Episode 56: On Being A Teacher - The Truth and Reality That We Don't Recognize with Kaitlyn Davis

Well, howdy, there, A;R Nation!

Welcome back to another episode of the A:R Podcast!

I like playing games with friends (like board games and trivia), and I've found that teachers make amazing teammates.

Feel the same way?

It might be because of how dynamic and versatile teachers have to be to do their job.

I'm super fortunate and excited to have my friend, Kaitlyn Davis, on this episode of the podcast.

Kaitlyn has been a public school teacher in Brooklyn for over a decade.

Not only is she teaching in a NYC Public School, but she teaches students where english is generally NOT the primary language of the student, or their family.

Talk about taking on a challenge!

In this episode, Kaitlyn shares some of her background, and the journey to becoming a public school teacher.

She shares with us some of the unique challenges that she has to navigate in her classroom, including language and resource barriers.

She carries us into the ups and downs of teaching - and the strength that relationship building gives her to continue pressing forward.

Kaitlyn gives us an in-depth look into the shift in teaching as a result of COVID, and all the audibles teachers, schools and families have had to call.

In light of the heightened actions we are seeing right now in America around racial equality and the treatment of Black people, she shares how teachers have had to navigate those challenging talks, and how a student helped to open that dialogue.

This is a really great, poignant, and revealing conversation, pulling back the curtain on a profession and industry that is generally overlooked and underappreciated - especially as so many parents have had to recently learn and experience what teachers do day in and day out.

To all of my teachers, thank you. This is the Adulthood:Revisited Podcast.