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Culturally Sustaining, Linguistically Appropriate, and Universally Designed Instruction

Dr. Katie Novak

November 17 & November 29, 2018

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Culturally Responsive Teaching and Inclusive Practice

Characteristics of culturally responsive teaching (Brown University, 2018):

Option: Access the resource that outlines these seven (7) characteristics.

WELCOME!!!

Want to learn more? Feel free to review the resource below.

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Positive Perspectives of Families

Respond to the following statement in writing, in discussion, on social media, etc...: “All student caregivers are doing the best they can with what they have.”

Option: Choose to access this resource on ways to implement

Positive Perspective on Parents

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2. Communication of High Expectations

Kids “can’t”	Students who arrive ready to learn are successful	All teachers thrilled to teach ALL kids

Options:

Choose to learn more about teacher efficacy and how it relates to high expectations in this resource from John Hattie.
Learn more about Communications of High Expectations.

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3. Learning Within Context of Culture

People from different cultures learn in different ways. Let’s examine an analogy. I’m taking you all on a trip!

Option: Choose to access more information about Learning Within the Context of Culture

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One Size Has Never Fit All

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Variability...it’s a Thing.

Who can...

And it’s a crucial piece to really understanding why UDL and culturally responsive pedagogy truly works for all learners.

Option: Learn more about variability in this resource .

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4. Student-Centered Instruction

Options:

Explore this resource that notes how emotion affects academics and how educators can design instruction to meet the needs of all learners.

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5. Culturally Mediated Instruction

“Instruction is culturally mediated when it incorporates and integrates diverse ways of knowing, understanding, and representing information.”
Ask questions that allow students ample opportunities to share their cultural knowledge.
Allow students to set their own goals for how they will learn, comprehend, and express what they know.

Option: Read this resource on Culturally Mediated Instruction.

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6. Reshaping the Curriculum: Essential Questions

Write, discuss, post on social media, etc.. What do you currently do with Essential questions?

Diagnostic assessment: Ask students to take 10 minutes to write/draw/sketch the answer. This is a great option for self-reflection.
Provide opportunity for KWL chart as this will support goal-setting. Or ask why to guess why it’s important.
Create an Essential question bulletin board for visual graphic reminder - can add to throughout the unit.

Option: Read this resource on Reshaping the Curriculum.

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Essential Questions as Summative Assessment

At the end of this unit, it would be a great authentic experience to share the essential question with students and allow them to use the multiple texts, as well as videos, classroom discussions, interviews with family members, community resources etc… to either write a response, create a presentation and present it, craft a letter, create a brochure, etc… to answer the question in a way that is relevant, authentic, and meaningful. For example, could they propose a new invention for athletes or discuss how people could help shape a more culturally responsive government?

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A teacher’s role is:

to identify, focus on, and continually refer to learning goals/standards in terms of the learner
to list the component skills that are required to meet a learning goal
to build a classroom environment that is goal-oriented, reflective, supportive and culturally sustaining
to teach and provide options for how different kinds of learners learn best
to model best learning practices
to guide a community of learners

A student’s role is:

to be able to articulate learning goals/standards
to understand how isolated skills are interwoven within a learning goal
to actively and positively participate in the classroom community
to identify his/her learning strengths and weaknesses
to determine learning practices that help him/her learn
to lead a community of learners

7. Teacher As Facilitator

Option: Read article from ESchool News: So, You Think You Know About UDL? Or choose to learn more about Teacher as Facilitator at this site.