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Afrika Afeni Mills
BetterLesson Instructional Coach and Manager of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning
Afrika Afeni Mills
February 2, 2021
Black History Month Reimagined
February is Black History Month. BetterLesson's Afrika Afeni Mills shares four considerations for you to rethink how you teach Black history this year....
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Afrika Afeni Mills
November 13, 2019
Highlights from Social Justice 101
Discover the highlights that continued to resonate after attending a Teaching Tolerance workshop, "Social Justice 101."...
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Afrika Afeni Mills
February 12, 2019
What Do You Mean When You Say “Those Kids Don’t Want to Learn”?
Explore different reasons for lack of student engagement and how to help all student succeed....
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Afrika Afeni Mills
October 23, 2018
How to Create a Culturally Responsive Learning Environment
Learn five quick culturally responsive strategies to try in your classroom to help students of all backgrounds feel valued and included....
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Afrika Afeni Mills
September 27, 2018
Facilitating Effective Family-Teacher Conferences
Consider these tips to help you facilitate effective conferences with your students’ families....
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Afrika Afeni Mills
September 6, 2018
Classroom Management Reconsidered
Reframing the ideas of classroom management to create a classroom culture of reciprocated trust and respect. ...
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Afrika Afeni Mills, Monica Washington
April 4, 2018
Required Reading Reconsidered
Read strategies for diversifying reading across the curriculum. ...
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Afrika Afeni Mills
October 10, 2017
Inside Coaching: Culturally Responsive Learning in Susanville, CA
Exploring a teacher's culturally responsive learning experiences with her BetterLesson Coach. ...
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Afrika Afeni Mills
October 8, 2017
Inside Coaching: Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning Results in Susanville, CA
Explore a 7th grade teacher's experiences with culturally responsive teaching and learning with her BetterLesson coach....
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