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Be able to make my teaching better by learning more about my students and their cultures.

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1 Take Away

It is our job to make students believe they can grow their ability and teach them how to maximize their potential.  

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3 key ideas
1-moving from best practices to open mindedness
2-embracing culture
3-racism is certainly a first cousin of cultural blindness and cultural improficiency but it is profoundly different

2 push backs
1- since we all our without exception tainted by traces of racism
2-the notion that everyone has to do something the same way

1 take away
cultural acceptance and inclusion in every day environments

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Curiosity is key. To make my own teaching better, to know my own students more.

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2 push backs

It is hard to focus on this with new curriculum and moving parts.

Time built in for group work around this subject.

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1. Cultural proficiency is necessary in order to make all students feel welcome and feel that they can succeed.

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1.Many of us are not aware of students culture, should work on it but it doesn't seem easy.
2. Not being able to speak their language( students).

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Be aware ot other cultures .Find out some important thing that they bring from their culture.

Learn from other teachers as well as students.

Shift from best practices to repertoire and matching

Curiosity and continuous learning about cultures of all students

All students should be valued

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3  key ideas: 

increase cultural awareness and proficiency

learn from best practices

curiosity and continuous learning of teachers about other cultures/languages

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1. There are many outstanding professional teachers at work in our schools.
2. Cultural proficiency is a particularly important area for professional development.
3. Curiosity and continuous learning about the cultures of all students.

Take Away:
1. We are all tainted by traces of racism.

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I think its helps his business model to paint teachers as "culturally improficient." We are in a human relationship business and its the teacher's responsibility to find a way to connect with every student in their class. 

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I think its helps his business model to paint teachers as "culturally improficient." We are in a human relationship business and its the teacher's responsibility to find a way to connect with every student in their class. 

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Best practices should come from research based studies

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1. Language barrier is hard to overcome - it's not so easy to just ask kids about their culture when some of them speak 0 English and there are not many/any speakers of their language
2. Some cultures attitudes towards special needs students or LGBT community don't really need to have a platform

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Cultural improficiency in the classroom leaves students who are culturally and linguistically diverse feeling misunderstood and excluded.
2. Teachers should be responsible for learning the students cultural background
3. Shifting colleagues from the best practices to the repertoire and matching way of thinking

Take Away- Build stronger relationships with students and take the time to learn about their background and cultures

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3-Key Ideas:
*Microaggressions are committed by unaware individuals
*Behaviors toward students believed to be academically less able
*we are all tainted with traces of racism
2-Push backs
* In a self-contained class, it is challenging to attend to one particular language group when there are several languages spoken
*Many students doubt themselves...so...
1 Take-Away:
*It is our job to make students believe they can grow in ability.

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3 key ideas
1. Be aware of trap of cultural racism
2. Initiative for cultural proficiency
3. The necessity of learning/understanding multiple languages

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3 key ideas:
1.Move from "Best Practices" to "repertoire and matching" way of thinking.
2. Cultural proficiency is important for professional development.
3.Cultural improficiency arises from lack of interest, awareness and respect for other cultures.
2 Push backs:
1..."we are all, without exception, tainted by racism..."
2. The notion that everyone has to everything the same way.
1 Take Away:
Cultural acceptance and inclusion need to be an authentic part of professional development in order to improve cultural proficiency and inclusiveness.

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3-2-1 (Tegan, Jeanne, Arianna, Amy, Alex)

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3-2-1 (Tegan, Jeanne, Arianna, Amy, Alex)

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3 Key ideas:
1. "We are all, without exception, tainted by traces of racism and belief of the bell curve of ability."
2. "Racism is the first cousin of cultural blindness."
3. "All this requires humble and skillful leadership by district officials, school principals, and teachers."

2 Pushbacks:
1. What are some suggestions for solutions? This is a conversation starter, what are the next steps?
2. How can we teach cultural proficiency to teachers when the same subject is only lightly covered in our current curriculum?

1. Take Away
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gt.html

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Alternative classroom styles can be in a repertoire without pushing exclusively best practices

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1. Teachers are responsible for getting to know the cultural backgrounds of their students for the best learning outcome.
2.Understanding students' cultural identity allows students to feel valued and therefore more  confident learners.
3.Teachers must have a constantly improving their cultural sensitivity as well as expand their knowledge of where their students are from.

