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1. Culturally Responsive Teaching Tarrell Berry School Improvement Specialist tberry2@doe.in.gov @EducateIN

2. Session Objectives • Develop Cultural Awareness • Provide Access to High-Level, Challenging, Culturally Relevant Curriculum and Instruction • Learn to Effectively Collaborate with Parents and Families • Make Classroom Assessment Equitable and Valid for All Students @EducateIN

3. What is Culture? • Culture - a person or peoples way of living, shared behaviors, beliefs, customs, values, and ways of knowing that guides groups of people in their daily life and are transmitted from one generation from the next. • Culture affects how people learn, remember, reason, solve problems, and communicate

4. Developing Cultural Awareness Step 2 The teacher develops awareness of students cultural identities. Step 2 The teacher develops awareness of students cultural identities. Step 1 The teacher develops awareness of his or her own cultural identity, values, attitudes, and biases. Step 2 The teacher develops awareness of students cultural identities. Step 3 The teacher is knowledgeable about the culture of the school and seeks ways to accommodate it to students’ needs.

5. Developing Cultural Awareness A culturally competent teacher knows: • Everyone has a cultural identity • Everyone learns about his/her own culture and cultural values • Understands the primary attributes of U.S. school culture varies from students’ individual cultures • Address and embrace the cultural differences of students • Recognizes the impact of a “hidden curriculum” A curriculum that presents student cultures in a positive light invites student participation. (Sheets, 1995) Lessons in which students’ everyday experiences are recognized as sources of knowledge promotes student voice. (Kordalweski 1999) • Student Voice

6. Five Standards for Effective Pedagogy The following five (5) research-based standards for effective pedagogy are useful tools in maintaining a challenging curriculum for all students: • Teachers and Students Working Together • Developing Language and Literacy Skills Across All Curriculums • Connecting Lessons to Students’ Lives • Engaging Students with Challenging Lessons • Emphasizing Dialogue Over Lectures High expectations are maintained for all students. Developed by scholars at the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE) .

7. Collaborating with Parents and Families Key Practices: • Build trusting collaborative relationships among teachers and families. • Recognize, respect, and address family needs, as well as class and cultural differences. • Embrace a philosophy of partnership where power and responsibility are shared. • #engageALLfamilies

8. Collaborating with Parents/Families Key Teacher Responsibilities: • Use cultural knowledge to communicate with families • Promote two-way learning. • Assume parents ARE interested in their children's schooling and offers flexibility for participation. • Use cultural knowledge to mediate between home and school; advocate for what students and families need. • Support family members in acquiring skills that families deem important. • #AssumeTheBest

9. Activity Time This activity will challenge you to reconsider the ways in which you incorporate families into your building life. Let's generate a list of all the ways your school connects with families.

10. Reality Check Label each activity with any that apply: -P for Presence required on school grounds -S for Students are involved in planning/event -L for School is learning from/ listening to families -B for Barriers for families to attend or participate -E for Families actively engaged in partnerships/ decision making

12. Making Assessments Equitable and Valid Language is involved in almost all forms of educational assessment. Even when assessment is based on performance or nonverbal skills, language is commonly used in directions or in mental formulation of a response. A student's reading ability strongly influences their performance. Be mindful to assess skill and content knowledgeand not language proficiency. • #equity4allKids

13. Making Assessments Equitable & Valid Keys for Equitable Assessment: • Teacher ensures that students and their families understand the purpose and consequences of assessments. • Teacher uses multiple methods of assessment and multiple samples of performance to make decisions about students. • Teacher allows student choice about forms and times of assessment and provides enough time for all students. • Teacher manages language demands in ways that maximize each students performance.

14. Thank You! Tarrell Berry School Improvement Specialist tberry2@doe.in.gov

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