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Mar 2022
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Abeer Shinnawi, M.Ed. (@shinram1) - Chan...

WILL DEYAMPORT, III, ED.D.
About this episode

Abeer Shinnawi, M.Ed. is a Palestinian American educator of 18+ years. She has held a variety of leadership positions both in the U.S. in various school and district settings. Abeer is a veteran middle school social studies teacher who has used her own upbringing as a child of immigrants to help connect students, schools, and communities. Throughout her career, she has worked with schools, cultural institutions, and publishers to provide curriculum, content, and activities that reflect BIPOC students and teachers. She worked as a resource teacher in the Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Social Studies, leading curriculum development and supporting teachers. In addition, she served as an equity liaison and the co-facilitator of an affinity group for teachers of color. She also created and facilitated a student support group that provided safe spaces for immigrant students. Abeer has been featured in several conferences and podcasts and written several blogs, journals, and newsletter publications with the hopes to continue working with educators to empower students to share their narratives to work towards global equity, and justice.

  • my website is Altair Education Consulting
  • website is new 2019 (the pandemic and other personal reasons encouraged me to begin)
  • 1st gen Muslim/Arab American
  • grew up in Chicago

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