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Culturally responsive teaching means using students’ customs, characteristics, experience, and perspectives as tools for better classroom instruction.

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Misconceptions about culturally relevant teaching.

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5 guiding principles to culturally responsive teaching

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5 guiding principles to culturally responsive teaching

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● Improve the learning capacity of diverse students.
● Center instruction around the cognitive aspects of teaching and learning.
● Build resilience and an academic mindset by providing pushback against the deficit narratives about students of color.

1. CRT is assets-based

2. CRT simultaneously supports and challenges students.

3. CRT paces students at the center of learning.

4. CRT leverages students linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

5. CRT unites students schools, families, and communities.

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Students and teachers all bring unique perspectives to the classroom, including different:

Biases

Traumas

Identities

Experiences

Assumptions

Backgrounds

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How to create a culturally responsive classroom.

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How to create a culturally responsive classroom.

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In order to create an atmosphere of culturally relevant teaching your classroom needs to include the 4 following strategies, competence (authenticity & effectiveness), inclusion (respect & connectedness), attitude (choice & personal relevance), and meaning (challenge & engagement).

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How to develop culturally responsive lesson plans

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How to develop culturally responsive lesson plans

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Including out of school life into lesson plans

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Including out of school life into lesson plans