Hear is what readers are saying about Centering Student Voice.
Breath of Fresh Air
Glover uses the first person to make a connection with the reader just as she hopes the reader will do with their students. Glover’s take on student engagement utilizing Emotional Intelligence and Social Emotional Learning is a breath of fresh air. She encourages the educator to use their Emotional Intelligence by considering ways to assist the student in forming an authentic relationship with them
Highly Recommended!
Once teachers let go of the power they may hold, they can find out what their scholars are experts of and show them connections between that and the content. This isn’t necessarily easy to do, especially since most curriculums are created from a White perspective, with limited representation of cultural diversity, experiences, and perspectives. But Dr. Glover gives examples and ways to learn if a teacher is struggling to find that connection. This book is for teachers who want to reflect on their own identity and not only grow as a teacher, but a person. Highly recommended!
Restorative Approach
Being a disrupter is about seeing and interacting through a culturally responsive mindset. It’s about building authentic relationships. Along with a working definition of being a disrupter, Dr. Glover provides points of reflection and strategies to develop positive relationships with students. This book would be great for new teachers who want to create a classroom environment conducive to learning by connecting and building relationships with students. It would also be beneficial for administrators and staff members who are looking for a restorative approach to discipline.
Inspirational and Practical
Guide For Cultivating Emotionally Intelligent Educators and Culturally Responsive Classrooms, written by Dr. Erica Glover, is a survivor’s guide for all educators. Her book gave me great insight into valuing the culture and diversity of our learners, the importance of building relationships with our learners, and an understanding of not only our learners’ emotional intelligence but our emotional intelligence. I recommend this book to teachers, educators, school districts, and nonprofits serving school-age (K-12) learners. This inspirational and practical read can be used in any classroom setting firsthand. I see this book as the new Harry Wong of our time.
Improving Our Learning Environment
Readers will enjoy her keen and thoughtful narrative that builds her personal experiences and scholarly arguments into conclusions with actionable items the reader can take to dismantle American educational problems she rightfully points out and improve teacher practices. Teacher-scholars will also benefit significantly from Dr. Glover’s insights and recommended action steps for establishing stronger relationships between the school and student families. While the book has educators in mind, I think her insights and advice are valuable to anyone who cares about improving our learning environments for all learners.
Improve and Reshape My Classroom
What I found to be most helpful is the natural tendency for me, the reader and an experienced teacher, to visualize each “way”. I found myself reflecting on my current classroom. I was able to identify several ways, opportunities, to improve and reshape that space with each of the seven ways described in Chapter 4.
