Standard 5: Culturally Responsive Teaching
Standard 5 states teacher leaders establish a culturally inclusive climate that facilitates academic engagement and success for all students. To accomplish an understanding of what this standard entails, I took the class Culturally Responsive teaching. Of all the courses within the Teacher Leadership Program, this course addressed the most personal and vulnerable aspects of not only my teaching, but my place in society as a whole. Through numerous engaging group discussions, articles, and reflective papers, I now have a better grasp as to what it takes to create a culturally inclusive climate for students. Reflection: As defined by Wlodkowski and Ginsberg (1995), culturally responsive teaching is “a pedagogy that crosses disciplines and cultures to engage learners while respecting their cultural integrity. It accommodates the dynamic mix of race, ethnicity, class, gender, region, religion, and family that contributes to every student's cultural ...