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Three things that interest me:
1. Building relationships from day 1 will help students trust you and want to learn.
2. Using strategies to communicate high expectations to all students will improve learning.
3. Creating a safe, inviting environment is critical to gaining their trust and building those relationships

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Developing a rapport with my students, creating a safe and caring environment for my students to learn and creating a sense of belonging. It's important for me to get to know my students because I am the minority in my school so I am curious and ask my students questions about certain aspects of their life to help me understand them.

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3 Interests
1. I am interested in getting to know my students and their likes and dislikes both inside and outside the school environment.
2. I want to celebrate with them. I want to celebrate what makes them happy and what makes them feel successful and I want to encourage them to find those things in life that make them feel accomplished.
3. I want to create a safe environment for my students. One where they feel physically, emotionally and spiritually safe.

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My 3 Interests
1 building relationships with my students and the students building relationships with each other.
2. Celebrating our students different ethnicities in the classroom throughout the year.
3. Giving families an opportunity to connect through different social media platforms FB private group and family game night once a month where families are welcome to share their favorite game.

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I am interested in getting to know my students and their cultures, showing that I care, and creating a safe space.

I wonder how to learn specific cultural nuances and how to get to know families.

3C. Demonstrate an awareness of different cultures and a respect for human dignity

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Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher

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Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher

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In culturally responsive teaching I am interested in forming relationships with and among my students; through knowing my students the classroom is both friendly and engaging; and creating a culture of caring.

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Build relationships

Create a save environment

Build a sense of belonging

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3. Interested in learning more about my students and their individual cultures; creating an intellectually safe environment; building relationships.
2. I would like to increase my content to include more representation. How do I get more diverse books into my curriculum with limited resources?
1. Current practice: responding individually to students.

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Three things that interest me: 1) Increasing student achievement through culturally responsive teaching. 2) Acknowledging explicit and implicit bias. 3) Incorporating culturally responsive teaching to address the needs of my students with reading disabilities. Two questions: 1) What are some strategies to increase buy-in throughout the school building for cultural responsiveness. 2) What are examples of culturally responsive practices that can be implemented daily? Similar practice: Social Awareness.

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Create a safe environnment.

Build Relationships through even the smallest of things.

Build a sense of belonging from day one.

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Three things that interest me about culturally responsive teaching are:
1. Getting students involved in decorating the classroom with their own cultures.
2. Creating a safe and caring environment where students feel welcome and respected.
3. Learner engagement.

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Three things about this that I like is that it builds trust in the classroom, develops rapport with them, and create an environment where you want to belong.

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3: build strong relationships, allow for student voice, create a safe environment

2: Increasing my diverse book collection, building capacity in my department

1: a sense of belonging

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One practice that is similar is the building of positive relationships, a sense of belonging and making sure your students know you care about them.

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REFLECTION - BECOMING A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHER

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REFLECTION - BECOMING A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHER

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Three things that interest me about culturally responsive teaching are:  1. create a belief in my students that at this moment my teacher believes in me, sees me, and respects me; 2. building relationships from the very first moment each student walks into my classroom; and 3. maintaining that positive relationship throughout the school year.

Two questions you have about culturally responsive teaching that I want to learn more about are: 1. What resources are available to me through my school/school district to help me achieve my goals; and 2. how to include social/economic diversity into this component.

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1. Build relationships
2. Building trust
3.Build a sense of belonging

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Three things that interest me include:
1. Building those relationships by learning about my students' differences.
2. Gearing my lessons within a framework that fits their values while also including the values of others.
3. Teaching my kids that knowledge can lead to acceptance.

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3 things
1. Building trusting relationships
2. Creating a safe environment for students to share
3. Engaging students & their families

2 Questions
1. How to teach this at a school where there is little to no cultural diversity
2. What texts would be best to use

1 practice
Ensuring all students feel valued and accepted

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1. Where can I find more culturally responsive lessons?
2. How do you connect with a child who is not opening up to his/her own culture?

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I think it is critical to make sure the child's whole environment is involved. Not just as a teacher but parents, and school families, principals and social workers. 

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I think it is critical to make sure the child's whole environment is involved. Not just as a teacher but parents, and school families, principals and social workers. 

