Coffee with a little bit of cream

In this episode, Shomari and Paul talk to two high school Social Studies/History educators, Matt Daniels and Luke Michener, who will likely be asked to teach the new AP African American Studies course next year. The group talks about what teachers, especially white teachers, need to do to prepare to teach the content of this course, which is both intellectually, socially, and emotionally demanding for teachers and students, and necessary. Technical direction and support was provided by Brad Conger.

In this episode, Shomari and Paul welcome in to the conversation Jessica Youmans, a successful white-identifying high school science teacher, to discuss the kinds of things white-identifying teachers should consider in order to successfully serve the emotional, social, and intellectual needs of their students of color. At the end of the episode, the group discusses the extent to which white-identifying teachers can (and should) successfully teach students of color.

In this episode, Shomari and Paul talk with Chris Marks, a former Bellevue School District School Board President, about the work of the school board, how someone becomes a school board member and, from her perspective, what it means to be a good member of a school board.

We're back! In this episode, Shomari and Paul wrestle with the concept of educational justice by discussing what it is, what it could look like, and the extent to which they think the system is capable of achieving it.

Shomari and Paul continue to talk with Jerad Koepp and Alison McCartan about indigenous pedagogies, how they think about what it looks like in practice, and how they would like people, who likely have never thought about native education and indigenous pedagogy, to think about how it might improve their children’s education. This is the last of our multipart episode on Coffee with a little bit of cream.

Music by: WINNIETHEMOOG. (n.d.). Lo-Fi Hip-Hop 06 [Track]. Jamendo Music.

Shomari and Paul continue to talk with Jerad Koepp and Alison McCartan about indigenous pedagogies, how they think about what it looks like in practice, and how they would like people, who likely have never thought about native education and indigenous pedagogy, to think about how it might improve their children’s education. Part 4 of our multipart episode on Coffee with a little bit of cream.

Music by: WINNIETHEMOOG. (n.d.). Lo-Fi Hip-Hop 06 [Track]. Jamendo Music.

Shomari and Paul continue to talk with Jerad Koepp and Alison McCartan about indigenous pedagogies, how they think about what it looks like in practice, and how they would like people, who likely have never thought about native education and indigenous pedagogy, to think about how it might improve their children’s education. Part 3 of our multipart episode on Coffee with a little bit of cream.

Music by: WINNIETHEMOOG. (n.d.). Lo-Fi Hip-Hop 06 [Track]. Jamendo Music.

Shomari and Paul continue to talk with Jerad Koepp and Alison McCartan about indigenous pedagogies, how they think about what it looks like in practice, and how they would like people, who likely have never thought about native education and indigenous pedagogy, to think about how it might improve their children’s education. Part 2 of our multipart episode on Coffee with a little bit of cream.

Music by: WINNIETHEMOOG. (n.d.). Lo-Fi Hip-Hop 06 [Track]. Jamendo Music.

Shomari and Paul talk with Jerad Koepp and Alison McCartan about indigenous pedagogies, how they think about what it looks like in practice, and how they would like people, who likely have never thought about native education and indigenous pedagogy, to think about how it might improve their children’s education. Part 1 of our multipart episode on Coffee with a little bit of cream.

Music by: WINNIETHEMOOG. (n.d.). Lo-Fi Hip-Hop 06 [Track]. Jamendo Music.

Shomari recently spoke at one of Paul’s classes at Pacific Lutheran University. What questions will these student teachers ask him regarding equity and education? Listen in to find out! This episode is Part 4 in a 4-part podcast episode.  We will return in a few weeks with a brand new episode.

Music by: WINNIETHEMOOG. (n.d.). Lo-Fi Hip-Hop 06 [Track]. Jamendo Music.

Shomari recently spoke at one of Paul’s classes at Pacific Lutheran University. What questions will these student teachers ask him regarding equity and education? Listen in to find out! This episode is Part 3 in a 4-part podcast episode with one episode being released each week.

Music by: WINNIETHEMOOG. (n.d.). Lo-Fi Hip-Hop 06 [Track]. Jamendo Music.

