aren't designed for their success. This is the subversive nature of teaching. We got this."

In this week's episode, Nancy, Misty, and Kathryn reflect with Kevin Moore (@MrMooreGeo), and our conversation begins with a discussion about heteronormative privilege. Kevin also shares ways educators can step in to support LGBTQ+ colleagues and students. 

Kevin's article The Invisible Knapsack Revisited: Being a Gay Teacher in a World of Heterosexual Privilege will be published in The Multicultural Perspectives Journal. 

Resources:

• Are you familiar with ENDA, now the Equality Act?
• Check out the 2019 Rainbow List for LGBTQ books for children and teens.
• Explore educator resources on GLSEN (Gay Lesbian Straight Educator Network).

To Diversify Your Feed:

• Joe Tong (@teachertong) & his #100daysofQueer GIFs 
• EduPrideAlliance (@EdPrideAlliance) and #TeachPride  
• Jed Dearybury (@mrdearybury)
• One Teacher in Ten in the New Millenium: LGBT Educators Speak Out About What's Gotten Better . . . and What Hasn't book
• Queer America podcast from Teaching Tolerance
• LGBTQ+ Resources from Teaching Tolerance
• Beyond the Letters podcast from Heinemann Publishers

In this episode, Kathryn, Misty, and Nancy enjoy learning with Knikole Taylor. Knikole facilitated an activity during a conference session that inspired our Step In theme for this series, and she explains the activity details and shares ways educators can step-in. (Hint: start with self-work and by building relationships!)

Contact Knikole on Twitter (@knikole) or Facebook (facebook.com/knikole) and contribute to her One and Only Project (bit.ly/one-and-only-project)

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Teaching Tolerance
• Step In Activity
• Knikole's ISTE session resources and scenarios
• Valerie Brown
• Jose Vilson
• Kelly Wickham Hurst
• Tricia Ebarvia
• Rafranz Davis
• #EduColor
• NYT article: I'm a Black Feminist. I Think Call-Out Culture is Toxic

Find all of the episode details in this Wakelet.

In this episode, Kathryn (@kklaster), Nancy (@NancyWTech), and Misty (@TrevinoMisty) discuss their new podcast series, Step In: Conversations About Equity in Education.

Diversify Your Feed!

• Knikole Taylor
• Marley Dias
• Ari Flewelling
• Abby Almerido
• Tricia Ebarvia

Other Resources Mentioned:

• Dare to Lead, Brene Brown
• 3 Dimensions of Professional Learning for Equity, Learning Forward
• On Being Wrong, TED Talk, Kathryn Schulz

In this bonus episode, we share a few of our takeaways from #ISTE19 and other ideas from the summer. Ashley (@gilleytweet), Kathryn (@kklaster), Misty (@TrevinoMisty) and Nancy (@NancyWTech) share podcasts, books, resources, and reflections, so after listening, check out the included links.

We're planning Season 6 now and our theme will be Equity, and we would love to hear from you. Please tag us with your questions, ideas, and other suggestions for our upcoming episodes.

ISTE Takeaways:

• Course of Mind
  • Powerful Teaching book, Retrieval Practice site
• ISTE Certification
• 4 Shifts Protocol and Resources
  • Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning, Scott McLeod and Julie Graber
  • How to Promote Deeper Learning with the 4 Shifts, podcast interview with Vicki Davis and Julie Graber
• Bringing PD to life with AR 
• Design Professional Learning with GSuite (ADDIE), guide
• ISTE19 Collaborative Notes: bit.ly/ISTE2019notes

Other (FREE!) Learning Opportunities:

• Virgil Con
• Teach With Tech Conference 
• Hive Summit
• http://ditchsummit.com/
• #CoffeeEDU (7/27/19 in the DFW area)
• Knox Street Apple Store | Calendar
• Northpark Apple Store | Calendar
• Galleria Apple Store | Calendar

Other:

• “Chunk and Chew” strategy
• ISTE Standards for Educators
• #DigCit

Julianna Perkins (@julzperkins) joins Kathryn, Misty, and Nancy for the conversation in this episode. Look behind the scenes with our planning processes, and get a few previews and ideas about we're sharing in our summer PD sessions.

Region 10 Events and Services

• Summer Road Shows
• Sketchnoting with Sylvia Duckworth at Region 10
• 25th Annual Region 10 Tech Conference
• Discovery Education Streaming (service through Region 10)
• Region 10's Online Learning Center

Resources Mentioned in this episode:

Blog Posts and Books

• Enable Your Brain to Remember Almost Anything (2+2+2)
• The New Pillars of Modern Teaching
• Icon boards, Matt Miller

Podcasts

• Our series on Cultivating a Culture of Coaching Playlist
• Our Digital Learning Radio episode about curation
• Hidden Brain, “Sorting Hat” episode
• Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast

Tools

• AutoCrat Google Sheet add-on
• Glide App
• Toby for Tabs, Chrome Extension
• eLink
• Microsoft Translator
• Google Art Palette

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