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Being culturally responsible helps the child learn within the context of what they are surrounded with and are comfortable with in their day to day life. ,making learning very personable

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Three things that interest me about Culturally Responsive Teaching

1) Learning about my students
2) taking what is Culturally important to them and using that in my lessons to includes all students and make them feel important.
3) Showing students that different cultural beliefs is not a "bad" things and that they should embrace what makes them unique.

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I would like to include more culturally diverse lessons. My class is not very culturally diverse, so it would be helpful to know what resources I could use to reach my students.

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I used a premade curriculum in my classroom, so I would be interested to know how to modify it to meet the cultural needs of my students. I also feel like the culturally diversity is limited in the school district I teach in, but I would guess that perhaps there are some things that I am not picking up on, so it would be helpful to find ways to identify where one might be not picking up on diversity that exists in an area.

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Since we are addressing SEL and students feeling valued, I believe it is of the utmost importance to search out the similarities and differences among students beyond ethnicity, which is only what one can see (and assume). Representation has been at the forefront of many a discussion over the past few years and I believe it ought to be addressed and a required part of every teacher program. I was, personally, not prepared for my first teaching experience, which was far different that my cultural upbringing and having background knowledge of and continued mentoring and learning about, both, that culture as well implicit bias and representation in the classroom, would've helped me tremendously in my first few years.

I aim for it and learn more about it often. My wish is to help educate my students and be a positive role model to them and others around me to do and feel the same.

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I would like to know how to create these lessons, when your class isn't VERY culturally diverse? As a Social Studies teacher, we look at various cultures and know how it's not just race and country of origin that makes a culture. But to actually create a lesson that covers this SEL, would be very helpful.

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1. creating a safe environment for all my students
2. building relationships with my students will make communication easier with their families and possibly future siblings
3. helping my students to be respectful of others cultures and beliefs

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1. Building a relationship with my students that extends to their families.  Many of my students have younger siblings, so I'm bound to have them eventually.  Having that relationship built with the whole family will benefit me tenfold.
2.  Making sure my environment is welcoming and a place for students to feel safe to share with myself and other students.
3.  Teaching my students accountable talk to help foster respectful and meaningful class discussions.

1. With my class lacking diversity, really focusing on implementing diverse text selections that take students out of their comfort zone.
2.  Creating a trustworthy environment where students feel comfortable to take risks and share opinions/feelings.

1. I always stand outside my door during each hour and greet my students one by one as they enter. It helps me, just in that quick moment, gauge where they might be in that moment as they are entering my class. It helps me meet them where they are.

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1. creating relationships with students
2. making sure all students feel valued
3. engagement

1.creating trust among students
2. discussing cultures that are not represented within our classroom.

One practice that is similar is the morning check ins with each student.

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Two questions that I have about culturally responsive teaching......What kind of lesson activities can we do to talk about diversity in classrooms that are not culturally diverse? Also, how can I build relationships with students who come from cultures who do not trust people who are from my own ethnic background?

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Three things that interest me about culturally responsive teaching:
1. Being able to build relationships with students and furthering that relationship to their families
2. Engaging students in the classroom with the help of creating a safe environment
3. Creating a welcoming environment for students to learn about each other and from each other.

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1: building relations with students
2: Building a classroom community where all students feel valued
3: Making sure all students feel safe and heard

1: How to implement diversity into a non-diverse classroom?
2: How to help students build trust into one another at school?

1: Greeting students every morning and asking about their life- for social practice and for a better understanding. I love to make my students feel heard.

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3 things that interest me:
* Building a partnership with my students so that they trust me to help them in any circumstance.
* Building a community of learners where everyone feels valued and cherished.
* Implementing high expectations so that students will rise to the challenge of learning and not want everything given to them.
2 questions
* I would like to learn more about ways to implement more diversity into a non-diverse classroom.
* I would like to learn more about integrating culture responsiveness into what I already teach. What are some routines that I could use?
1 way culture responsiveness relates to SEL
By creating a safe classroom environment and become a partner with students also serves to support positive social emotional interactions.

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Three things that interest me:
1. Building relationships from day 1 will help students trust you and want to learn.
2. Using strategies to communicate high expectations to all students will improve learning.
3. Creating a safe, inviting environment is critical to gaining their trust and building those relationships.

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I am interested in building better relationships with families and students, recognizing my own personal biases, and creating a safe environment for students to encourage high expectations and effective management. I want to learn more about practices to help me understand my own biases and ways to teach children how to accept other cultures.

