Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies

Kindergarten and first grade teachers at Jefferson Elementary embarked upon creating classroom and individual student behavior charts using Youth Advocacy culturally responsive practices program. The participating teachers focused on taking student inventories and connecting students’ interests and home cultures with classroom and school expectations. By providing young students with visuals as well as incentives for positive behaviors, teachers are helping students internalize the Social & Emotional Learning Competencies. Teachers at Jefferson left with the understanding that responding to the cultures of students that make up our classrooms is integral in scaffolding academic and behavioral learning as we strive to develop future citizens and leaders.