Hello everyone! It feels like yesterday I was hyping up the start of season 5 of the Teach Me, Teacher podcast, and now I’m here closing it out. Where did the time go!? We’ve featured some AMAZING minds this year, including (but not limited to), Eric Weinstein, Amen Rahh, Maddie Fairchild, Jen Jones, and Susan Barnes. It’s hard to believe all the great talks we have had on the show this season, and over the last 5 years.
And yet I am completely excited for today’s guest—Brittany Sinitch, otherwise known as @fivefootoneteacher on Instagram. Brittany is an ex-high school teacher from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, who now teaches middle school, and is the founder of the Unbreakable organization.
In this discussion, we discuss her Instagram life and how she manages the balance of being real on the platform, her insights into engaging students and her transition to middle school, and then how living with trauma is a constant battle between choosing light over darkness.
You do not want to miss this closer to the podcast—I believe everyone needs to here Brittany’s words as we close out a year unlike any other.
This episode is sponsored by Heinemann—the leading publisher of professional books and resources for educators—and their professional book, Start Here, Start Now: A Guide to Antibias and Antiracist Work in Your School Community by Liz Kleinrock.
Most of us want to help cultivate an antibias and antiracist classroom and school community, but we don’t know how or where
to start. This book helps us set ourselves up for success and prepare for the mistakes we’ll make along the way.
Start Here, Start Now addresses the challenges that educators committed to antibias and antiracism face every day. Liz provides concrete strategies to overcome some of the barriers that prevent us from engaging in this work and includes lessons and activities we can start using in our classrooms right away.
This book will help break habits that hold us back from this work, as well as build positive, sustainable teaching for the future.
Start Here, Start Now is available as a book, ebook, and audiobook. To learn more and download a sample, visit Heinemann.com.
