I really enjoyed reading the Principles for Culturally Responsive Teaching because I was able to think of so many examples that I have witnessed and experienced throughout my time as a student at Fairmont State University.
The example I am most able to relate to is the first principle: Positive Perspective on Parents and Families.
While attending Fairmont State, I work at a daycare, We recently we decided to take on a new classroom management plan. Every child is given a red, yellow, and green mouse. At the beginning of each day, each child begins with a green mouse. If they start misbehaving their mouse is moved to yellow, which means "Think about it." If they improve their behavior, they get their green mouse back. If they continue to misbehave, their yellow mouse turns to a red mouse. The children become very upset when their mouse has to change colors, as well as the parents. Every evening the parents ask their child "What color is your mouse?" One parent even created their own red, yellow, and green chart at home using frogs. It is truly a great classroom management plan that I will implement in my classroom.
According to the Principles for Culturally Responsive Teaching, it is very important for parents to be partners with the students and teachers. I have witnessed that at my daycare and it is very pleasing to see parents who care and are involved and support our classroom management plan. I have learned it is very important to have the support of parents in many of the education courses I have taken, while being a student at Fairmont State University.
I have also learned, over my course as being a student at Fairmont State, that it is very important for teachers to have high expectations for their students. It is, also, the second principle for culturally responsive teaching. All students should receive the consistent message that they are expected to obtain high standards in their school work. I learned that in Dr. Smith's class and I have taken it with me every where I go, whether it be at daycare or the cheerleading team I coach.
Additional Resource:
The additional resource I found is a report done on 8 schools in Kanawha County, West Virginia who used culturally responsive teaching!
(You do not have to buy the report.)
References:
Principles for culturally responsive teaching. (2006). Retrieved from http://www.alliance.brown.edu/tdl/tl-strategies/crt-principles.shtml
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