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How has incorporating culturally responsive practices in the classroom impacted you/your students?
How has incorporating culturally responsive practices in the classroom impacted you/your students?
What strategies do you use to ensure a welcoming and affirming environment for all students?
What strategies do you use to ensure a welcoming and affirming environment for all students?
Provide an example of how you ensure access and representation for all students / teachers (when supporting them through planning).
Provide an example of how you ensure access and representation for all students / teachers (when supporting them through planning).
Describe how you have/will modify existing curriculum or assessments to allow students/teachers to show what they know through technology.
Describe how you have/will modify existing curriculum or assessments to allow students/teachers to show what they know through technology.
How have you incorporated your new knowledge to encourage students/teachers to ask questions about self, community and society to connect with the world outside the classroom?
How have you incorporated your new knowledge to encourage students/teachers to ask questions about self, community and society to connect with the world outside the classroom?
In my English classroom...I try to diversify the way that we read the texts, so I use audiobooks, I use PDFs. If the students like to read online or if they're not in school and they can access it, I try to have enough books for the kids, just to make sure everybody has access.
My classroom is both the one where I work with students and teachers. And in that time I've seen, more or less, a positive response and more engagement from the students I work with. I've found ways to tailor lessons and activities to students.
The impact I've seen is that kids feel more a part of the classroom rather than me just talking to them and throwing information at them, they already begin the class having engaged with the teacher, with the classroom. With my special ed population, really social emotional learning is and comes way before any kind of learning, so we've seen a huge benefit, not only do we get to know each other, we get to know ourselves.
One way I tried to have a welcoming and affirming environment in the classroom is allowing my students to share their lived experiences...I have a lot of students from other countries...And I think in doing that, kids feel more welcome in the classroom. They feel more part of their learning experience.
As a librarian for K-8, I have diverse texts in my library so that everybody sees themselves in their books.
It's important to show them [the students] that we're not content robots, that we are people. That we're able to make personal connections with our students and that's really important to make them feel more welcomed in the classroom. When they feel more welcomed, and we're creating these personal connections. they'll be more willing to share about themselves and about your questions that you have during any lessons.
By giving the teachers a choice in how they're learning about new programs will model what should be happening in the classroom of giving your students a choice.
I try to create a welcoming and affirming environment in the library by trying to make sure I incorporate a lot of student work and displays that represent the student population. In my lessons, I try to make sure that the students have ample time to talk about their own experiences and to ask questions and to ask each other questions. And for the lessons, I try to make sure to incorporate a variety of choices so that maybe someone who isn't as strong with writing can present their information in another way like in a video.
I have found that having an increased awareness of being culturally responsive in the classroom has enabled me to connect more with my students. Allow for them to express themselves. It has definitely enriched the way that I am able to teach and interact with my students. I definitely make sure to be more inclusive, as far as providing opportunities... for students to access things in another language or from another perspective. I feel like it's also been a way to improve collaboration and creativity with students especially when they're working with technology.
I'm not in the classroom everyday, but I constantly have interactions with the students, so the biggest way that I incorporate a culturally responsive classroom into my everyday practices is just by little interactions that I have with students on a day-to-day basis. And I try to really connect with as many students as I can and not just be another adult in the building, but be somebody that they feel like they can trust and can come to if they have an issue or a problem throughout the day. And the other thing that I really try to do is little shout outs throughout the day. Like, I'm on recess duty a few days a week and so I try to call out students when they do something really positive. For example, the other day a student was very frustrated while he was playing a game and instead of lashing out or yelling or being phsyical with somebody, he just walked away and took a minute to compose himself and then came back into the game. Afterwards, I pulled him aside and said how proud I was of the way that he handled himself and was able to identify his emotions and needs.
Integrating culturally relevant content and utilizing the different teaching approaches has fostered a lot of inclusivity and belonging amongst my students, which has really been enriching their learning experiences. I believe this approach has really strengthened my relationships with my students in regards to trust and respect throughout their entire engagement of the content provided.
It's important to get your students to buy into whatever you're presenting to them and have them engaged.
Incorporating these responsive practices in the classroom has allowed me to create a more inclusive and welcoming learning environment for my students where they feel valued and respected. With this, it's increased engagement and participation because students get to see their own backgrounds and experiences reflected in what they're learning. It has helped bridge cultural gaps and build stronger relationships between students from all different types of backgrounds while promoting understanding and appreciation of that diversity.
So far, I've modified existing curriculum by incorporating digital tools such as multi-media presentations. For assessments, we've gone away from paper and pencil tests and use online quizzes, discussions, and projects to help students show their learning in different ways, and using their learning management systems. By changing this, it's allowed students to demonstrate their understanding in different ways by creating videos and digital portfolios, and showing their learning journey. For teachers, I've also helped with professional development on using technology effectively for assessments, helping them to create meaningful and engaging assessments while allowing them to see the benefits of technology.
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