Shomari recently spoke at one of Paul’s classes at Pacific Lutheran University. What questions will these student teachers ask him regarding equity and education? Listen in to find out! This episode is Part 2 in a 4-part podcast episode with one episode being released each week.

Music by: WINNIETHEMOOG. (n.d.). Lo-Fi Hip-Hop 06 [Track]. Jamendo Music.

This episode is a crosspost from the Equity Everywhere podcast: What is equity? Who is leading the charge in shaping educational equity? How can I get involved? The Equity Everywhere podcast answers these questions and more. Made for educators, this podcast will give you vital resources through conversations with equity leaders across the educational industry.

In this episode, Thom Jackson, President and Chief Executive Officer of EdisonLearning, chats with Shomari Jones, the Director of Equity and Strategic Engagement at Bellevue School District in Bellevue, Washington. In this conversation, Thom and Shomari focus on the process of developing an equity leader position for school districts. A bulk of the conversation discusses making this position as effective as possible. In this discussion, Thom and Shomari discuss addressing institutional issues, qualities of great equity leaders, the challenges equity leaders face, and most importantly, the structures that need to be created within a school district to support the creation and implementation of a director of equity.

This discussion is interesting because of the barriers and politics that directors of equity or equivalent positions in school districts face and how long the process of creating institutional equity takes. Thom and Shomari discuss how solutions like professional development, community engagement, institutional assessment, and more are long-form processes that take time, patience, and resolve but create lasting and essential change in schools and communities.

Equity Everywhere is a podcast series hosted by MindRocket Media Group and EdisonLearning President & CEO Thom Jackson. Joined weekly by a variety of K-12 practitioners and experts, they engage in critical, meaningful, comprehensive conversations about equity in education ― what are the key factors, variables, objectives, and considerations for the education system to acknowledge and address? Together, podcast participants will highlight, amplify, and refine best practices and solutions for ensuring education equity everywhere.

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Shomari recently spoke at one of Paul’s classes at Pacific Lutheran University. What questions will these student teachers ask him regarding equity and education? Listen in to find out! This episode is Part 1 in a 4-part podcast episode with one episode being released each week.

Music by: WINNIETHEMOOG. (n.d.). Lo-Fi Hip-Hop 06 [Track]. Jamendo Music.

So, what is equity, equality, and racial equity and how are they different from one another?  Just like a double rainbow, "What does it all mean?",  Shomari and Paul discuss how these terms manifest themselves in the education system and a whole lot more in this episode of Coffee with a little bit of Cream.  

Music by:
WINNIETHEMOOG. (n.d.). Lo-Fi Hip-Hop 06 [Track]. Jamendo Music.

In this episode of Coffee with a little bit of a cream in partnership with the Wellness for Educators podcast, Shomari and Paul talk to Dr. Ed Taylor, vice provost and dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs at the University of Washington, about the impact of school integration and communities of color by having a conversation about equity and equality in the system, and the social and sociological background of it.

From the Wellness for Educators podcast:  In one of their premiere podcast episodes for their podcast called "Coffee with a little bit of cream," Shomari and Paul talk to Dr. Ashok Shimoji-Krishnan, a child and adolescent psychologist at Kaiser Permanente about the concept of racial stamina and what it has to do with personal wellness and well-being.  "Wellness for Educators" is honored to be able to share this episode and many more with you!

Welcome to the launch of our Coffee with a little bit of cream podcast - Episode 1! This is a podcast between two educator friends, one Black and one White, where they have free-flowing conversations about issues of race, power, and privilege both in their personal lives and in their work in the educational system. 

In today’s episode, Shomari and Paul talk about who they are, how they came to know each other, and the ways race, power, and privilege have been woven throughout their lived experiences. They also get deep into the weeds of race talk and discuss ways race informs their friendship and how their understanding of race in America informs how they try and impact their local communities. Note: The original title of our podcast was The Shomari and Paul Podcast, but has since changed to Coffee with a little bit of cream.