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The main thing that interest me is getting to know my students and their families thru out the school year. With building these relationships I can better understand their background and cultures. This is helpful cause I can better relate to them , and also look at areas i need to be better at as a teacher.

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A) Building relationships with the students and their families
B)Brining culture into the classroom
C)Recognizing my own biases and shortcomings.

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The things that interest me are the idea of high expectations, allowing teachers to be facilitators and creating a student-centered instruction. Being a teacher who utilizes a more self-paced learning format, I would like to know is how to better promote a culturally responsive classroom in a more homogenous community and how I can improve more on communicating with outside stakeholders. I would like to build better rapport with each student that walks into my classroom.

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Having high school students, I feel that it is harder to get to know your students since you have them for a limited time and they are normally not as open as elementary students. I feel that it is important to get to know them and build a relationship with each student to create a great culture within the classroom and school.

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It is important to make connections to students and their families. Giving students responsibilities and setting expectations can all foster this. This teaches self awareness and self discipline. All students should feel comfortable and welcomed in their classroom environment.

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Making all students feel safe and supported should be top priority for any teacher. These topics allign to MI SEL under social awareness 3C. We should have high expectation for all and the students should know this. This needs to be teacher led and the students will follow.

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Do I have social biases? The first thing I need to address if I do. I found that I am doing many of the 7 introduced in the video. I feel that a lot of it is teacher education 101. Get to know your students. Make them feel important and safe in the classroom. Decorate and place materials with them in mind and easily accessible.

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Relationships are key to making CRT work well.  I work hard to make students not only feel comfortable, but also to make sure students understand that their voices matter.

I think fostering student responsibility by setting high expectations daily really plays right into CRC too.

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The main thing that interests me when talking about culturally responsive teaching is the ability for students to learn more about each other. The possibilities of deeper connections with one another has the potential to create such a warm environment that is so helpful for learning. I enjoyed how one of the teachers in the video displays student artwork in his room so they feel like their culture is being displayed as well.

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The three things that interest me about culturally responsive teaching are: 1) discovering our hidden cultural biases that we may have, 2) developing deeper and richer relationships with others across diverse groups, 3) creating opportunities for students to share about their cultural differences with the class.

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It is very important to build relationships with the student in the classroom know their story. Teacher need to be culturally responsive teaching. Letting the children vent talk about what is happening in their lives.

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High expectations for my students is very important to me. With online teaching, I have let some of those expectations slide. If I have bias, I need to be more social aware in this area. I need to learn and understand my student's ideas and biases. My trouble is not building relationships. I need to implement the classroom teaching of cultural acceptance. My students live very rural lives with cultural diversity a mystic to them.

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I do see many similarities between being a culturally responsive teacher, SEL, and classroom management. They all need connections. If we don't have those personal connections & trust built with our students, they aren't going to want to do anything for us i.e. learn, use the classroom supplies & materials correctly, or even know how to navigate the classroom successfully. It's incredibly important to make sure your classroom reflects the cultures that will be in it that year!

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3 Interesting Things:
1. It is as much about the teacher's understanding of their own culture as it is the students.
2. High expectations and effective management are culturally responsive once students feel safe.
3. A key to CRT is building relationships.

2 Questions:
1. What is a good way to build relationships with families in order to proceed with CRT?
2. How do you address differences in values between you and families?

1 Practice:
1. Building relationships that are respectful, safe, and open to differing perspectives.

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I think that you can learn a great deal from people who have different lifestyles and perspectives. Even if those people are children. The more kids are exposed in a positive way, the more tolerant they will be as adults.

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Three that are interesting about culturally responsive teaching. First I thought making sure your classroom reflects the cultures of your students was important. Second building relationships with your student and putting the curriculum on the back burner until the relationship forms is important. Finally, I think self awareness is the hardest area to master but most important.

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Learning from my students, reaching all leaners, incorporate their culture into instruction

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Have HIGH Expectations for all students.

Teaching to all students and incorporating their "culture" into everyday lessons and discussions.

Build relationships, positive ones, with ALL students and make them feel comfortable in class.

I teach self awareness daily, that is one way that I create a culturally responsive classroom.

