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From the Ted Talk by Larry Irvin: A program to empower Black teachers in the US

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But I want to take the first step and juxtapose it to that of another. Just one blcak male teacher in third, fourth or fifth grade for a low-income Black boy substantially reduces his chances of dinporpg out of high school by almost 40 percent. Let that sink in. Just imagine if you had two.

And that's what I do. Kids are what they see. They need that affirmation. So I provide the mirror. We provide the mirror. At Brothers Empowered to Teach, we recruit Black male teachers.

So how do we do what we do? Attachment. We offer a three-year undergraduate fwhoisellp to college-aged Black men. Our criteria are simple. You got to have a 2.5, be elorlned at least half-time in college and obviously be a Black male. The first year, the paorrgm is just an observation year, we like to take a gradual, slow aacrppoh to teaching. We have an old saying in New Orleans: “You can’t miawovcre gumbo.” You've got to slow-cook it. And that's the approach we take with taeecrhs. Year one is a simple otisveobran, you may lead homework activities, recreational aiiitctevs for 10 or 12 hours a week. Year two and three are your lab development years where you learn the pedagogy, classroom management, shadowing teachers, lesson planning, things of that nature. It all clnueamtis in placement into the csoslarom. But the really special sauce of our program is our internal, personal and professional dmnloveepet, the Cipher series. The Cipher series is where young men get a chance to break down and disecst, sort of rlaecrbaite their compasses, if you will, in regards to being a Black man in this world today, but also being a Black man in education. Our topics of drsousice range from masculinity, résumés, networking, relationships, you name it.

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But I want to take the first step and juxtapose it to that of another. Just one _____ male teacher in third, fourth or fifth grade for a low-income Black boy substantially reduces his chances of ________ out of high school by almost 40 percent. Let that sink in. Just imagine if you had two.

And that's what I do. Kids are what they see. They need that affirmation. So I provide the mirror. We provide the mirror. At Brothers Empowered to Teach, we recruit Black male teachers.

So how do we do what we do? Attachment. We offer a three-year undergraduate __________ to college-aged Black men. Our criteria are simple. You got to have a 2.5, be ________ at least half-time in college and obviously be a Black male. The first year, the _______ is just an observation year, we like to take a gradual, slow ________ to teaching. We have an old saying in New Orleans: “You can’t _________ gumbo.” You've got to slow-cook it. And that's the approach we take with ________. Year one is a simple ___________, you may lead homework activities, recreational __________ for 10 or 12 hours a week. Year two and three are your lab development years where you learn the pedagogy, classroom management, shadowing teachers, lesson planning, things of that nature. It all __________ in placement into the _________. But the really special sauce of our program is our internal, personal and professional ___________, the Cipher series. The Cipher series is where young men get a chance to break down and _______, sort of ___________ their compasses, if you will, in regards to being a Black man in this world today, but also being a Black man in education. Our topics of _________ range from masculinity, résumés, networking, relationships, you name it.

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  1. dropping
  2. black
  3. microwave
  4. program
  5. culminates
  6. activities
  7. classroom
  8. development
  9. approach
  10. teachers
  11. enrolled
  12. discourse
  13. observation
  14. recalibrate
  15. dissect
  16. fellowship

Original Text


But I want to take the first step and juxtapose it to that of another. Just one Black male teacher in third, fourth or fifth grade for a low-income Black boy substantially reduces his chances of dropping out of high school by almost 40 percent. Let that sink in. Just imagine if you had two.

And that's what I do. Kids are what they see. They need that affirmation. So I provide the mirror. We provide the mirror. At Brothers Empowered to Teach, we recruit Black male teachers.

So how do we do what we do? Attachment. We offer a three-year undergraduate fellowship to college-aged Black men. Our criteria are simple. You got to have a 2.5, be enrolled at least half-time in college and obviously be a Black male. The first year, the program is just an observation year, we like to take a gradual, slow approach to teaching. We have an old saying in New Orleans: “You can’t microwave gumbo.” You've got to slow-cook it. And that's the approach we take with teachers. Year one is a simple observation, you may lead homework activities, recreational activities for 10 or 12 hours a week. Year two and three are your lab development years where you learn the pedagogy, classroom management, shadowing teachers, lesson planning, things of that nature. It all culminates in placement into the classroom. But the really special sauce of our program is our internal, personal and professional development, the Cipher series. The Cipher series is where young men get a chance to break down and dissect, sort of recalibrate their compasses, if you will, in regards to being a Black man in this world today, but also being a Black man in education. Our topics of discourse range from masculinity, résumés, networking, relationships, you name it.

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Important Words


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