Teach Out Proposal - Culturally Responsive Teaching

 

Who	This will be created and shared with our faculty and staff for the SY 24.  We are going to propose this for a PGG to the district for that school year.
What	Responsive Teaching: The “Why” and “How” to reach ALL students
Where	School PDs, but also have this available in the School Google Drive that all faculty and staff can access throughout the year.
When	During the SY 24, afterschool and PD days that have been approved by the district.
Why	We currently work in the Central Falls School District. Our student population is composed of 52% Hispanic, 18% Black or African American, 17% white, and 10% American Indian students*. Our educator population is composed of 15% Hispanic, 4% Black or African American, and 81% white teachers*. We feel that the disparity between our student population and educator population can, and does, create a lack of true engagement and success academically and socially within our schools. For this reason we feel it is important to create a presentation for our faculty and staff that addresses Culturally Responsive Teaching and how to implement it within all classrooms/curriculums. As a district we are looking at doing diversity trainings and we feel this would be a good way to teach how to put these PDs into action. *Student and Educator data is from SY 21-22 per the RIDE Report Card

For this project we would like to create a PGG in culturally responsive teaching which will include: a stand-alone PD session for the faculty and staff which will explain the who/what/why, exemplars of how to include culturally responsive teaching in any curriculum/content area, and a summary of multiple articles that delves into the research behind the importance of culturally responsive classrooms. If this PGG is approved by the district we are hoping to gather a cohort of teachers with this PGG to work with and share ideas throughout the school year. This cohort could observe others lessons, share videos/work examples from lessons and continue our research in best practices in culturally responsive teaching. All of our students deserve to be in a classroom that they feel seen, heard and celebrated. Culturally responsive teaching can help us move towards this goal.