Cultural Responsiveness

This section cover cultural responsiveness and how both Ms. Shanafelt and the students in her class will respect each other. This section will also explain cultural responsiveness in readings as well as in the classroom.

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Cultural Responsiveness

In the classroom

One important part of being in middle school classroom is understanding your own personal implicit bias.

Another extremely important characteristic of our classroom is understanding and honoring others views and ideas.

We will most likely begin to talk about some topics that may be difficult to discuss. It's important to share only what you want and when you feel comfortable. You will never be required to share information that you wouldn't like to.

Student Role:

Respect students opinions.
Listen to peers.
Advocate for others!
Take time to learn about your peers.
Be respectful of others.
Accept and honor the differences in our classroom.

Teacher Role:

Learn about different students' cultures within the classroom.
Learn about what topics students need to talk about in the classroom to create a better community.
Encourage students to share their opinions and experiences, but understand that this may not always be done.
Give all students a chance to succeed in the classroom.

In the readings and assignments

Our readings and material in this course will serve as windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors.

We will read about students and people who have similar experiences to you and different expeirneces as well.

We will all have an open mind about our readings and we will learn from others.

Reflection

This section covers how my classroom will be culturally responsive. It's important that this is practiced by both students and adults within the classroom. I created two categories. I think a simple way to be culturally responsive in a classroom is through the literature and the questions. This is an easy way for students to learn about others lives and further the understanding of their own as well. I also included the section about how our classroom standards will represent those of a culturally responsive classroom. It's extremely important that kindness and respect are at the forefront of our classroom standards. I included information about the teacher roles and student roles when it comes to creating a culturally responsive classroom. I also wanted to make it known that often there will be information shared in class that may be uncomfortable to talk about. I wanted students to understand that they are able to determine what they want to share and what information they would like to comment on. However, the one guideline is that students honor others opinions and support them.