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3 things: I am interested in the depth of relationships that being culturally responsiveness with provide, I am interested in getting to know my own biases more and overcoming them and I am interested in how student confidence is affected by being part of culturally responsive environment.
2 questions: Are we considering family income level as a type of culture (i.e. is there a cultural difference between lower-income/middle-class/upper class within a majority white community)? How do I create a culturally responsive classroom in a way that doesn't center my own whiteness?
1 practice: SEL and cultural responsive teaching both have self-awareness as a major part.

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1) High expectations and effective management are responsive when they help students feel safe.
2) Building relationships with students and families is a key part of culturally responsive teaching.
3) CRT leads to increased academic success.

What are some additional strategies for discussing difficult topics with students that may carry cultural trauma: e.g. slavery or genocide?
How do you address value differences between you and families around issues such as gay rights?

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I always have to build a relationship with my students. I like my students to know that they can be themselves in my classroom. I have an environment that thrives on my students knowing they can come to me at any time without fear of anything negative. I make sure they know that I truly care for them.

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1. Teachers must relate to students. They need to know you believe in them, that you see them and most of all, respect them.
2. Relationships must be built. You can not teach without a good classroom climate or unit.
3. Room must be physically and culturally inviting.
4. Create rules of engagement.
5. Firm, consistent control.

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3 things learned: I must learn to relate to many different groups of students; Kids must know that I care, I respect them, and I "hear" them. There are 7 elements of Culturally Responsive Teaching, including making my classroom a safe and caring environment. 2 questions: How do I help students be culturally responsive to each other? How do I repair a relationship between myself and a student when I realize I have said or done something that may have been culturally disrespectful?

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Three things of interest are meeting each child where they are at and making them feel heard and important. Making sure that not only what is taught is made known but add the culture of all students. Including parents in what is going on.
How do you reach the child that is stubbornly clinging to their way of life bordering on being disrespectful.  Like won't say hi, or answer questions in the hallway?
How do you reach these parents?

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1. Building relationships with students to understand their culture.
2. Being representative of diverse cultures in my classroom.
3. Making sure all students feel heard and represented at school.

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3 things:
1. using strategies to be able to reach all of my students
2. Keeping a safe and productive classroom
3. Allowing a student and teacher relationship to form with all children

2 questions:
1. How to create a culturally responsive classroom when you don't have a lot of student diversity
2. How to engage parents outside of the classroom to promote a cultural diverse learning experience for their child

1 practice:
One thing I want to implement is the ability for students to make a set of classroom rules and regulations in which they have the ability to set appropriate rules and discipline that is age and school appropriate.

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Three things that interest me about culturally responsive teaching are:

1.     Using strategies to communicate high expectations to ALL of my students,

2.     Teaching so that the students are learning within the context of culture,

3.     Implementing strategies so that instruction is student-led and not teacher-driven

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Embracing cultural responsiveness has been key for me to build trust with my students and families. I want to go even further this upcoming school year, by making it a point to reach out via a home visit or phone call to families to introduce myself and open up the lines of communication.

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3 things that interest me about cultural responsive teaching is:
1.) Teaching with "ALL" students' interests & behaviors in mind, so that ALL benefit and are not left out &/or labeled.
2.) Keeping a well-balanced safe classroom.
& 3.) Extending the safe feeling to home through good communication with families & community as well as staff members.

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I think one practice that is similiar, back to last post, is being aware of their backgrounds, where they came from, and what they have been through to better address, understand and really help them- no judge.

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Watch & Reflect: Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher

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Watch & Reflect: Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher

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1.  Over the past 12 years of teaching and working with students of diverse backgrounds, I have learned that culturally responsive teaching is probably one of the most important elements of creating a welcoming environment where students are engaged and interested in the daily lessons.  It's interesting to me, that throughout all of my education courses in college, not a single class discussed in detail or focused on this very important topic in education.  I'm interested to know if teacher education programs around the country have started including culturally responsive teaching as a required course.  It's also very interesting to see the transformation in teachers when the start doing the challenging work of understanding how their own culture impacts their teaching and how biases they may not have even realized they had could impact their students.

2.  With all the responsibilities teachers have in a day, how do we find time to implement culturally responsive teaching on daily basis?

Are there resources for teachers to see examples of culturally responsive lessons for their content area and a particular standard they are planning to teach?

