During my classes last February, we watched a video that highlights the book, Fugitive Pedagogy, written by Dr. Jarvis Givens, Assistant Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The video provides an introduction to the term fugitive pedagogy coined by Dr. Givens which he defines as African-Americans' physical and intellectual acts that explicitly challenged antiblack protocols of educational domination; actions that often took place in discreet or partially concealed fashion. Dr. Jarvis' focus in the video is on the teacher and the textbook and how insurgent intellectuals use competing narratives of black life to offer a liberating educational experience in segregated black schools. Following the viewing, candidates in my classes, first-year teachers from diverse age groups and backgrounds, shared their impressions from the video. While their comments reflect a range of reactions, one commonality is that they each found the video compelling.

January is National Mentoring Month!

Over the summer, Rutgers Alternate Route connected with our mentors to share what it was like working with their mentees. The response was unanimous: Rutgers Alternate Route mentors LOVED working with their mentees!

We've gathered mentor responses and organized them into a blog to highlight these meaningful relationships.

Rutgers Alternate Route strives to offer new teachers the best resources and necessary advice from seasoned educators.

During our fall meeting for Diverse Teachers For Diverse Schools (DTDS), we asked our veteran instructors share ideas and activities based off of questions from novice teachers.

We turned this advice into a blog so it may be shared with educators far and wide!

Rutgers Alternate Route hosted a Safe Schools Twitter Chat, bringing together

Rutgers Alternate Route strives to offer new teachers the best resources and necessary advice from seasoned educators.

During our fall meeting for Diverse Teachers For Diverse Schools (DTDS), we asked novice teachers to share any questions they had. In turn, we posed the questions to our professional learning community to weigh in.

We turned this advice into a blog so it may be shared with educators far and wide!