Teaching Fiercely: Spreading Joy and Justice in Our Schools

Chapter 4Pursue Joy by Thwarting Injustice: Develop Teacher Agency Through Reflective Practice and Collaboration

As a newer teacher in the early 2000s, I wouldn't have predicted just how deeply I would dive into the ecosystem of school over the next 15 years, how much I would delight in collaborating with other teachers and families, and how career sustaining I would find curriculum‐making to be. Certainly a major ingredient in the movement toward student centeredness and teacher agency is the love educators like myself and so many others have put forth in reclaiming their intellectualism and curriculum‐making as part of our profession. ...