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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.20,0:00:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good morning class.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.85,0:00:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, just an honor.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.53,0:00:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for having me, I\Nappreciate this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.54,0:00:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple of years ago, I had the honor\Nof attending a panel,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.50,0:00:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a conference at The Science Leadership \NAcademy in Philadelphia.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.37,0:00:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A black male educator by the name of\NDerek McCoy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.69,0:00:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was asked a question around \Nsustainability,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.57,0:00:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what are the things that constantly \Nkeep him sustained as he's working.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.82,0:00:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And without missing a beat, the first\Nthing he said was,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.39,0:00:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Have you read Jose Vilson's blog?\NHis posts just keep me going."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.03,0:00:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Excuse me?" I was shocked, I didn't know\Nwhat to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.73,0:00:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just there at the panel, I didn't\Neven know he was there,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.68,0:00:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I hadn't met him. It was the first\Ntime I'd met him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.89,0:00:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's thousands and thousands of miles\Naway, and here he is saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.10,0:00:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've inspired him by my posts \Nand through my blog.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.69,0:01:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, when I talk about teacher voice\Nout there,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.81,0:01:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm always thinking about\Nwhat it means to actually be a teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.09,0:01:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a full-time teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.21,0:01:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a full-time math teacher in Washington\NHeights, New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.08,0:01:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm proud to represent that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.28,0:01:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I also know because of this,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.84,0:01:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to be very thoughtful about \Nthe things I say and do out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.16,0:01:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there's a lot of people who say,\N"Well, teachers shouldn't be speaking up.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.04,0:01:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no reason for them to talk when \Nwe can do all the talking."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.24,0:01:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Um, excuse me? Okay, so then we have some\Nwork to do."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.70,0:01:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teacher voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.14,0:01:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The individual and collective expression
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.62,0:01:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of meaningful professional opinion based\Non classroom experience and expertise.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.38,0:01:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, these are the four guiding principles\Nwhen I talk about teacher voice
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.92,0:01:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are four pieces that I always \Nconcentrate on,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.62,0:01:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I'm talking about teacher voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.42,0:01:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first is the individual element.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.06,0:01:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people say, "The way you create true\Nchange is by starting with the individual"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.94,0:02:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our identities, our cultures, our ways of\Nbeing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.92,0:02:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inform our pedagogies and the cultures \Nthat are in our own classrooms
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.44,0:02:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so we have to constantly be thoughtful\Nabout the ways we interact with our kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.60,0:02:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order for us to be the best \Npractitioners as possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.84,0:02:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in order for us to have a real teacher\Nvoice about this work.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.96,0:02:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also, please keep in mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.20,0:02:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't always have to be the best \Nspeaker in the classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.74,0:02:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we ought to be the best listeners.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.38,0:02:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the second element is this collective
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.78,0:02:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I can't think about my own\Nprofession,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.74,0:02:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without thinking about the person that is\Noutsdie of my walls,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.66,0:02:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just the person next door, but \Nacross the hallway
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.42,0:02:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and perhaps across the city, across the \Nstate, across the country, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.88,0:02:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you think about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.50,0:02:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're a good teacher, \Nyou know who you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.06,0:02:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when you don't speak \Nthe same language,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.18,0:02:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you don't always have\Nthe same cultures,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.18,0:02:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are touchpoints about \Nall of our experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.56,0:02:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allow us to be good teachers\Nfor each other and for ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.70,0:02:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are things that we know about \Nthe teaching profession,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.56,0:03:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we know what that's like.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.02,0:03:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so when I ask you for collective,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.00,0:03:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm also thinking about not just everybody\Nwho's across the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.54,0:03:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even across the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.18,0:03:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but across institutions too.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.84,0:03:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So including our prisons and our museums,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.88,0:03:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are educators there too.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.32,0:03:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to think about all of these\Neducators.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.06,0:03:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, again, when we come together,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.84,0:03:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether we're celebrating our \Nbest and most accomplished teachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.04,0:03:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we're protesting together in any \Nnumber of states,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.84,0:03:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when our voices when they come together, \Nthey often get to be the loudest.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.64,0:03:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third element is experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.94,0:03:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I talk about experience, it \Nmeans that our stories matter too.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.06,0:03:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you think about research, policy, \Npractice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.14,0:03:43.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you best believe that a teacher \Nbetter be somewhere in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.100,0:03:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't just sanitize us, you have \Nto be able to include us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.70,0:03:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, when we're not included, we \Nhave to be able to fight back.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.45,0:03:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you see in front of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.99,0:03:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two years ago, I was given a teacher\Nperformance rating of developing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.71,0:04:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My teacher practices were "effective,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.55,0:04:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but unfortunately the data that had \Ncome out was "ineffective,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.90,0:04:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so somewhere in the \Nmiddle was "developing."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.10,0:04:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, mind you,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.43,0:04:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four-fifths of my students' data had\Nmysteriously disappeared,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.18,0:04:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it just confounded me, I just didn't \Nknow what was going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.47,0:04:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even still,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.38,0:04:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it kind of hurt to think about the fact \Nthat I had put in so much work
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.73,0:04:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet the assessments that were chosen\Nwere not reflective of the people we were
