Zaretta Hammond is the author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students.
Second phase - building capacity of teachers. Learning partnerships. We can’t learn when we don’t trust. How to quickly build trust through trust generators. Selective vulnerability. Social pain and physical pain are equal as far as the brain is concerned. Power of acknowledging students out in the community. Culturally responsive teaching isn’t about just relationships. We have the relationship so the teacher can push when the learning gets hard. 4 cultural learning tools. Understand there is a common thread through most cultures - collectivism. Individualism vs. Collectivism - figuring out a problem together. This is not a subject area you need to tackle, but something that you need to bring into the meeting. World cafe - strategy for teacher discussion. How to be a transformative principal? Facilitative leadership. How do you create an agenda that is equity focused?
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