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I need to take into consideration the cultural norms, values and traditions of my students when I am teaching.

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I need to take into consideration the cultural norms, values and traditions of my students when I am teaching.

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In order for students to be able to learn and take risks they need to feel safe. By knowing our students and understanding their cultural backgrounds, we are building a safe learning environment for all students, which will help students to become independent thinkers.

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As teachers we should know the content we're teaching and we should come up with ways to help all our students become critical thinkers. 

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As teachers we should know the content we're teaching and we should come up with ways to help all our students become critical thinkers. 

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Culturally responsive teaching is a mindset and a way of thinking about and organizing instruction to allow for teaching flexibility. 

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Culturally responsive teaching is a mindset and a way of thinking about and organizing instruction to allow for teaching flexibility. 

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Each student thrives differently; as culturally responsible teachers we need to treat all students as individuals rather than assessing them as a whole.

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I will continue to evaluate my own biases and challenge them.

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We need to move from dependent learners to independent learners through culturally responsive teaching

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We need to move from dependent learners to independent learners through culturally responsive teaching

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Must remain open minded and give students time and freedom to express themselves.

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Understanding and being empathetic/sensitive towards the diverse needs and backgrounds of our students to better support their learning.

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Understanding and being empathetic/sensitive towards the diverse needs and backgrounds of our students to better support their learning.

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We must be aware of our own racial biases.

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the safety and commitment to the student, and understand the student learning ability do to the environment.

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I will continue to built culturally sensitive, individualized social rapport with students, to build trust for a non-punitive, celebratory creative drama classroom. 

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I will continue to built culturally sensitive, individualized social rapport with students, to build trust for a non-punitive, celebratory creative drama classroom. 

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Makes me think about what productive struggle looks like for  varying language levels.

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Better understanding the communities we serve is a first step. Then, we can work in aligning our teaching to the cultural appropriate ways and traditions of their children.

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Better understanding the communities we serve is a first step. Then, we can work in aligning our teaching to the cultural appropriate ways and traditions of their children.

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Honoring oral story traditions, collectivism, talking through and meaning negotiation...

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I must be aware of my students backgrounds and cultural norms

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I must be aware of my students backgrounds and cultural norms

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In order to make academic progress with our students we must first make a safe and culturally safe environment.

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In order to make academic progress with our students we must first make a safe and culturally safe environment.

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Consider ways to move students from some support to independent learners who love school and love to learn.

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This chapter reinforces the need to constantly develop and monitor a classroom climate and environment that include, welcome and appreciate everyone.

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This chapter reinforces the need to constantly develop and monitor a classroom climate and environment that include, welcome and appreciate everyone.

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I am committed to maintaining trusting and respectful relationships with my students, as well as their families. I'll reach out to families more often to bridge any communication gaps.

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I am committed to maintaining trusting and respectful relationships with my students, as well as their families. I'll reach out to families more often to bridge any communication gaps.

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Need to create rituals and routines that support a culture of learning!

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Students need to feel safe and comfortable in their learning environment in order to take risks and become independent learners.

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Students thrive in a safe, welcoming, and stress-free environment

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I need to be more cognizant of my teaching practices so its culturally responsive; my own cultural biases and perceptions to not hinder student learning; awareness for my students linguistic, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to inform teaching and learning; the strength and perseverance to get it done; and the knowledge to know we are not in it alone.

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Students are thinking critically.  How can we help them express their critical reasoning.

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I must be more aware of meeting my students social emotional needs, if possible, to create a safe learning environment where they are okay in being out of their comfort zone as they take on challenging work.

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I must be more aware of meeting my students social emotional needs, if possible, to create a safe learning environment where they are okay in being out of their comfort zone as they take on challenging work.

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Having high expectations for students and providing them with the opportunities to engage in meaningful tasks where they are synthesizing information.

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Having high expectations for students and providing them with the opportunities to engage in meaningful tasks where they are synthesizing information.

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This was a powerful read because it made me see the reality of my thinking concerning my own practice. I have at times, had my own assumptions about certain children will made me set the stage for how I communicate with/teach that child. This whole matter of "pedagogy of poverty"was an I opener. I realize that there is nothing new under the sun. We do the same things over and over but just change the name and not the way. I want to be able to plug into these students and get the power out that is within.

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This was a powerful read because it made me see the reality of my thinking concerning my own practice. I have at times, had my own assumptions about certain children will made me set the stage for how I communicate with/teach that child. This whole matter of "pedagogy of poverty"was an I opener. I realize that there is nothing new under the sun. We do the same things over and over but just change the name and not the way. I want to be able to plug into these students and get the power out that is within.

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As a classroom teacher I have tried to challenge students by presenting rigorous  opportunities for students to excel  

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As a classroom teacher I have tried to challenge students by presenting rigorous  opportunities for students to excel  

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Culturally responsive teaching starts with "you". We must be be aware of our students needs and use the appropriate tools to teach them and make them independent learners
and meet their needs to create a safe and empowering learning space.

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Authentic relationships are essential to being a "warm demander" and facilitate cognitively demanding tasks.

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As an inquiry facilitator, this section applies to my daily work supporting CPTs. I can do a better job asking whether our collaborative decisions are leading to "opportunities in the classroom to develop cognitive skills and habits of mind" that would close the achievement gap.