…various aspects of identity, such as race, gender, sexual orientation, class, and citizenship. creating identity pie charts including various social identity and cultural markers, for Refugee characters and then themselves,…
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…identities: Identity Wheel from Seed the Way Starburst Identity Chart from Facing History Student Identity Wheel Identity Iceberg IMPORTANT NOTE (really, super important!!!!): No one should have to share their…
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…How can students teach educators about social identity? Diverse books for conversations about identity 3 tools for exploring character with middle schoolers Tech-rich identity activities Augmented reality and student identity…
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…Use identity as an exploration exercise to launch the year Tarrant Institute professional development coordinator Susan Hennessey put together the following identity exploration exercise for teams at the beginning of…
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…intentional scaffolds and modeling their own identity work, Tuttle launched the PLP process in a truly personal way. How are you helping students delve deeper into identity work this year?…
Read moreIntroduce a student-centered tech-rich year Looking for ways to explore digital identity with students? Here are 4 student-centered, tech-rich digital identity exercises for working with students. As a bonus, all…
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…give space to conversations about all pieces of identity, modeling my own identity and talking about it. And then once we celebrate identity, then we built on that foundation, because…
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Students tackle politicians’ identities Students at Peoples Academy Middle Level in Morrisville, Vermont, are exploring the theme of identity in their humanities class. In part, they’re doing so by “speaking”…
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A trio of Tuttle 6th graders led educators from around Vermont through activities in bias-awareness and social identity at the 2018 Middle Grades Conference. And what they learned from those…
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…thought about structuring my classroom. Emily: I really see the connection to what she models through starting her class with identity work, and that starting the book with identity work…
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…with applying the Tier 2 concept to anti-racism: identity and social identity really matter here. Students will “struggle” with Tier 1 very differently depending on their relationship to racism. For…
Read more…doesn’t have to be just for students Educators are modeling augmented reality and identity exploration John Craig, the principal of Hazen Union Middle School and a few of his…
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…media icon — appears, and you can click (or tap) to follow those links. Use Thinglink to explore identity This exercise in designing your digital self fun to do. Using…
Read more…to the Champlain College cafeteria book club. We shared other ideas for books that approach the topic of race and identity, such as: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Another…
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…emergent consensus, but there seems to be a movement towards identity. Identity could be the entry point. Thinking about identity, and then social identity. And from what I know from…
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…interested in checking out those tools.) 1. Be transparent and intentional about culture The entire unit is based on social identity. Cultural identity is an aspect of social identity in…
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…started our year on identity. And we spent the first third of our required sort of SEL minutes thinking about identity and the parts of our identity. What I realized…
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Margaret Dunne, a fourth and fifth-grade educator at Mount Holly School in Mount Holly VT, originally presented “Exploring Identity with 4th and 5th Graders” in January 2021. She presented it…
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…trouble. And I work with a lot of educators who work with middle school kids around identity and giving kids an opportunity to explore identity in all of its different…
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…important aspect of many people’s identity. Being able to identify the difference between individual and systemic racism. Most of my students if you asked them what is racism, they would…
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…is a very powerful character, both in how she resists the stripping of her identity, and also how she sorts of, without giving it away rallies and nurtures the identity…
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…last night, The Vanishing Half. It’s by Brit Bennett, and it’s a really interesting take on racial identity and gender identity and follows the lives of a set of twins…
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…we need to do the hard work of truly centering the identity of each of our students, in all their complexity and cultural depth. Middle school movement equity at the…
Read more…year moves along, and the community strengthens, circle back and see what students might want to share, or how things might have changed. Identity charts Identity Wheel Activity ( click…
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…as an opportunity to look at the way we build our identity from the inside? But our identity is also how we experience the world, and how the world experiences…
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…All-American Muslim Girl presents us with some powerful ideas about flexible pathways for learning, identity, and consent. This. Is. A good one. I’m Jeanie Phillips, and this is #vted Reads:…
Read more…thought Read about how other educators are grounding PLPs in student identity, helping their students feel seen, heard, safe, and valued: Equity, Identity and Art Scaffolding Deeper Identity with Students…
Read more…honor student identity This I Believe essays and recordings Self portrait based on descriptor words (art integration) Identity charts Identity Wheel Activity ( .pdf version ) Geography of Self website…
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…of paper. They’re trying to match LGBTQ vocabulary with definitions. As one table struggles to understand the difference between biological sex, gender identity, and gender expression, a seventh grade student…
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…Especially people who were doing so-called “masculine” activities that maybe felt like it wouldn’t be accepted if they spoke up about their sexual identity. I think that’s absolutely right. I…
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…our awareness of micro-aggressions and other ways that we are harming colleagues, students, and families. thinking about the ways that our own identity impacts or limits our ability to effectively…
Read more…ideal fodder for PLPs. Student-centered personalized learning starts with identity Exploring personal and collective identity is a cornerstone of PLPs, essential for healthy adolescent development, and helps teachers know students…
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…honest, a lot of the members of our community didn’t feel like this was a pressing issue. We discussed the matter in class. We focused on identity, power, privilege, and…
Read more…project-based, and so many other effective and compelling approaches to curriculum are ideal fodder for PLPs. Student-centered personalized learning starts with identity Exploring personal and collective identity is a cornerstone…
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…and an assignment (including rubric) on identity. If you don’t have time to watch the whole thing, may I recommend checking out the conceptual portions of their presentation, where they:…
Read more…Hazen attended the 2015 Middle Grades Institute to create an integrated unit about identity, they worked well together as a group, making effective use of the chalkboard all week to…
Read more…they’re more meaningful because the words are broken down into language they can really relate to. Identity / About Me Hana: Hi, my name is Hana and I am in…
Read more…students. Here’s a sample identity wheel created with this handy graphic design tool, Canva: This could also be used with students as part of the identity section of their PLP….
