Making the Natural Bridge Visible Culturally Responsive Teaching
Making the Natural Bridge Visible: Culturally Responsive Teaching and EL Core Practices Jessica Seessel Aurora Kushner
Do Now • Pick up a strip of paper with a quote at your table • Read to yourself and consider what it means to you and how it connects to the topic of this master class. • Tea Party 3
Learning Targets • I can explain the connections between brain science, culturally responsive teaching and EL Core Practices. • I can apply my learning by create creating concrete next steps to support all students. 4
Agenda • • Do Now Building a Definition of Culturally Responsive Teaching Brain Science Making Connections between CRT, Brain Science and EL Education Core Practices • Synthesis and Application • Closing and Debrief 5
Section 2 Building a Definition of Culturally Responsive Teaching 6
“. . . The educator understands the importance of being in relationship and having a socialemotional connection to the student in order to create a safe space for learning. ” Zaretta Hammond, author Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain 7
Building Your Definition • Read Zaretta Hammond’s definition of Culturally Responsive Teaching • Read her ‘Ready for Rigor’ framework • Using these, and connections you made from the Tea Party, create a Frayer Model of the definition of Culturally Responsive Teaching 8
Section 3 Brain Science 9
Understanding Brain Science • Jigsaw Reading - 7 readings plus a diagram of the brain - 10 minutes – – – – • Overview of the Brain Limbic System: Amygdala Limbic System: Hippocampus Frontal Lobe Cerebral Cortex RAS Cellular Structures Diagram of the Brain Consider how that part of the brain connects to teaching and learning 10
Understanding Brain Science: The Brain and Learning • Each person has 1 minute to share out specifics about their part of the brain; making connections to teaching and learning • Using chart paper, scribe important ideas, connections, and findings about how the brain learns (5 mins) • Gallery Walk 11
Section 4 Culturally Responsive Teaching, Brain Science and EL Education Core Practices 12
Making Connections to Core Practices • 5 Stations: – Becoming a CRT teacher – Academic Mindset – Traits of a CRT teacher – Practices of a CRT Teacher – Student Outcomes - Dependent vs. independent • Each station has a variety of artifacts. Your task is to use what you learned about the brain and connect them to these new pieces of learning and the Core Practices • ~6 minutes per station 13
Section 4 Reflect, Synthesize, Apply 14
Reflect, Synthesize, and Apply • Reflection and Synthesis: – Make sense of what you just learned – Share with a partner • Application: – Now what? How will you apply this learning back at your school? – Make your action step as specific as possible! 15
Closing • Check on Learning Targets: – I can explain the connections between brain science, culturally responsive teaching and EL Core Practices. – I can apply my learning by create creating concrete next steps to support all students. • Share your biggest take-away • Evaluations: We look forward to your feedback. 16
1 7
- Slides: 17