Chris @cardamomo@octodon.social

@mrgah It takes all types. My kids will need great higher ed teachers someday! What do you do to foster student autonomy in your teaching?

@DialMforMara I think I get the federation part. It's the social side I'm curious about. Just wondering how it can fit into my life...

@jeffcliff Broadly speaking, it means recognizing the multiple participants shaping school communities and curricula. Students, parents, and teachers all have a voice. In the classroom, it means I'm making choices that balance students' autonomy with my need for control, tending toward more student autonomy over time.

@vampire I don't believe that. I see large-scale cooperatives that are major players in certain markets. I'm thinking of REI, Cabot, Organic Valley, Equal Exchange.

My #introduction:

I'm Chris, an elementary school teacher in Brooklyn. When I'm not surrounded by six-year-olds, I enjoy baking whole-grain sourdough, running, tending my rooftop garden, tinkering with my computer.

I'm also into cooperative movements and collective/communal living. I think we can make a better world by dismantling hierarchies and disarming systems of power and oppression. (What does that look like in practice? Let's chat.)

So, hello!

🏳️‍🌈 he / him / his

@starbreaker Thanks! 😄

All right, Mastodon, how do you work?