The problem presented in the Education Week article (see link below) is that white teachers don’t set up informal mentoring with black or Latino students. BIPOC students are missing out on trusted caring adult relationships. “It isn’t that you have to have all the answers. It was the fact that they (students) trusted that they could ask questions.” (Shelley) In this podcast, we discuss specific and practical suggestions including the importance of being intentional in setting up informal mentoring with marginalized students.
Education Week article “When Teachers and School Counselors Become Informal Mentors, Students Thrive”
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