Profe Gringay - JEDI education in WL classrooms

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Fictional short story/ CI story is a profile of intersectional identity in a fictional profile and character from the Hispanic World. I try to include a range of heritage, culture, gender/sexuality, race and family diversity especially representing marginalized communities.  Profile introduces Novice Mid>High learners to local culture and reviewing cognates and high frequency vocab with themes in identity, family and relationships, traditions, customs and food (great for pre-AP). Editable on Google Docs to add or reduce complexity. Contains footnotes and hyperlinks to explain cultural references. ~150 words. Series of short stories all over the Hispanic World to come and bundle.*As a note, when appropriate I use the gender neutral, inclusive singular and plural endings with neutral 'e' endings when appropriate. These are used in some queer communities and are becoming more common, but many speakers are not familiar. https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Gender_neutral_language_in_Span...

Anyone remember in teacher-ed college when many of us wrote philosophy statements or essays for a 'foundations' course? After years in my career and my coursework, I  decided to restate and refresh my purpose as an educator in a document that I revisit frequently and present to students/families at least once a term (actually after quarter breaks as well.) It serves to introduce and restate who I am as an educator and the 'why' of what I do, which serves as a good intro or reminder of the work and norms we do as a group and frames a welcoming, supportive and empathic context. See below. Sample Introduction Letter How do you introduce yourself and your purpose? How do you revisit this personally or with your community of learners?