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Are You Culturally Responsive? K3C3 32

Are You Culturally Responsive? K3C3 32. Dr. Laura McLaughlin Taddei. Learning Outcomes. Create increased awareness of cultural responsiveness Explore and discuss ways to be culturally responsive including strategies that learners can use in their own classrooms

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Are You Culturally Responsive? K3C3 32

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  1. Are You Culturally Responsive?K3C3 32 Dr. Laura McLaughlin Taddei

  2. Learning Outcomes • Create increased awareness of cultural responsiveness • Explore and discuss ways to be culturally responsive including strategies that learners can use in their own classrooms • Discuss the literature on culturally responsive pedagogy

  3. Examples of Widely Used Ground Rules • Ground rules should be developed and adapted for every unique context. Appropriate ground rules may depend partially on age, region, and other contextual factors. The following list of common ground rules from equity, diversity, and social justice related classes and workshops should serve only as a starting point for your process of creating a similar list suitable to your own situation: • Listen actively -- respect others when they are talking. • Speak from your own experience instead of generalizing ("I" instead of "they," "we," and "you"). • Do not be afraid to respectfully challenge one another by asking questions, but refrain from personal attacks -- focus on ideas. • Participate to the fullest of your ability -- community growth depends on the inclusion of every individual voice. • Instead of invalidating somebody else's story with your own spin on her or his experience, share your own story and experience. • The goal is not to agree -- it is to gain a deeper understanding. • Be conscious of body language and nonverbal responses -- they can be as disrespectful as words. • Excerpt from Edchange.org

  4. Find Your Quote • Walk around the room and find the quote that you can relate to the most • Stand by your quote • Tell us why?

  5. What is Respect? • Please find someone in the room who you do not know. Introduce yourself to that person, and spend five to ten minutes talking about respect. What does it mean for you to show respect, and what does it mean for you to be shown respect?

  6. Rotating Trio Exchange • Group I – What does culture mean to you? • Group 2 – What are characteristics of a culturally responsive educator/administrator? • Group 3 – How have you or will you deal with diversity issues in your work environment?

  7. Culturally Responsive • National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt) defines culturally responsive as • “Ability to learn from and relate respectfully with people of your own culture as well as those from other cultures”(NCCRESt, 2006-2008) • Gay (2010) described culturally responsive teaching as: • “using the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, frames of reference, and performance styles of ethnically diverse students to make learning encounters more relevant to and effective for them.

  8. Culturally Responsive Educators possess the following characteristics • Socially conscious • An affirming attitude towards students from diverse backgrounds • Demonstrate commitment and skill to act as an agent of change • Practices and beliefs aligned with a constructivist theory • Desire to learn about students and culturally responsive teaching • (Villegas & Lucas, 2002 as cited by Kea, Campbell-Whatley & Richards, 2006)

  9. Exploring Pathway to Cultural Competence • Please go here - http://www.pakeys.org/uploadedContent/Docs/Early%20Learning%20Programs/Other%20Programs/Teachers%20Checklist.pdf • 8 concepts to explore and teach each other when thinking about cultural competency – 8 expert groups to share their concept

  10. Activity – Questions for Reflective Practice • Handout – The ABCs of Culturally Responsive Conflict Resolution • Complete handout • Discuss with partner • Follow-up activity – observe a peer in the classroom and provide feedback on what you see

  11. Strategies to Develop Culturally Responsive Students • Modeling social justice teaching • Using culturally responsive curriculum approaches • Critical Reflection • Using Narrative • Building Community

  12. Tips to use in the classroom • Have discussions surrounding controversies and inequities that are going on in the field • Ask students to share their experiences • Provide student opportunities to interact in the community • Model through simulations, reflective writing, case studies, games, social and group affiliations, and exploring personal history and development

  13. Speak Up Against Bias • Interrupt • Question • Educate • Echo • http://www.tolerance.org/publication/speak-school/basic-strategies

  14. Activities/Resources • http://www.collegesuccess1.com/DiversityM.htm • http://www.tolerance.org/ • http://www.psyking.net/HTMLobj-2305/Embracing_Diversity.New_Faculty07.pdf • http://www.uww.edu/learn/diversity/dozensuggestions.php • http://www.pakeys.org/uploadedContent/Docs/Early%20Learning%20Programs/Other%20Programs/Teachers%20Checklist.pdf • Edchange.org • http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/home/index.html

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