<p>On this episode of #TeacherTalkTuesday, we sit down with Kelly Harper - 2019 District of Columbia Teacher of the Year Award Winner and 2019 National Teacher of the Year Award Finalist. Recommended for the honors by a PTA leader at her former D.C. school, Kelly says she stood out from other teachers by constantly affirming her students' roles as change agents and leaders, despite their young ages and backgrounds. &nbsp;Listen in to this episode to hear about her practical ways of introducing minority representation in careers and future influential roles for "her babies," connecting with her students' parents virtually to support their children's success and her passion for dismantling oppression in the education system for her Black and Brown students.&nbsp;</p>

#TeacherTalkTuesday with Veronica Menefee, Special Education Consultant

Here at DTEC-TAG, we lead educational change, enhance teacher efficacy &amp; increase dialogue in communities to improve student achievement under ESSA through educational advocacy. #TAGUrIT

The Delta Research and Educational Foundation (DREF), in collaboration with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (DST), is embarking upon a potentially highly impactful educational endeavor, which aims to enhance student academic achievement by focusing on improving teacher effectiveness. The Delta Teacher Efficacy Campaign emanates from the Foundation and the Sorority’s joint commitment to ensuring that all students are educated in a manner that prepares them to enter and excel in college, and, ultimately, create a thriving life and career for themselves. 

The DREF-DST collaborative will include a three-prong approach: training for teachers, conducting advocacy sessions for communities, and publishing scholarly research on teacher efficacy and student achievement in PHILLIS: The Journal for Research on African American Women published by DREF.

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