INSPIRE A CLASSROOM

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• Create a Safer, More Productive School Climate
• Avoid Heated Discussions and Emergency Incidents Around Ethnicity, Income, Religion and Other Dimensions of Diversity
• Feel Confident Teaching Your Students About “Difficult Subjects” such as Diversity, Race and Multicultural Issues.

My name is Susan O’Halloran and I’ve been working with teachers for over 30 years.

Let me ask you:

• Have you observed students putting each other down or bullying others?
• Or has there been an incident at your school that has raised the ire of parents and brought you unwanted press attention?
• Do you want to discuss the subject of diversity and stereotyping in your classroom, but struggle with how to do it in a way that will bring your students together?
• Do you believe that in celebrating our differences and learning from each other we can produce real and positive change in our world?

There is a way to open the lines of communication in your classroom and leave every student feeling safe, valued and included!

Inclusivity Means Much More Than What People Think About Each Other

Your students know this, and they want to talk about the injustices they face and their hopes for a better world. But fear of making mistakes and making matters worse affects both teachers and students.

Teachers wonder:

“How do I teach what I was never taught?”

“What if I destroy younger students’ innocence?”

“What if I try to discuss a question like race with my older students and it makes things worse in my classroom instead of better?”

Maybe you’ve been asking some of the same questions. Maybe you’ve been asking some of these questions for a long time. If so, I want to offer you a solution.

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I’ve sat in community meetings where accusations and bitter words fly. It breaks my heart to see principals, teachers and other staff ever have to face angry parents and community members who feel their children aren’t getting a fair shake.

“It was ugly. A racial hate note was left in a student’s locker. Within a day the press was all over us and parents were calling for a meeting demanding to know what we were going to do.” Ms. Scott, Principal*

It never has to come to this!

I listen to well-intentioned teachers tell me about “trying” harmony or unity days. It’s such a waste of a teachers’ energy to feel like failures. It should never be a disaster to talk about issues such as race.

“I felt like a failure. I know we have lots of problems because we’re in such denial around race and other injustices. And, yet, when I tried to discuss these issues with my students it became an argument and I felt I was causing even more division between my students.” Marie Anne, Teacher*

It could have been prevented! Let me show you how!

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* for confidentiality, the names of the principal and teacher have been changed

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