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…address race, identity, and current events regularly as teachers and with our students to protect, educate, and provide opportunities for all of our students to understand this nation’s past, to…
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…them as anything but troublemakers. In school, they are exhausting and tireless, frustrating and challenging. This school identity can seem to be their only identity if we fail to account…
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…and promote self-efficacy. This really came about through MGI in June. We talked a lot about identity and self-efficacy, and how important it is for students to feel that ownership…
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…that I have embraced the most. And I now I’m getting back into, okay, so how do I take the complex identity and teach them the world history curriculum that…
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…on our list of questions. The first one is I I wondered if you would talk about your identity. You used the word “Abenaki” ([ə̝ bɛn ə̝ki’] / “uhbENuhkey”). When…
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…But my youngest is encouraging me to push through, because it is one of her all time favorite books, and it focuses on identity and becoming true to one’s self….
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…of white middle class youth. And so, the question that this book poses (or one of the questions) is: What does a middle grades model look like that considers identity,…
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…and education consultant” (p. 8). Identity at the center Each of these classrooms recognizes that student identity needs to be explicitly explored and continuously affirmed. Taylor & Hunt (2021) employ…
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…and reflecting on their progress over time. When students focused on identity in their PLPs, they showed more agency and ownership of their learning. By focusing on identity students are…
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…like this, that’s written by somebody who’s outside of that marginalized identity. How do we make sure it’s a book worth reading? Christopher: Yes. I think, Lizzy, you might also…
Read more…Educators about Social Identity? Audrey Homan, Tarrant Institute, 2018 Who Are We as West Rutland? Emily Hoyler, Tarrant Institute, 2018 I Is for Identity, Rachel Mark, Tarrant Institute, 2015 …
Read more…and Connections Learner Profiles, The Institute for Personalized Learning Vermont Personalized Learning Plan: Conceptual Framework Narrative for Students, Vermont Agency of Education Examples and Tools Identity Project: Who am I…
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…that students can form their own profile, which, especially for middle-level learners, is important in terms of thinking about identity — who are you, and what do you want to…
Read more…can support student growth. We want to help students set goals that are informed by their identity, including their interests and their learning profile. Then the goal can guide student…
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…We did start with hopes and dreams and some identity pieces — some identity boxes and bio poems — and a lot of those they posted on their sites as…
Read more…identity and systems that let every voice be heard. Here are three themes we’ve seen emerge. Vulnerability When we show up each day, and be ourselves with students, and ask…
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…about me to help me learn?” Teachers made sure to remind students of the various identity activities that they had engaged in during the first few weeks of school. Students…
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…Learning Plans. As a new PD Coordinator working with a number of schools, I created my own PLP and experienced the power of exploring my identity, setting goals, and reflecting…
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…Their goal? To increase student engagement through student-led conferences. (Click or tap to enlarge) The Process Start with identity. Middle school students began the year by focusing on identity. Educators…
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…a healthy culture. Challenging, yes? Through a shared, engaging advisory program, these two schools worked together to establish a culture that explicitly values: identity development learner self-development community connections, and…
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…know that in particular, adolescents are all about identity development and it’s a great space for that. Other purposes include ensuring that students are well known as individuals. Or providing…
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…to use (not reinventing the wheel!) possible structures: November (identity) and spring (portfolio more broadly) November (intro SLCs + portfolio) and spring (sharing of PBL learning) Fall (identity/transferable skills) and…
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…and supports this process that then re-feeds the PLPs in question. The setup Many Vermont educators facilitate identity building work at the start of the school year. They do so…
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…conversations about race they can’t develop a positive white social identity. Elijah: Totally agree with you there. And I’ve tried to train myself to not ever say anymore, that we’re…
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…in that way? Develop their own beliefs and identity — you talk a good bit about identity in your book — and give them space to do that, instead of…
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