Unwrapping Gifts of Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Early Learning Classroom

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December is often seen as a time of “Ho! Ho! Ho! Happiness” in early learning, which includes stories, activities, treats, and even gift-giving.  One of the BIGGEST and ENDURING gifts that early learning educators can give their learners (and families) is to commit to culturally responsive teaching as a daily practice! Zaretta Hammond, author of Culturally Responsive Teaching & The Brain defines culturally responsive teaching as “An educator’s ability to recognize students’ cultural display of learning and meaning-making and respond positively and constructively with teaching moves that use cultural knowledge as a scaffold to connect what the student knows to new concepts and content in order to promote effective information processing. All the while, the educator understands the importance of being in a relationship and having a social-emotional connection to the student in order to create a safe space for learning.” (p. 15)

Let’s look at how The Framework for Teaching focuses on this critical aspect of teaching through the use of Common Themes. The Framework’s Common Themes and Implications are essential to supporting each child’s early learning success. (Note: For each theme, click on the link to watch a video that shows teachers putting the theme in action.)

FIRST THEME: EQUITY

Equity is the primary Common Theme and is supported by the others. Teachers strive for excellence, but “a commitment to excellence is not complete without a commitment to equity.” Each student deserves access to world-class teaching and learning environments that promote joyful inquiry, intellectual rigor, and reflection.

• Theme of Equity In Action can be seen through the classroom’s environment and learning activities that are all student-developed and facilitated through a literacy-rich, thematic-based approach.

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BREAKING NEWS!!! Pk3TeachLeadGrow.org just added 30+ new videos with aligned resources and strategies that feature MANY different early childhood settings but all focus on high levels of learning impact! Use these new resources as you are…

BREAKING NEWS!!! Pk3TeachLeadGrow.org has over 40+ Early Learning PreKindergarten and Early Elementary videos with aligned resources and strategies! These videos/resources provide MANY different early learning ideas to consider AND they all focus on high levels of learning impact! Check them out!

Unwrapping Gifts of Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Early Learning Classroom

Click here for the full post

December is often seen as a time of “Ho! Ho! Ho! Happiness” in early learning, which includes stories, activities, treats, and even gift-giving.  One of the BIGGEST and ENDURING gifts that early learning educators can give their learners (and families) is to commit to culturally responsive teaching as a daily practice! Zaretta Hammond, author of Culturally Responsive Teaching & The Brain defines culturally responsive teaching as “An educator’s ability to recognize students’ cultural display of learning and meaning-making and respond positively and constructively with teaching moves that use cultural knowledge as a scaffold to connect what the student knows to new concepts and content in order to promote effective information processing. All the while, the educator understands the importance of being in a relationship and having a social-emotional connection to the student in order to create a safe space for learning.” (p. 15)

Let’s look at how The Framework for Teaching focuses on this critical aspect of teaching through the use of Common Themes. The Framework’s Common Themes and Implications are essential to supporting each child’s early learning success. (Note: For each theme, click on the link to watch a video that shows teachers putting the theme in action.)

FIRST THEME: EQUITY

Equity is the primary Common Theme and is supported by the others. Teachers strive for excellence, but “a commitment to excellence is not complete without a commitment to equity.” Each student deserves access to world-class teaching and learning environments that promote joyful inquiry, intellectual rigor, and reflection.

• Theme of Equity In Action can be seen through the classroom’s environment and learning activities that are all student-developed and facilitated through a literacy-rich, thematic-based approach.

Click here for more

BREAKING NEWS!!! Pk3TeachLeadGrow.org just added 30+ new videos with aligned resources and strategies that feature MANY different early childhood settings but all focus on high levels of learning impact! Use these new resources as you are…

BREAKING NEWS!!! Pk3TeachLeadGrow.org has over 40+ Early Learning PreKindergarten and Early Elementary videos with aligned resources and strategies! These videos/resources provide MANY different early learning ideas to consider AND they all focus on high levels of learning impact! Check them out!