Rural Alternative Education on the Reservation with Courtney Leer

 

Rural Alternative Education on the Reservation with Courtney Leer

 

In this episode, we have the honor to spend some time with Courtney Leer, a teacher on the Yakama Reservation in Central Washington state.  

 

I was fortunate enough to meet her and attend her conference sessions on Neurology in the Classroom and Culturally Responsive Classroom Management.  She was incredible!  So, I asked if she would be willing to join me on the podcast.  She agreed!  

 

In this episode, we have a frank discussion about equity, relationships,  classroom management, teaching Alternative Education, cell phone use, and more.  

 

So much to learn from her.  Below I’ve put in links to some of the references made during the chat:

 

1.  Ruby Payne - Emotional Poverty
2. ACEs - Adverse Childhood Experiences
3. Dunning Krueger Effect
4. Brain Plasticity
5. Huberman Lab Podcast
6. WALA - Washington Assn for Learning Alternatives
7. Paper Tigers - Documentary on Alternative Education in Walla Walla Washington 
8. Contract Courtney at:  courtneyl@wapatoschools.org