Keshia is a Texas State Certified teacher in the areas of grades four through eight language arts, four through eight generalist, and ESL certified with 16 years of proven knowledge and experience with subject area, content, and research-based instructional strategies and practices. She also holds a certification from the Teacher Leadership Institute and a degree in sociology. Keshia has led content areas, teaching teams to improve instruction and student achievement. Additionally, she has held increasing roles and responsibilities serving as grade level language arts department chair, grade level team lead, as well as ELA campus content instructional specialist. Prior to her career in education, she was a branch manager of a highly successful temporary personnel agency and an HR benefits coordinator with a multibillion-dollar real estate title company. Keisha is a former military wife, an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, and The Links Incorporated. 

 

In this episode Dr. Gaye Lang and Keshia Chatman discuss:

• Why it’s important to have diverse leaders

• The need for a sense of belonging

• Making diversity a priority

Key Takeaways: 

• The leadership of the campus should represent the demographics of the student population. That is important to make the students feel safe. 

• The employee population of any establishment should look like the rainbow. People want to feel a sense of belonging, they want to feel safe and welcome. 

• Make diversity a priority. Everyone has to feel that the same message is being sent across the whole organization. No one should feel like an outsider. 

 

“I need to see that diversity is important to you. And you don't have to tell me, I should be able to see it by the diverse people who work there.” - Keshia Chatman

 

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KEYWORDS: 

Diversity, inclusion, equity, tolerance, racism, bias, implicit bias, and explicit bias.  

Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla

 

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