Rosemarie Allen, Dorothy Shapland Rodriguez

Broschiertes Buch

Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher: Sustaining the Cultures of Young Children

Beschreibung

An approach to teaching that honors and sustains the cultures and ways of being of all children—and fosters learning success Children have disparate experiences in early childhood education: Racial, cultural, gender, and ability differences are apparent in how children are othered, disciplined, and excluded. Culturally responsive practices help teachers change such inequities by centering children's cultures—including their knowledge, experience, and languages—to build relationships and teach in ways that instill a sense of belonging and boost learning. Implementing these practices begins with teachers examining and understanding their own identities, cultures, and perspectives. This book supports teachers on this journey, helping them identify how their own cultures affect the way they view children and how cultural disconnects can lead to inequitable teaching practices. It offers teachers practical strategies for shifting their thinking and the way they interact with children to be most successful with each child. Both novice and experienced teachers will find guidance in this book to * Examine their own cultural selves and how this affects their practice * Understand what it means to be culturally responsive and why it is critical to children's sense of identity and learning * Apply seven principles of culturally responsive teaching that help them build culturally sustaining relationships and environments and make a difference in children's lives. The principles include creating culturally inviting classrooms, focusing on strengths, accommodating unique cultural styles.

Autor

Rosemarie Allen, EdD * Dr. Allen is founder, president, and CEO of the Center for Equity and Excellence, which provides professional development and consultant services to early childhood professionals for creating inclusive learning environments and ensuring equity and social justice * An educational leader for over 40 years, Dr. Allen's work is centered on ensuring all children have access to high-quality early childhood programs that are developmentally appropriate and culturally sustaining. * A professor in the School of Education at Metropolitan State University of Denver, her classes are focused on ensuring teachers are aware of how issues of equity, power, and justice impact teaching practices. * Dr. Allen has served in directorship roles with the Colorado Department of Human Services and assisted in the creation of Colorado's early learning guidelines * Dr. Allen serves as the president and CEO for the Institute for Racial Equity Excellence (IREE), the lead agency for ensuring equity in organizations throughout the nation and internationally. In this capacity she has worked with the United States Department of Education as well as numerous police departments, school districts, and other organizations to provide training on implicit bias, microaggressions, anti-racism, trauma healing practices, and racial equity. * Dr. Allen resides in Lone Tree, Colorado Dorothy Shapland Rodriguez, EdD * Dr. Shapland Rodriguez is associate professor in the Special Education, Early Childhood, and Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Education Department at Metropolitan State University of Denver's School of Education. * She has more than 35 years of experience teaching preschool and elementary in public, private, and charter schools in Colorado and New Jersey. * She has been a teacher leader and professional development provider and instructional coach for schools, centers, directors, and teachers throughout Colorado for the past 20 years. * Dr. Shapland Rodriguez's areas of expertise include effective, intentional, antibiased, culturally responsive, and traumainformed teaching and learning in early education, and traumainformed equity leadership for schools and centers. * Dr. Shapland Rodriguez resides in Denver, Colorado.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: National Association for the Education of Young Children
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781952331442
• ISBN-10: 1952331447
• Artikelnr.: 73110376