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Looking for more resources? Check out these podcasts and articles that have featured my work.

The Teaching Middle School ELA Podcast with Caitlin Mitchell, Picture Books in Middle School ELA with Jenna from Doc Cop Teaching – 032

U.S. News and World Report article by Alexandra Pannoni, “Instagram for High School Teachers 101”

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, 027: Turn your Class into a Discussion Panel with Audience Tweeters

The Watson Unplugged Podcast, Ep. 42 Dr. Copper

Email me at jennacopper@jennacopper.com, if you would like to feature my work.

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I'm Dr. Jenna Copper, a high school English teacher who empowers educators to engage their students in critical thinking and spark a little wonder in their classrooms!

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Instagram VS. Reality @keepingthewonder PD with Pets version 👉🏼 SWIPE 🐶💻

Let me tell you, 99% of the time these two are sawing logs...

until I get the camera out or get on a Zoom call, and suddenly, they became the worst camera hogs! 😂

Anyone else have camera-loving pups?! 🙋‍♀️🐶

Y’all, @buildingbooklove put together some amazing prizes for the week 1 of our #keepinthewonder summer or challenge!

All details are over on our @keepingthewonder page!

#teacherpd #iteachela #elateacher #teachersonsummerbreak #teachersofsummer #teachersofig

Back in the day when I taught in a bricks and stic

Back in the day when I taught in a bricks and sticks classroom... 💭

I used timers for pacing and organization and life was good! ⏰

I wrote about how I use them and where to find them for an awesome post by my friend, @thedaringenglishteacher, all about routines for the ELA classroom. Go to my stories to read the post, and you’ll definitely want to save it to Pinterest! 💻

P.S. I also use these timers for distance learning lessons, and it worked beautifully!

#classroommanagement #iteachela #highschoolela #secondaryela #iteachtoo #iteachhighschool

🎊Exciting news, teachers!!! The first annual Cl

🎊Exciting news, teachers!!! The first annual Classroom Design + Environment conference is finally here! This conference is dedicated to all things classroom environment, decor, design, atmosphere and organization, and I’m pumped to be a presenter.

Our goal when creating this conference was to compile a series of sessions that help you achieve the classroom of your dreams. You’ll learn how to design an aesthetically pleasing classroom, but more importantly, you’ll be given the tools to create an environment that is safe, inclusive and inspiring for every student who enters your classroom.

My session is all about creating a classroom that is a window to the world! 🌍
THE DETAILS:
✏️ Registration is open June 14-July 31 (link in bio).
✏️ You’ll gain LIFETIME access to all sessions starting August 1.
✏️ Each teacher-presenter designed a free resource for you to implement in conjunction with their session.
✏️ All grade levels and subject areas can benefit from the conference.
✏️ Virtual conference setting where you’ll be able to learn from the comfort of your own home.

Register today using the link in my bio!

#teacherconference #classroomenvironment #classroomdecor #classroomdesign #classroomatmosphere #classroomorganization #classroomgoals #classroommakeover #teachersofig #teachersofinstagram #teachersofinsta

As you’re planning your curriculum this summer,

As you’re planning your curriculum this summer, I thought it might be helpful to share the findings of my dissertation study and subsequent research on multiple perspectives. (Multiple perspectives has been my main line of research since 2012.) Whether or not you have complete autonomy in your curriculum choices, your pedagogical choices can and should introduce and amplify diverse perspectives in your classroom.

I hope these ideas can be a starting point as you plan for next school year.

P.S. You might notice that I changed my account name from DocCopTeaching to me, @DrJennaCopper. 😊 I go by my real name for all of my academic and professional publications and work, and because of that, DocCopTeaching just never really felt right. Thank you to the @thepinspiredteacher for encouraging me to be me. This account will still be only for teaching content, but I do want to share more of my research. So, in short, thanks for being here and I hope we can learn and grow together. ❤️

#blacklivesmatter #saytheirnames . . . #Repost @ji

#blacklivesmatter #saytheirnames
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#Repost @jillianstarrteaching
And the countless others that I couldn’t fit in one image. Their lives mattered.

Learn. Reflect. Teach. Repeat. Do better. Start w

Learn. Reflect. Teach. Repeat. Do better.

Start with *you*. Work to be an anti-bias anti-racist educator, human.

As I’ve said before, I’m a student of ABAR, and in my studies and through my journey, I found resources that were unsettling, powerful, empowering, and necessary.

Here is what one journey can look like. Yours will be different, but if you need a push to get started or some recommendations, flip through my images and keep reading.

1) Learn our history—the real history. Read Stamped from the Beginning by @ibramxk and bring Stamped by @jasonreynolds83 and @ibramxk into your classroom for your students. Understand ABAR with @ibramxk’s How to Be An Antiracist. We Want To Do More Than Survive by Bettina Love centers these themes on educational reform.

2) Reflect on you—take Harvard’s Implicit Bias tests. Read @tiffanymjewell’s This Book Is AntiRacist, which will guide you through powerful self-reflection.

3) Teach with ABAR strategies. Don’t Look Away by Dr. Iruka, Dr. Curenton, Dr. Durden, and Dr. Escayg gives classroom strategies for ABAR teaching. @teaching_tolerance has a wealth of free information and lesson plans to get you started.

4) Repeat—this is just the start.

5) Do better. #blacklivesmatter

#antibiaseducation #antiracism #antiracisteducation #antiracist

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