YOU’VE GOT TO REACH THEM…

TO TEACH THEM

for Better Cultural Responsiveness

CULTURAL RESPONSIVENESS is all about CONNECTING

USE NOVELTY AND CREATIVITY

BUILD UP THEIR ACADEMIC CONFIDENCE.

FIND OUT THEIRSAT-SUN KINGS/ QUEENS

CONVEY YOUR EXPECTATIONS.

RIPPLE EFFECT: YOUR SMALL ACTIONS CAN YIELD HUGE RESULTS

PastPresent

PRACTICE LOOKING THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE’S LENSES TO SEE WHAT THEY SEE!

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WHEN STUDENTS AREN’T CONNECTEDTHEY CAN TEND TO EXPLODE

VALIDATE THEIR CULTURE

By adding content that reflects their backgroundsBy using examples appropriate to their prior

knowledgeBy having pictures in the room, school that show

members of their cultureBy inviting speakers, presenters who are of their

cultureBy your respectful speech and actions

1. CONNECTION TO THE CURRICULUM

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2. CONNECTION TO THE TEACHER

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3. CONNECTION TO THE REST OF THE CLASS

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4. CONNECTION TO THE STRATEGIES

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5. CONNECTION TO CULTURAL BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE

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6. CONNECTION TO THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

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7. CONNECTION TO HIGH EXPECTATIONS

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8. CONNECTION THROUGH CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT

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CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT NEEDS:

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THE SEVEN C‘S

1. CONTENT: needs to be rigorous, inviting, varied, meaningful.

2. CHOICE: needs to present in every aspect of learning—projects, methods, strategies, modes of learning.

3. CONFIDENCE: needs to feel capable of succeeding and experience success often.

4. CELEBRATION: the beginning and end of any unit of study should be set up as an emotional celebration.

5. CHANCE TO CHANGE: opportunity to correct work, re-do work needs to be built into the pattern—mastery.

6. CREATIVITY: novelty, nonlinguistic representations, open-ended work based on multi-intelligence abilities.

7. CHALLENGE: learning has meaning, real life connections, never boring, stimulates higher order thinking.

The Water Engagement Floats upon is RELATIONSHIPS

CONTENT ACTIVE LEARNING

MEANINGFUL ```CULTURALCONNECTIONS

ENGAGEMENT

SUCCESSFUL ACHIEVEMENT

RELATIONSHIPBETWEENTEACHER & STUDENT.

THE EDUCATION CONNECTION

NORELATIONSHIP

WITH STUDENTS OF MINORITY CULTURES OR IN INSTITUTIONALIZED POVERTY, THE EDUCATIONAL CONNECTION IS BROKEN IF RELATIONSHIPS ARE MISSING…

First, kids are more concerned about how much you CARE than how much you KNOW…

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• MOTIVATION COMES FROM SUCCESS, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!

• PRAISE AND POINT OUT REAL SUCCESS NO MATTER HOW SMALL!

EMOTIONS

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EMOTIONS ARE CONTAGIOUS!

According to 129 studies of the use of nonlinguistic strategies… the increase in student achievement was …

Marzano, 2010, Educational Leadership, Vol. 67 No 8 p 84-86

Nonlinguisticrepresentation

17%

Visuals, sketches, graphic organizers, dramatizations, flow charts, mindmaps, computerized simulations

Not only images but smells, tastes, kinesthetic sensations= all nonlinguistics

Creative–THINKING--Critical

NOVELTY WITHIN RITUAL

• DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3

OUR JOB IS TO HELP STUDENTS REACH THE OCEAN AND GET

OUT OF THE FISHBOWL

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OUR JOB IS TO GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO SPREAD THEIR WINGS

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OUR JOB IS TO URGE EACH CHILD TO CLIMB AND PROVIDE THE SAFETY NET

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These slides are part of a hands-on, interactive presentation/workshop geared toward classroom teachersoffered by

Mary Kim Schreckmarykim@aol.com