Welcome to my BLOG
Are you an educator in an impoverished community looking for solid teaching and instructional advice?
Then look no further than Dinner with the Dean! I'm Shanique Clement, and thanks for visiting me here. Let's sit down to dinner together while we discuss how to revolutionize your classroom!
My essential services include: • Tips and tricks for your classroom • How to improve student engagement • How to get the things you need to do your job right • Candid advice for educators of color and minorities • Advice and expertise based on years of experience • Instructional Coaching • Classroom Management & Discipline from an anti-racist lens • Being an effective school leader • And much more!
Building Motivation
Educators and students can enjoy the ebb and flow of education by understanding what motivates them and how to cultivate motivation daily.
Purpose Over Power
In education circles, a common phrase thrown around as we discuss issues of equity is Purpose Over Power! The phrase Purpose Over Power is often used as a compass to guide the decision making process of some schools. It requires that educators think deeply about whether or not the decisions they are making and the systems they design in support of scholar learning and development are grounded in a meaningful purpose that allows for the success and achievement of all stakeholders or simply are the decisions & systems we make grounded in control and power!
The Longest Civil War: Teachers vs. Administrators
In this post, I’m trying to understand the disconnect between Administrators (Principal’s, Assistant Principals) and Teachers. It seems as though we spend so much time arguing amongst ourselves that we are distracted from the big picture.
Cold Call, Relationship, & The Virtual Classroom
You ever call on scholars in class and hear crickets. Especially, in the virtual remote learning world, you call on a scholar and say unmute and share and get no response. Stressed by the awkward silence we either launch into a punitive speech about a lack of participation and classwork grades or we feel the need to do it ourselves and quickly move on.
I CAN’T STRIKE, CALL IN SICK, NOTHING!
The pandemic has had adverse impacts on black and brown communities in a number of ways. In the world of education, we are watching our families lose income, die from lack of access to quality healthcare, and our scholars fall further and further behind academically due to the digital divide.
The Secret to Success in the Classroom whether in person, virtual, or hybrid is…..?
Building strong relationships doesn’t mean be a pushover. It doesn’t mean turning a blind eye to misbehavior and allowing scholars to do whatever they want in your classroom or in the school building for that matter. What it does mean is being fair, being consistent, and being supportive.
Showing up as a BIPOC Educator during the 2020 Pandemics: COVID & Racism
The heightened tensions of the times have pushed us into a performative culture where we are constantly being questioned and told that we MUST show up on the front lines and being asked to show up in ways that can be proven. But we don’t have anything to prove to anyone.
The True Consequences of the Corona Virus on Schools…
Up until this point, my worries with school reopening were around safety, “ Is it safe for our children and staff (predominantly people of color) to come into the building for school? Are we putting them at risk of exposure to a virus that is killing us
Dinner With The Dean: Creating the Culture to Ensure Rigorous Academics & Close the Opportunity Gap
Scholars should be learning on purpose and not by accident. Education truly is the great equalizer and while it doesn’t prevent the ills of racism and poverty, it does empower the learner to meet the challenges and obstacles inherent in being the underdog in this world. To that end we here at Dinner with the Dean present to you practical strategies to truly engage all learners, best practices in instructional coaching, and the tools to create a classroom and a school that affirms and empowers the identities and talents of all children.
