1 / 12

Turning the Ships Around: Connecting with African American Males

Turning the Ships Around: Connecting with African American Males. Brenda L. Walker, Ph.D., J.D. Professor University of South Florida 974-1385 btownsen@coedu.usf.edu October 1, 2009 Roanoke, VA. About the Presenter…. Experiences Schooling Background. Advance Organizer. Imagery

amaranta
Download Presentation

Turning the Ships Around: Connecting with African American Males

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Turning the Ships Around: Connecting with African American Males Brenda L. Walker, Ph.D., J.D. Professor University of South Florida 974-1385 btownsen@coedu.usf.edu October 1, 2009 Roanoke, VA

  2. About the Presenter… Experiences Schooling Background

  3. Advance Organizer • Imagery • School Outcomes • Culturally-Responsive Teaching • Strategies for turning the ships around

  4. Schooling Outcomes for African American Males • Social gap • Retention • Time-out • Suspension & expulsion • Limited leadership experiences • Early school leaving

  5. National suspension data • African American males suspended over 3 times their percentage in student population • African American students receive more office referrals and suspensions (Skiba)

  6. A Virginia School District • African American students received 40% of the office referrals • Twice the rate of white students

  7. Calls for culturally responsive instruction and communication Culture- System of values, beliefs, and standards which guide people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors (Au, 1993)

  8. Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) Teaching practices that use: cultural knowledge prior experiences performance styles CRT makes learning more appropriate and effective for students from diverse backgrounds (Gay 2000).

  9. African American Students • Movement expressiveness • Verve • Affect • Communalism • Expressive individualism • Spirituality • Relationships (Allen & Boykin, 1992)

  10. Language Symbols Styles Popular culture

  11. Culturally responsive strategies • Engage in self-and institutional critiques • Reconstruct imagery of African American males • Re-engineer attitudes and belief systems • Adopt ethics of care and respect • Raise expectations and motivation • Use strength-based teaching and communication techniques

  12. Culturally responsive strategies Make ethical decisions • Conduct “Segmented marketing” • Engage in sustained professional and personal growth and development activities • Develop nontraditional partnerships with students, families, and communities • Broker school and community resources

More Related