Session 5

SESSION 5
C H A P T E R 7

OBJECTIVES

  • Establish a community of practice that strives for increased rigor and relevance in our classrooms and schools.

  • Engage in Courageous Conversations around race and equity with fellow practitioners.

  • Deepen our understanding of learning and teaching through the lens of culturally responsive teaching practices.

PRE-WORK

  • Read Chapter 7 of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain

  • Read through React | Reflect | Rethink and Food for Thought (below) to think about where you may want to go deeper

SESSION OUTLINE

  • Welcome and Level Setting

  • Listening & Learning

  • React | Reflect | Rethink

  • Food for Thought

  • Cultural Competence Independent Study, Closing, and Appreciations

React | Reflect | Rethink
Developing Positive Academic Mindsets:
How does your understanding of the mindset cycle graphic (111) change your practices as an educator or leader given the need to develop positive academic mindsets (109) in students?

Microaggressions and Negativity Bias:
How do your understandings of microaggressions and negativity bias (112-113) change your practices as an educator or leader given the need to help students to develop academic mindsets?

Setting the Stage for a Mind Shift:
How does your understanding of how we help student shift their mindset (114-115) change your practice as an educator or leader given the importance of being a warm demanded (98-99)?

Food for Thought
Grades as Feedback | Grading for Equity

  • How do your own grading practices line up to Joe Feldman’s three pillars: Accurate, Bias-Resistant, and Motivational? Where can your practice evolve?

  • What role does feedback play in your instructional practice? What might you do differently in offering more wise feedback? Where else can your practice evolve?

Fall 2022 Session Materials

Fall 2022 | 22-23 RRP CoP | Book Study | Session 5
RRP Fall Book Club Session 5.mp4

Summer 2022 Session Materials

22-23 RRP CoP | Book Study | Session 5
RRP Book Club Session 5 (Ch 7).mp4