3. Social and Emotional Learning Competencies and Culturally Responsive Teaching have self-awareness in common. In Social and Emotional Learning Competencies, teachers needs to be aware of their emotions and how they influence their behavior in the classroom. In Culturally Responsive Teaching, teachers need to be aware of their own culture and how it impacts their interactions with students in their classes.

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When being culturally aware in our instruction we need to be careful to not trivialize peoples backgrounds and culture. Too often it is seen as box to check of “being aware”

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Three things that interest me about culturally responsive teaching are:
1. Culture is much bigger than race.
2. The climate of my classroom will change if I become a culturally responsive teacher.
3. Culturally responsive teachers allow students to be themselves.

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I would like to find more about creating culturally inclusive lesson plans. How to get more discussion around cultural sensitivity. and finally how to incorporate student voices and discussions around the topic.

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1) I am interested in knowing more about how to include more student voice in my culturally sensitive classroom without intimidating students who are very shy and reclusive and may not feel comfortable enough to voice their opinions about topics.
2) I want to include even more diversity into my classroom. For instance, last year I had a student from Cameroon, Africa and I had never heard of that country.
3) I also want to learn more about involving families more in my classroom and school. I realize that some diverse families might feel intimidated by school as a whole, and require more invitation to feel involved and validated.

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Three things that interest me about culturally responsive teaching are:
1. The change of climate that will take place in my classroom because of the culturally responsive teaching.
2. The relationships that will become stronger between my students in the classroom because of culturally responsive teaching.
3. The relationships between my families, students and me that will become stronger because of culturally responsive teaching.

Two Questions I have:

1. What are some of the things I can be doing already to make my teaching more culturally responsive?
2. What are some of the best ways to incorporate academics and culturally responsive teaching in the classroom.

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I'm most interested in learning within the context of culture, culturally responsive curriculum, and student-centered instruction.
Questions I have: what does a culturally responsive social studies curriculum look like and how do you teach a culturally-responsive lesson on an event that lacked cultural responsiveness?
One practice might be to share my own cultural perspective and make it clear that it is just one of many possible perspectives, and then encourage students to share their own.

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I am very interested in ways to learn more about the cultures of the students in my class and ways in which I can incorporate these cultures into our units of study and our daily classroom activities and environment. I find it very interesting how effective incorporating the student's cultures into class can be to make the students feel more respected and represented. I am also interested in learning more about adult SEL so that I can do a better job of modeling SEL skills for my students. I look forward to looking into more Culturally responsive techniques and activities that I can use to better serve the needs of my very diverse students and their families!

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The 3 things that interest me are:
1. The importance of having socially and emotionally competent adults teaching students about SE practices.

2. Culture is broader than just one's race or what can be seen on the surface.

3. Students should consistently feel they are in a safe and welcoming environment to ensure they have a place to express SE practices.

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Three things that interest me about culturally responsive teaching are:
1. The classroom climate that culturally responsive teaching will create.
2. The relationships with students that it will allow to occur.
3. The learning that will take place when students are engaged and invested in the lessons being taught.
Two questions that I have about culturally responsive teaching are:
1. How do you create a culturally responsive classroom when you have so many sections of the different students?
2. How do you incorporate parents in culturally responsive classrooms?
One practice of SEL competencies that is comparable to culturally responsive teaching is the competency of social awareness.

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I would like to learn more about different cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds in order to be better at including all students in instruction. I would also like strategies to show the students how to be culturally responsive to their peers.

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A practice that is similar is building relationships with students across differences. That seems to be the key for me. If my students know I care about them and am trying to understand them and learn how they learn best, they give me grace in the process.

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Three things that interst me are:
1. How to understand my students.
2. How to communicate with my students.
3. Understanding the various cultures my students come from.

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How do I learn more about my students and their families and cultures without sacrificing more of my time?  I see the value for sure, but teachers already have competing demands.  Connections with these kids is so important, yet where does the time come from? I want to learn how to better connect with my students of various cultures.

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Do my students feel safe?
Am I portraying my culture as "right" or "mainstream"?
Am I ignoring the impact of "white" representation in most examples with "non-white" students.

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1. Building relationships with students is very important.
2. Integrating students' knowledge to your teaching.
3. Important to deal with your own bias.

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Three things that interest me about culturally responsive teaching are: creating a relationship with my students, building a warm classroom climate, and allowing students to be themselves.

