Shawna Coppola

Two summers ago, I was able to realize this dream as I made the trek across the country with eight of my NH colleagues to participate in Opal School’s Summer Symposium, an experience I wrote about here. In wanting to give back to those educators that have moved my own learning this year in ways I could hardly have imagined, I asked my Opal School colleagues if, as part of my speaking fee, I could sponsor someone’s registration for the 2019 Summer Symposium. So: if you are a Native educator or an educator of color who would like to attend this year’s Summer Symposium and are able to be there for the duration (6/19/19-6/21/19), please send me an email at shawnacoppola@gmail.com before 1/27/19 that briefly answers the following questions: * Why are you interested in attending this year’s Summer Symposium at the Opal School?

Here are the copies of the slideshows I promised to share with you. These will be available here for about a week. All Get Woke : Talking About Race with Elementary Students Crawling Out of the ClassroomIn everything that my students and I do together, we strive to find ways to use reading and writing to make the world outside of our classroom a better place for all of us to be

Here are the slides from today’s #PCTELA18 keynote, “ We Tell Our Students. Crawling Out of the Classroom : Talking About Race with Elementary Students Crawling Out of the ClassroomIn everything that my students and I do together, we strive to find ways to use reading and writing to make the world outside of our classroom a better place for all of us to be

This past weekend, The Educator Collaborative held their annual EdCollabGathering, a FREE day of professional learning by a variety of distinguished educators all around the world. and I had the pleasure of presenting about ways we might incorporate discussions around race with students in our schools and classrooms and why it is crucially important to do so. In case you missed it, I am posting it here for you to view and share: Please also make sure to check out the other incredible sessions that were offered at #TheEdCollabGathering, all of which are archived on YouTube. If you find this and/or any of the other sessions offered that day helpful, please consider making a donation to this year’s adopted charity, The Brotherhood Sister Sol, which provides evidence-based programming for young people of color from economically poor communities.