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Defining Cultural Responsiveness

Prompt: What are you noticing about the level of cultural responsiveness in your school rituals, routines and celebrations? What are the implications for your leadership? As I reflect on the level of cultural responsiveness in my school my thoughts consistently land on the need for a school wide common definition of what it means to be culturally responsive. While many of the aspects of who we are tip toe in the realm of cultural responsiveness (i.e EL curriculum designs and CREW structures), we are just beginning to use the term to define our work and give depth to our collective purpose. We cite cultural responsiveness in our work plan in both faculty learning targets and our leadership goals for the year, but we have not come to a consensus on what that means. The moment is here for a looks like/sounds like unpacking for classroom practices and school wide systems, structures, and supports. As we begin to design the next professional learning cycle and redesign our work structure...