Rachel Vissing

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“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” -Angela Davis

Problems in the classroom often have very little to do with the classroom. Ask yourself this question: “What are they trying to tell me by this action?”

Very impactful and full of practical strategies that anyone can implement to intervene to combat racism. Highly recommend attending one of these webinars!

Hi my name is Gavin McCorry, I am from Elk Grove High School and this is how I am #RedefiningReady. ⁦@District214⁩ ⁦@EGPrinciPaul⁩ ⁦@MsRandallEGHS⁩ ⁦@EGSwim_Dive⁩ ⁦@EG_Band⁩ ⁦@EGMathNation⁩

Bystander Intervention Trainings - Advancing Justice-Chicago advancingjustice-chicago.org/what-we-do/bys…

#ChooseToChallenge youtu.be/pHdNkpT954U

Happy #interntionalwomensday !!

@MrsLesniakEG @bailon1_carina He drew on my whiteboard tables last year and I never wanted to erase them! Incredibly talented!!

This talented artist has been remote all year, but he’s shared some of his artwork w/ me by adding pictures to his digital journal responses. After some *subtle* hinting on my end, he created this beauty for my classroom & sent it to school with his sister, @bailon1_carina! 💜

Authority doesn't grant us freedom from accountability. Becoming a leader means holding ourselves to higher standards and expecting others to do the same.

EGHS NATION students showing their love and gratitude for our staff!! 💚💛Thank you to all who helped make this possible!! We are so grateful for you too!! @ElkGrove_HS @District214 @EG_Nation drive.google.com/file/d/1KQjpe4…

A brand new paper from me, ⁦@TanyaLaMar1⁩ & ⁦@mleshin⁩ - evidence shows that narrow maths (esp algebra) leads to classroom inequities. When maths is procedural kids believe that only some can achieve - free download ⁦@sciencedirect⁩ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

It is all in here! @WSJ wsj.com/articles/the-m…

Thank you, veterans. Here is an article written by my grandfather, Russell Larsen, who hoped to address racial inequities by teaching Black men to type. Sadly, our country is still combatting countless inequities for BIPOC. We need to do better!

@MrsKWinstead @zoom_us This is the best! In one class I renamed for students to focus on the content are students were struggling with and in my other class I did it based on a self-rating scale of amount of support needed “I’m feeling good!” to “I need some help!” Worked really well!!

Playing around the with self-selected breakout rooms in @zoom_us! Seems super simple and easy to use. Can't wait to try it! #WeAreEG #214Learns #edchat #spedchat

First #ThinkingEG Virtual Run of the school year complete (even if my lone spectator couldn’t stay awake)! #nationallovepeopleday

Congrats, seniors!! I can’t believe it’s been 4 years with you all! Thanks for the hard work, dedication, leadership, and memories!

Women breaking barriers! #egfierce

The final lines of @faithevebee’s stunning doc #ThisLand really resonate with me as I think about our vision for #EGFierce: “You are welcome here. You as YOU—looking like you, talking like you, laughing like you, moving the way you move—are welcome here & this place is for you.”