BLUE 9

BLUE 9

Best practices of culturally responsive teachers include:

• Modeling, scaffolding, and clarification of challenging curriculum • Using student strengths as starting points and building on their funds of knowledge • Investing in and taking personal responsibility for students’ success • Creating and nurturing cooperative environments • Having high behavioral expectations • Reshaping the prescribed curriculum • Encouraging relationships among schools and communities • Promoting critical literacy • Engaging students in social justice work • Making explicit the power dynamics of mainstreamsociety • Sharing power in the classroom

Which of the above points is your greatest strength in the classroom? Which one is an area of deeper learning & development in your teaching practices?