Dear Area Public Schools, Don’t you preach about change? How come you don’t practice it? For as long as I can remember it has always been the school's job to teach, prepare and mold the leaders of tomorrow, however, I have noticed that you found one thing that worked years ago and continuously used it to prepare, shape and train the minds of today. Have you not realized that what you’re doing is in turn failing students? Especially, since the pandemic students young and old have needed a new kind of model for their academic as well as social emotional success. There is no longer a way to use old educating practices with the students of today. Being in the field of education myself I am able to testify to this. I’ve come to you today to make …show more content…
Culturally responsive teaching (CRT) is a methodology that is based on teachers' cultural competency or ability to educate in a cross-cultural or multicultural environment. Each student is encouraged to connect the course material to their cultural background by teachers who use this approach. The California Department of Education divided the areas of CRT into three components. These components included student learning, cultural competency, and critical consciousness. They went on to describe each as the following,“The students’ intellectual growth and moral development, but also their ability to problem-solve and reason. Cultural competencies are the skills that support students to affirm and appreciate their culture of origin while developing fluency in at …show more content…
In contrast, the teacher workforce is primarily female, middle class, monolingual, and of European descent. This difference makes an already complex profession much more complicated. So, what do you think they suggested for a solution? Yup! You got it; cultural responsiveness. When teachers are culturally competent and responsive they understand the significance of relationships. Building relationships even with the students who work on your nerves the most matters. Teacher/Student relationships become a core piece to the foundation of many learners because it gives them the ability to grow respect but also passion for their own learning. When I am teaching I always stress the importance of building relationships first even if it is for a day because the minute I show my student they can trust me and that I respect them is the moment where they learn the most. That sixty second impression is everything for most people so make it count in your classroom as well. The website splashlearn.com puts it his way,“While teaching in a classroom, you must have noticed that one student answers a question the way he/she does, while the other does not feel comfortable looking into your eyes while answering the