Take Away- I will incorporate more assignments that focus on my students' traditions and culture.

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1. Need more Spanish speaking people in the building
2. It's difficult to be culturally proficient for all of your students when you have students from all over the world coming in and out of your classroom.

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THREE
- view teaching as vast repertoire of practices
- shift from best practices to "repertoire and matching"
- cultural proficiency is important area of professional development
TWO
- lots of cultures to become proficient in
- making time in the classroom for discussions in a time of "high stakes" testing
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Cultural proficiency is another way/aspect of saying that developing positive relationships with students is very important

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Be aware of different cultures

Take time to read about countries

Cultural profile cry important for PD

Is it possible to do this for everyone??  Many countries represented here

Do we have to translate all documents in SEVERAL languages?

1 - most of us have no idea about the culture of these children

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learning about culture means a lot to our students
always be aware or try to be aware of our own biases
data shows disproportionate discipline and SPED for certain subgroups

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1. Teachers influence each other
2. Value other cultures
3. Discuss what works, what doesn't

2 Push Backs:
1. Student's role
2. Language as a barrier

Take away-
Share best practices with each other for best result

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Shifting from "best Practices" to "repertoire to matching"

Cultural proficiency for professional development

Cultural improficiencey arises from lack of interest, awareness and respect for other cultures

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1 - teaching is a vast repertoire of practices that need to be matched to individual classroom situations

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1 - teaching is a vast repertoire of practices that need to be matched to individual classroom situations

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Not being able to speak or understand Spanish Fluently

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1. Shift from best practices to repertoire and way of thinking 2. work in team
3. help each other to move toward best practices.

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1. The way racism manifests itself
2. Racism and cultural blindness can have the same result
3. We need to see teaching as an ever evolving repertoire of skills
2 Push Backs
1. Although I mostly agree with the article, I wonder where the student's role play in
2. I disagree with the concept that we are all tainted with racism
1 - Take Away
1. It is a good reminder to make connections with students and to be genuinely invested in them as people.

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1. teachers should have a "vast repertoire" vs a set way of doing things.
2.  cultural improfieciency in the classroom leaves students who are culturally & linquisitcally  diverse feeling misunderstood & excluded.
3. it's all about curiosity and continuous learning

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The fundamentals of high-expertise teaching have not been provided to or expected of large portions of our teacher corps.
An important step is orchestrating meetings where teachers are constantly talking about what's working and what's not.
"It is our job to make [students of color who doubt themselves] believe they can grow their ability."
Push Backs
How can a teacher proficiency be: "all students feeling valued"? I can do things to help students feel valued, but I can't make them feel valued.
Take Away
We need to work to be aware of differences among us, accepting of different ways of doing things, and work together for the good of all.

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3.1: We benefit from observing the teaching styles of other educators.
3.2: Cultural proficiency is necessary for educators to ensure that all students' needs are being met.
3.3: We should see a shift from "best practices" to the "repertoire and matching" way of thinking.
2.1: The tone of the article is condescending toward experienced educators.
2.2:  Saphier failed to cite any research other than his own.
1: Cultural diversity training is lacking in education today.

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What does culturally proficient PD look like? How can that be structured so the dominant white culture isn't creating the PD

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1. Have to shift from best practices mindset to repertoire and matching way of thinking.

2. Cultural improficiency arises from a lack of interest, awareness, and respect for other cultures.

3.  If some students of color doubt themselves, it is our job to make them believe they can grow their ability and teach them how to act effectively from that belief.

2 Push-backs
1. In the process, we will have to work hard to convince ourselves, since we are all, without exception, tainted by traces of racism and belief in the bell curve of ability.

2.  Some ways racism manifests itself in schools: Views of intelligence as innate, fixed, and unevenly distributed by group.

1 Take Away
All this requires humble and skillful leadership by district officials, school principals, and teachers.

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3 Key ideas:
1. Teachers should discuss what's working and what's not working.
2.  Teachers should be flexible and try different approaches.
3.  Teachers should value all students and not demonstrate racism.

