232: Building More Inclusive Classrooms with Dr. Mark Gooden

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Today on the podcast, we’re sitting down with Dr. Mark Gooden, the Christian Johnson Endeavor Professor in Education Leadership and Director of the Endeavor Antiracist & Restorative Leadership Initiative (EARLI) in the Department of Organization and Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>He’s got a new book out, <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Five-Practices-Equity-Focused-School-Leadership/dp/1416629750/ref=sr_1_1?crid=9FUXS4VLJYY1&keywords=five+practices+for+equity-focused+school+leadership&qid=1698141525&sprefix=5+practices+for+equity%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-1"> 5 Practices for Equity-Focused School Leadership</a>, offering five methods to increase educational equity and eliminate marginalization based on race, disability, socioeconomics, language, gender, and sexual identity, and religion. </p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>In this interview, I asked Dr. Gooden to bring his work right into the ELA classroom. You’re going to hear his thoughts on what it means to be an anti-racist teacher in the long term, how to listen better to the people in your community, how to fight for diverse books, and more. </p> <p><img src="//assets.libsyn.com/show/99124/3.png" alt="" width= "540" height="540" /></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Go Further: </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Explore alllll the Episodes of <a href= "https://nowsparkcreativity.com/podcast">The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr">Join our community, <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/256927044749038">Creative High School English</a>, on Facebook.</p> <p dir="ltr">Come hang out on <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/nowsparkcreativity/">Instagram</a>. </p> <p dir="ltr">Enjoying the podcast? Please consider sharing it with a friend, snagging a screenshot to share on the ‘gram, or tapping those ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ to help others discover the show. Thank you! </p> <p> </p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p>