Educator Resources

AMAE is dedicated to assisting our educational family. Click on link(s) for further information.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is image.png

https://www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov/for-teachers/

What Anti-racism Really Means for Educators

As anti-racism becomes a popular goal for schools across the nation, this TT advisory board member considers what it really means to be an anti-racist educator.

Young student with a digital tablet. — https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/what-antiracism-really-means-for-educators

Stories of Culturally Responsive Education

Stories are powerful points of entry for new ideas and ways of being. Get to know more about Culturally Responsive Education through the stories of people who have shaped and been shaped by it.

https://crehub.org/stories

https://www.tolerance.org/the-moment/october-9-2020-indigenous-peoples-day-2020?utm_source=Teaching+Tolerance&utm_campaign=f5d72f4e8c-Monday+is+Indigenous+Peoples%27+Day&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a8cea027c3-f5d72f4e8c-86595427

Thank you to Dr. Emma S. Norman with Northwest Indian College for sharing these resources and encouraging us as a community to listen and learn:

Jay Julius (Lummi Community Member, Former Chairman of the Lummi Nation) – Sacred America, Ted X Talk (24 minutes), Orcas Island.

Lummi Fishers Return to Ancestral Fishing Grounds after 100 years (3 minutes)

Revitalizing Cultural Knowledge of the Nooksack River (24 minutes)

Since Time Immemorial: A Fishing Story (20 minutes)

Bellingham Herald (2016) What it is Like to be Lummi (subscription needed)

https://www.cta.org/for-educators/covid19

Information on DACA and Resources:

Undocumented Student Tuition: Overview https://www.ncsl.org/research/education/undocumented-student-tuition-overview.aspx

HomeIsHere Toolkit for PreK-12 Educators, Leaders, and Policymakers https://www.nilc.org/issues/education/homeishere-toolkit-for-prek-12/

https://www.dreamproject-va.org/

https://neaedjustice.org/

Information for Educators Looking for Teaching Resources on Diversity and Ethic Studies

Diversity Toolkit

This online toolkit provides an introduction to the multiple facets of diversity. It offers basic information, a short list of strategies and tools, and suggestions for how to find out more. Neither the short list of topics in this toolkit nor the content within each topic is meant to be exhaustive.

http://www.nea.org/tools/diversity-toolkit.html