Cultural Competency Resources

Culturally Responsive Instruction

Culturally responsive teaching is a research-based approach that "invites students to bring their expertise to the table" (Fleming, 2019) by identifying and harnessing the assets of students who have historically been underserved in schools. Here are some resources providing an overview to CRT.

Overviews: Research & Resource Guides

• Culturally Responsive Teaching: An Introduction (Brown University) https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/collections/1041/

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1flMOpBPwLS2ZoKqr-svCtAGvPpFrYt-K/view

• Understanding Culturally Responsive Teaching (New America Foundation) https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/reports/culturally-responsive-teaching/understanding-culturally-responsive-teaching/

• Culturally Responsive Teaching Matters (Equity Alliance) http://www.equityallianceatasu.org/sites/default/files/Website_files/CulturallyResponsiveTeaching-Matters.pdf

• Culturally Responsive Teaching (Education Northwest) https://educationnorthwest.org/sites/default/files/resources/culturally-responsive-teaching-508.pdf#page=12

• Relevant: Beyond the Basics (Teaching Tolerance) https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/fall-2009/relevant-beyond-the-basics

• Teaching Toward Consciousness (Edutopia) https://www.edutopia.org/blog/teaching-toward-consciousness-joshua-block

• Teacher Reflections on Being Culturally Responsive (Education Evolving) https://www.educationevolving.org/blog/2019/06/teacher-reflections-on-being-culturally-responsive

Resources from Zaretta Hammond

• Culturally Responsive Teaching: 4 Misconceptions (Cult of Pedagogy) https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/culturally-responsive-misconceptions/

• Cultural Responsiveness Starts with Real Caring (Teaching Tolerance) https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/cultural-responsiveness-starts-with-real-caring

Books

• The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children (Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings)

• Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice (Dr. Geneva Gay)

• Multiplication Is for White People: Raising Expectations for Other People's Children (Dr. Lisa Delpit)

• Finding Joy in Teaching Students of Diverse Backgrounds (Dr. Sonia Nieto)

• Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (Zaretta Hammond)

• Start Where You Are, But Don’t Stay There: Understanding Diversity, Opportunity Gaps, and Teaching in Today’s Classrooms (Dr. H. Richard Milner IV)

• Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning – Classroom Practices for Student Success, Grades K-12 (2nd Edition) (Dr. Sharroky Hollie)

• We Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be (Cornelius Minor)

• Managing Diverse Classrooms: How to Build on Students' Cultural Strengths (Dr. Carrie Rothstein-Fisch and Dr. Elise Trumbull)

• Unlocking English Learners' Potential: Strategies for Making Content Accessible (Dr. Diane Staehr Fenner and Dr. Sydney Snyder)

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Classroom Resources

Culturally Responsive Books

• Culturally Relevant Books in the ELL Classroom (rubric) (Colorín Colorado) https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/culturally-relevant-books-ell-classroom

• Multicultural Book Awards / Resources for Diverse Books (Colorín Colorado) https://www.colorincolorado.org/books-authors/diverse-books-booklists-and-related-resources#award

• Why Diverse Classroom Libraries Matter (Edutopia) https://www.edutopia.org/article/why-diverse-classroom-libraries-matter

• Creating a Diverse Classroom Library (Edutopia) https://www.edutopia.org/article/creating-diverse-classroom-library

• Author Interview: 'More Mirrors in the Classroom' (Education Week) https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-author-interview-more-mirrors-in-the-classroom/2017/01

Academic Language & Literacy

• Academic Language Resource Section (Colorín Colorado) https://www.colorincolorado.org/academic-language

• Language Objectives: The Key to Effective Content Area Instruction for English Learners (Colorín Colorado) https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/language-objectives-key-effective-content-area-instruction-english-learners

Inquiry and Project-Based Learning (PBL)

• ELLs in the Science Inquiry Classroom (Part 1 | Part 2) https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/opportunities-and-challenges-ells-science-inquiry-classroom-part-1

• https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/communication-and-language-strategies-science-inquiry-classroom-part-2

• My First PBL Unit: Learning From My Students (Edutopia) https://www.edutopia.org/blog/first-pbl-learning-from-students-katie-spear

• Inquiry-Based Learning (Edutopia) https://www.edutopia.org/topic/inquiry-based-learning

Making Local Connections

• Identity & Community: Middle School Social Studies Unit (Facing History) https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/identity-community-introduction-6th-grade-social-studies

• Local History – Oral Stories, Landmarks, and Traditions (Library of Congress) https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/exploring-community-through-local-history-oral-stories-landmarks-and-traditions/

• Infographics for Change (Teaching Channel) https://learn.teachingchannel.com/video/infographics-in-lessons-edda