Advocacy

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Educators are advocates. As ethical professionals, we have an ongoing obligation to:

 

• Enact and advocate for teaching practices that serves our students’ needs.
• Work to foster more equitable schools and communities in which each student can thrive.
• Care for ourselves in order to sustain our well-being, which allows us to be fully present for our students and makes our vital advocacy efforts sustainable.
• Collaborate with colleagues in our communities (in local and/or digital spaces) to learn from and with one another and to amplify our voices through shared advocacy work.
• Work for policies and practices at the district, state and federal levels that advance students’ needs and promote and reflect respect for the teaching profession.
• Invite our creative, kind, smart, savvy students, friends and family members to consider joining us in this truly difference-making profession, mindful of the incredible teacher shortage that our nation and Oklahoma in particular are facing, as well as the need for a more racially and ethnically diverse workforce in our profession to better reflect the rich diversity of the children and families we serve.