My guest today is Stephanie Price.  Steph is currently the Director of High School Humanities for a large charter network in Denver where she leads their work in curriculum and assessment design in English and Social Studies.  Previously, Stephanie taught high school English for fourteen years in the Denver metro area in three very diverse schools.

In our conversation, Stephanie shares about how her experiences as a survivor of the Columbine High School shootings in 1999 eventually led her to pursue a career in teaching and influenced her approach as an educator.  She discusses how imperative it is for educators to be able to let go of their hubris and recognize that one of the keys to equity lies in building open relationships with both students and teachers through authentic listening and showing the humility to learn from them.  Steph also shares about how the only time she has truly experienced critical pedagogy in real action has been in her work with student leadership through her work as a Student Board of Education (SBOE) coach where she witnessed students taking an active part in something much bigger than themselves.

Steph is the epitome of a humble badass educator and I hope you enjoy our conversation.  Thank you for tuning into this episode.