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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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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

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Teachers should not have to leave the classroom to

Teachers should not have to leave the classroom to take on leadership roles in the school.

However, with jammed packed schedules, overcrowded classrooms, and tightening budgets, teachers are often made to feel like the only path to leadership is by leaving the classroom to become a principal.

Teachers are experts and their current classroom experience is vital to decision making because school decisions directly impact the students whom they work with every single day.
I am #reimaginingschools with teacher leaders who are invited and encouraged to take on leadership roles AND are valued and compensated for their contributions.

Fund our public schools, @betsydevosed @realdonaldtrump @mikekellyforcongress @senpattoomey.

Share what you’re #reimaginingschools with by going to @readitwriteitlearnit’s account and printing the template. Tag your elected officials and tell them to fund public schools.

If you’re looking for a fun and meaningful end-o

If you’re looking for a fun and meaningful end-of-the-year activity, keep reading!

I’ve done this @sparknotes_ inspired project for two years with my ELA classes, and it’s always a hit!

First, I show them some examples from Sparknotes and then I show them how to create a pie chart in Google Slides. They pick a book or a story we read during the year, and let their wit take over! (More info in my stories)

I’m going to create a short video tutorial showing how to create the pie chart and send it out to my newsletter subscribers on Sunday. If you’re not a member, you can join with the link in my bio to get the tutorial. You can even send it out to students if you’d like! 😊

Image by @sparknotes_ /Elodie

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Ready for an epic list of Young Adult and New Adul

Ready for an epic list of Young Adult and New Adult series? 🦄

I’ve been chatting about my favs on stories all week, and you’ve all been messaging me such good recs for my next read! So, I figured we should make a home for them here.

Comment below with your favorite YAL/NA series, and we’ll make a huge list of recommendations to come back to! 👇🏼 I’ll start:
Court of Throne and Roses
Throne of Glass
The Selection
The Red Queen

#youngadultbooks #youngadultliterature #newadultbooks #newadultromance #iteachtoo #bookstagram #teachersofthegram #elateacher

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I adore this woman (even though she cut my hair into a mullet). 😅
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My mom is and always had been my best friend. I’m so thankful I have her. 💕

And I’ve heard we look alike! (Minus the curly hair bc hers is totally an 80s perm. 😂) #mothersday #teachermom #teachersofinstagram #teachermomlife #teachermommy

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