Award Winning Educator
Over the past few years, I have traveled across the state and nation to experience and advocate for education from many different angles. Being an advocate for education is my passion, and I've been spreading the good word every chance I get. Trust me, there are many good words to spread about education!
Four Pillars of Equity and Justice Education
Teaching as an act of Relevance
E & J work should be a part of every content area, grade level, and school community, regardless of racial demographic.
Teaching as an act of Reflection
E & J work is long, ongoing work that requires educators to look inside themselves and critically examine their own assumptions and biases each day.
Teaching as an act of Resistance
E & J work empowers students to think critically about the world around them and the role they play in creating a more just society.
Teaching as an act of Reverence
E & J work should encompass gravity, and gladness, celebration and seriousness, and joy and justice!
The Work
Elements of Justice Equity and Justice work includes:
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As the new director of Mount Holyoke teacher leadership program, Jemelleh Coes will focus on ways to engage educators who are interested in becoming leaders not only in their classroom but within their schools and within the education field.
The address was to education writers. The goals was to garner support for the Common Core State Standards. Conference was held in Nashville, TN.
This is a snippet from a keynote presentations at a conference for parents and educators who are members of the Georgia Parent Teacher Association Leadership Team.
Jemelleh Coes, the 2014 Georgia Teacher of the Year and Georgia Southern University alumna, tells how her experience as an Eagle helped her in her career as a special education teacher.
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