Two questions I have about culturally responsive teaching that I want to learn more about: How can I encourage students to be culturally responsive as well? What admin support do I have for parents who fight cultural responsiveness?

One practice that is similar to implement the MI SEL and cultural responsive teaching is making connections to what students already know, experience, and do to what they will learn. Allowing them to bring themselves to their learning allows for real education

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Relationships and student voice are KEY to a culturally responsive classroom. It's also important that the teacher reviews their own culture and evaluates any bias they bring into the classroom. Beyond that, teachers must also be intentional about gaining knowledge of other cultures as well.

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Relationships are key to student success.

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Culturally responsive teaching is a passion of mine. As a school leader, we have to understand the vast differences in cultures, beliefs, and mindsets that walk into our door everyday. Our goal is to create a safe, inclusive environment for all students so that they all feel that they have a voice. This also comes with the building of relationships with families so that they feel part of the process as well.

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Two questions that I have are:
1. What are some effective strategies to build a firm but caring balance classroom management program, and
2. How do I navigate all the different biases that my students and I have in a diverse student population.

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A question I have about culturally responsive teaching is how a specials teacher could get to know all their students and their backgrounds and build on that knowledge- one can only differentiate so much when you see each class once or twice a week. It would be a lot to manage.

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Three things that interest me about culturally responsive teaching:
1. Building strong relationships with the family/community.
2. Giving the students voice.
3. Creating a classroom that represents everyone.

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Three things:
1. Build strong relationships between the school and family/community.
2. Gives students voice to their daily school experience.
3. Communicate high expectations for ALL students.

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A question I have is why isn't cultural competency addressed more in our standards and the curriculum that we have to use. I wonder if curriculum we follow can start to embed this practice in it so there's more consistency with this across the board.

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It's important to build strong connections with the students in my care.
The environment needs to be inclusive.
Everyone needs to feel safe and welcome.

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3 things that interest me 1. establishing the norms with more student culture traits, including food and family into our conversations, encouraging student communication more intentionally.
2 - how can I establish a more welcoming enviornment? how can I support students building more genuine relationships with each other
1 help students recoginze their culture view and sharing it comfortably

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Three things that interest me about culturally responsive teaching are:

1.  Creating a safe environment for all my students.
2.  Building relationships with my students.
3. Helping students be better communicators.

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Three things that interest me are:
1) Getting to learn more about cultures that are different from mine and learning from students while establishing relationships
2) Being a safe and inviting adult for all students
3) Encouraging students to be more culturally aware of how their own culture impacts their perspective

Two questions I have are:
1) How can we help to promote more cultural awareness and diverse thinking in areas that are not diverse at all?
2) How can I continue to check my own biases?

I build rapport with students and ask them to tell me about their families, culture, and traditions.

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3 things that interest me about culturally responsive teaching include: Creating a classroom where everyone knows they are welcome and respected. Giving students a chance to share parts of their cultures or whom they identify with. Recognizing and challenging my own hidden biases and how they influence my teaching and classroom climate.

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3 things that interest me: building relationships with my students and their families, creating a welcoming and safe environment for all students, and being culturally aware.
2 questions that I have are what  are good resources to learn about the various cultures,  and what are some other ways to connect with families.
Similar to SEL: Building relationships with my students.

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We need to establish respectful and safe relationships with our students. We also need to show interest and warmth in their backgrounds and culture. Reaching out to their families is one way to connect with them and be culturally responsive.

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Interests: Creating a classroom where everyone knows they are welcome and respected. Giving students a chance to share parts of their culture. Recognizing and challenging my own biases.

Questions: How do I make sure that in inviting students to share their cultures, I do not come across as condescending? In my conservative school community, how do I handle pushback from parents who want to ignore or reject any diversity.

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The 3 things that interest me are..
1. Establishing relationships with the families of my students.
2. Connecting children's culture with the academic expectations.
3. Welcoming and safe environment.

I would like to know more about home visits. I know that the one teacher did home visits before school started. That is an idea I would like to explore for next year.

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I can get to know my students and their backgrounds and build on that knowledge.
Make sure my students have an inviting and relatable environment to come to.
Make sure students know my expectations that are firm and consistent, but in a loving and caring way.

Letting students know that their parents and I are a team and will work together to make sure the students have a bond with school and family.