Episode 035: Dwayne Reed, Welcome to the 4th Grade :)
In the first of our mini-series highlighting the conversations at the ASCD Empower 2019 Conference (#Empower19 for more on social media as well…), we sit down with inspirational teacher Mr. Dwayne Reed from Chicago Public Schools. Please enjoy this quick discussion about getting to know our classroom by starting with ‘you’, then ‘them’, then ‘we’, a quick reprise of his keynote at the General Session of the conference. (Becky’s Chicago accent comes back a little harder in this episode, too, so brace yourselves for that…)

Connect with Dwayne Reed
Twitter: @TeachMrReed | Facebook: Mr. Dwayne Reed

Connect with Vrain Waves
Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: @BeckyEPeters | Ben Twitter: @mrkalb

Connect with ASCD
Website: www.ascd.org | Twitter: @ASCD, @ASCDConf, #Empower19

Links & Show Notes

• ASCD Empower Conference in Chicago, IL - upcoming ASCD conferences
• Welcome to the 4th Grade on YouTube (01:31)
• Ron Clark - bread / pizza analogy
• Overview of his speech - relationships matter (08:08)
  • Who am I (08:42)
  • Who are THEY (09:30)
  • Who are WE (10:32) - and “Sharing the Shine”
• Working on this throughout the year - how do our strengths advance as us a group (11:52)
• On Love (14:21)
  • Angie Thomas’ The Hate You Give (Amazon, Overdrive)
• Self-care & relationships (18:51)
• Closing (20:51) & My Teacher Loves Me, with Mr. Reed & student, Tre