S4 EP 3 Building Resilience: Encouraging Student Confidence and Engagement in Diverse Classrooms

Mariam Lee 

Interventionist Specialist/MTSS Lead

Quote of the Podcast:  

Education is a passport to freedom and the means to unlock the globe.- Oprah Winfrey

Introduction of Guest BIO –  

Mariam Lee has been making an impact in education for the past 15 years. She has taught K-5 for 10 years in a title 1 school and made the switch during the 2020 pandemic into intervention. The past 5 years, her focus has been as a reading and math K-5 interventionist as well as MTSS Lead. She knew that she was called to teach, inspire, and attempt to close the academic and social and emotional learning gap even more so in both the all girls and all boys STEM schools.

Interview 

Agents of Change: Leaders/Innovators 

●        30,000 Ft. View – Why do we, as a society invest in education? 

●       What drew you to education? 

●       mental health of teachers/mentoring

●       What are the biggest challenges to you? 

●       What would you like decision-makers to know? 

Podcast/book shoutouts 

 Abbott Elementary 

Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott

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Intro and Outro by Dynamix Productions