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.30,0:04:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the work that had been done \Nin our classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.64,0:04:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's where expertise comes in.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.14,0:04:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there are things that \Nwe know about our students.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.85,0:04:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are things we think about \Nour students on the daily.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.62,0:04:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know how to not just write lesson plans\Nand do-now's and closings.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.56,0:04:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also know how to create communities\Nin our own classrooms.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.77,0:04:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know how to get kids to ask questions\Nand to teach us, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.24,0:04:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cause that's an important part \Nof the listening piece.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.82,0:04:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know, we know, and it's okay \Nto say that we know.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.72,0:04:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's an important part of all this work.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.14,0:04:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because everytime I'm talking about\Nwhatever it is I'm talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.04,0:05:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always think back to my kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.43,0:05:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm always thoughtful about the kids who I\Nhave in my classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.76,0:05:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children of immigrants, \Nchildren of workers,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.48,0:05:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children of parents who've entrusted me \Non a daily basis, and for years now,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.29,0:05:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure that their kids are \Nwell-educated
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.49,0:05:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and well-prepared for the world \Nwe live in. Human beings, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.62,0:05:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The picture you see here by the way
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.31,0:05:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a picture of my students with the\Nstatue of Theodore Roosevelt
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.35,0:05:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the American Museum \Nof Natural History.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.84,0:05:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, at first I didn't really want to take\Nthe picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.41,0:05:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I thought about it,\NI said to myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.99,0:05:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well? Imagine if Teddy was having to sit\Nnext to people, immigrants,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.36,0:05:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who wouldn't want to assimilate \Ninto this country?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.44,0:05:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine having a teacher who believed\Nin students.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.85,0:05:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I tell you that a teacher who \Nbelieves in students
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.72,0:05:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is core to our democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.85,0:05:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the picture I'm talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.67,0:05:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think about all the teachers \Nwho are passionate about this,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.57,0:05:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who've sacrificed their livelihoods,\Nwho've sacrificed their lives
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.70,0:06:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure that our students feel social\Njustice within their classrooms,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.24,0:06:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their neighborhoods, who've been \Nout there on a daily basis,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.11,0:06:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who've visited the churches, gone to\Nparent meetings, who know what it's like
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.73,0:06:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be directly affected by so many \Nof the policies that don't work for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.69,0:06:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work for them because they \Nkeep me on my toes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.61,0:06:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are the best educators.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.36,0:06:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And speaking of which, the best \Neducator in our house
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.56,0:06:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also happens to be not just \Nin the audience
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.35,0:06:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also, the best mother she could\Npossibly be to our son, Alejandro.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.62,0:06:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I think about Luz, when I think\Nabout Alejandro,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.35,0:06:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they teach me lessons everyday.\NThey teach me constant lessons.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.30,0:06:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I'm always thinking about,\N"Oh my gosh,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.44,0:06:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How am I gonna be a better teacher, when\Nthey're already so much better than I am
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.22,0:06:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at whatever it is that I'm trying to do.\NBut they keep me grounded
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.32,0:06:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when my voice shakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.00,0:06:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think about the thousands \Nand thousands of students
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.48,0:06:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who I've had the pleasure, \Nthe honor of teaching
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.96,0:06:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over thirteen-going-on-fourteen years now.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.68,0:06:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A career that has spanned so \Nmany lifetimes it feels like.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.77,0:07:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And whenever I look at these students, \NI'm always like,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.39,0:07:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh my gosh, I've taught you!"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.15,0:07:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many of my kids have gone to so\Nmany different places.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.84,0:07:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even when they don't go to places\Nthat I necessarily am happy about?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.88,0:07:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that I've done everything I \Npossibly could in my being
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.43,0:07:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure that they felt like human \Nbeings in my classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.39,0:07:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is the work.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.87,0:07:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it keeps me up at times.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.72,0:07:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that when I go to my desk,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.43,0:07:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wake up, and I think about failing \Nand winning and failing and winning,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.12,0:07:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also know that I've created lesson\Nplans that can engage my kids
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.89,0:07:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bring them in, and I say good morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.98,0:07:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when parents come in, I'm always like,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.28,0:07:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A su orden."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.82,0:07:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which means, I'm at your service, I'm here\Nfor you, I'm here to teach kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.43,0:07:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How welcoming is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.28,0:07:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the things that \Nkeep me up at night,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.49,0:07:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are the things that keep me\Nup early in the morning as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.58,0:07:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the love work.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.97,0:07:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the thing we're \Nconstantly striving for,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.87,0:07:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I say Teacher Voice, it's not \Njust about being the loudest.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.91,0:08:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about using our actions and \Naligning them to the work we're doing
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.35,0:08:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we say we're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.80,0:08:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want our kids to be reflected in\Ncurriculum,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.02,0:08:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our practices, in our pedagogy,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.93,0:08:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we want them to feel like \Nthey have a belonging somewhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.100,0:08:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it like to feel like you \Nhave a home?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.97,0:08:16.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just your actual home.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.100,0:08:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For so many of our kids, \Nthey may not have one.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.72,0:08:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it like to actually create that\Nand have the power to be able to do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.06,0:08:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know, but I know \Nwhat I know.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.59,0:08:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And furthermore, I also know, that I'm\Nwilling to do this forever and ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.23,0:08:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so passionate about this, I gotta keep\Ngoing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.04,0:08:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you gonna join me?