Cultural responsiveness is the ability to learn from and relate respectfully with people of your own culture as well as those from other cultures. Culturally responsive instruction is, "a student-centered approach to teaching in which the students' unique cultural strengths are identified and nurtured to promote student achievement and a sense of well-being about the student's cultural place in the world." Diversity training provides the knowledge, skills and tools to assist team members for behaving differently. This is important for creating and sustaining change that fosters a more diverse, inclusive, respectful and productive organization. Training helps educators become more aware of unconscious bias and other barriers to diversity and inclusion, and motivates positive behaviors and attitudes ? essential for creating and maintaining a respectful, inclusive school environment.

PRIORITIES
-Train educators on culturally responsive practices
-Provide professional development on creating inclusive communities, becoming more culturally responsive, providing access and equity to all students, creating communities of diversity
-Assist educators in creating physically and culturally inviting learning environments
-Coach and plan with educators to meet the cultural, social-emotional, and academic learning needs of all of their students
-Assist educators in creating opportunities that honor both the individuality and collectivity of the students
-Address Loss of Learning
-Support Recovery

Category

Instructional Learning Redevelopment

Topic

Cultural and Diversity

For additional information visit:

https://sites.google.com/cesa7.org/cesa7services/home/cultural-and-diversity-training

Contact for additional information:

CESA 7
Beth Vande Hey
Phone: (920)617-5639