2 Push Backs:
1. I have nothing to push back.  Everything sounded good.
2.  The only thing is that it may be difficult to learn about all of the students' cultures especially if the student doesn't talk about his/her culture or may have faced trauma in his/her homeland and doesn't want to share his/her experiences.

1 Take Away:
Learning about students' lives and where they come is important.

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3 key ideas
1)
Be open to different ways of running lessons/classrooms.  Good to share/discuss with colleagues
2) Be aware of different cultures in the classroom
3) Continue to learn about different cultures on own and professional development
2 Push-Backs
1) Some of the wording seems insulting
2) I think our job is to help any child who doubts themselves and to value all students...part of the job.
Take-Away
"matching" your lesson with your students is more important than "best practices"

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1. Relationships are everything

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3-Cultural proficiency is a particularly important area for professional development.
2-cultural improficiency arises from lack of interest, awareness, and respect for other cultures
1-some way racism manifests itself in school: Tracking and disproportionate placement of students in special ed.

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1) shift from best practices to repertoire and matching
2) Cultural improficiency  in the classroom leaves students feeling misunderstood and excluded.
3) It is our job to make students of color believe that they can grow their abilities and teach them how to act effectively from that belief.
2 Push-Backs:
1) "We are all without exception tainted by traces of racism and belief in the bell curve of ability"- how to incorporate this into my current views
2) How do we help others see beyond their silos? And how do we gain more skills when others are unable to take questions or accept help?

1 Take away:
1)  Be able to see other teachers to find more "tools for the toolbox"

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Repertoire and matching
Teachers talking what's working and what is not
Influence Colleagues towards ideas that are valued
Cultural Proficiency

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3 key ideas:
1. Successful classroom "encourages debate and professional problem solving"
2. Teachers' job is "to make them believe they can grow their ability and teach them how to act effectively from that belief.
3. "Quest for racial awareness and antiracist teaching should propel us to push back on negative stereotypes, correct distortions, etc...

2 push backs:
1. It's difficult to focus on the students' backgrounds when there is an emphasis on scores.

1 take-away:
We should value students and their individuality

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1. Teachers  share the their repertoire of practices
2. A new idea that that repertoire can be "matched" to individual students rather than aligned to "best practices"
3.Teachers benefit from workingin teams to determine "repertoire" and matching

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Professional development should involve educating teachers about the cultures most prominent in their district; some time should be put aside for students to share their native cultural experiences;
Push backs:  Teachers that I work with seem sensitive to students from other cultures and do not show biases toward them; All students should feel valued and encouraged
Take away: Not only teachers, but students, should be educated in empathy. This should be on-going, not just single-lesson.

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1. We need to match our practices to individual student needs, rather than only using "best practices"
2.  Students need to feel like they are understood and valued.
3. Students need to know that they are in an environment where they can grow.

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1. A crucial first step is shifting from " best practices" to the repertoire and matching"
2. Cultural improficiency in the classroom leaves students who are culturally and linguistically diverse feeling misunderstood and excluded.

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1. One cultural barrier is that I've encountered and struggled with responding to is when parents believe that their child's disability/behavior comes from a cultural reason (i.e. not praying enough/the devil visiting them)
2. Need more Spanish Speaking people in the building

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Key Ideas:
1) "Different educator behaviors toward students believed to be academically less able."
2) "... leaders who take the initiative to influence colleagues toward ideas they value and move the school toward practices they believe will strengthen everyone."
3) Shift from "best practices" to "repertoire and matching"
2 push backs:
1) How do you get everyone on board? -- Mindset change in the building
2) Time for PD and observations of other teachers.
1 Take Away
1) It is our job to make students feel valued and that they can grow their ability.

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3 Key Ideas
1.  Shift from "best practices" to "repertoire and matching."

2. All children need to feel valued.
3.  We should help students grow their ability.

2 Push-backs
1.  How to you make students feel valued?
2.  Students enter school at different times throughout the year.

1 Take -Away
1.  Share with colleagues what works in your classroom.

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1. "Racism is a first cousin of cultural blindness"
2. If students of color doubt themselves, it is our job to make them believe they can grow/believe in themselves
3. Shifting from "best practices" to "repertoire and matching" way of thinking

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3 Key Ideas
2 Push-backs
1 Take-Away