Culturally Responsive

Learning Sites

Facilitators: Andreal Davis

Michelle BelnavisKathy Myles

Kent Smith

• Purpose: collaborative partnership to exemplify, research, and refine Wisconsin’s culturally responsive multi-level system of support

• Year One: five school districts from pre-K to grade 12

• Seven Experiences: Center provides training, coaching, and tools to support alignment

• Data and Artifacts: collected to document school’s journeys and outcomes

Culturally Responsive Practices Learning Sites Project

Coming Together!

Outline Map of Wisconsin Counties: Learning Sites Served

As a Culturally Responsive Learning Site you will have opportunities to:

• Participate as a team (either 2-3 or 3-5 staff persons) with the inclusion of one administrator or another school/district level leader

• Participate in a Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching book study using a combination of online and face to face interactions

• Participate in a two-day professional development opportunity in November led by both Dr. Sharroky Hollie (Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching) and Dr. Anthony Muhammad (Transforming School Culture)

• Participate in Culturally Responsive Practices school site visits with a focus on cultural imaging, problem solving teamwork , the use of affirmations, classroom management and acknowledgement systems

As a Culturally Responsive Learning Site you will have opportunities to:(continued)

• Observe Culturally Responsive coaching and modeling techniques (October, December, and February)

• Focus on culturally responsive pedagogy including: classroom management, academic language, culturally responsive texts, and academic vocabulary

• Participate in community site visits with an emphasis on the role of community, cultural traditions and cultural imaging

• Participate in an OPTIONAL Culturally Responsive Classroom Practices training lead by Dr. Shelley Zion

• Participate in cross-cultural sharing between the various CRP Learning Sites

• Receive information about CR conferences

Seven Experiences

A professional development model which consists of:

• Book studies• Articles• School visits • Community site visits• Guest speakers • Conferences and workshops• Coaching and modeling

Experience Examples

Book Study• Culturally and Linguistically Responsive

Teaching and Learning by Dr. Sharroky Hollie• Power, Privilege and Difference by Allan G.

Johnson

Articles• Reading, Writing and Righteous Anger:

Teaching about Language and Society by Linda Christensen

School Visits• Madison Hawthorne Elementary• Milwaukee College Preparatory Academy• St. Rose Elementary (St. Rose, Louisiana)• Mimosa Park Elementary (Luling, Louisiana)

Community Site Visits

• Coffee Make You Black• Reader’s Choice Bookstore• Black Historical Museum

Experience Examples

Guest Speakers

• Lynne Lavota-The Power of a Book Talk• Darian and Israel Belnavis and Ari and Armani

Davis (student voices)• Additional optional opportunities: Angela

Davis, Candy Boyd, Lisa Delpit

Conferences and Workshops

• National Council on Educating the Black Child Disproportionality Summit

• Culturally Responsive Classroom Practices (led by Dr. Shelley Zion)

• Culturally Responsive Practices Training (led by Dr. Sharroky Hollie and Dr. Anthony Muhammad)

Coaching and Modeling

• Madison Hawthorne Elementary• Milwaukee College Preparatory Academy,• St. Rose Elementary (St. Rose, Louisiana)• Mimosa Park Elementary (Luling, Louisiana)

Hawthorne Elementary School: READY, SET, GOAL/MOU Conference School Goal from Interview: Increase efforts and opportunities to update School Improvement Plan to include discussion protocols and oral language development and movement Culturally Responsive Learning Sites Inventory Items that will directly impact this goal: Demonstrated belief that all students can learn by policy and practices in place in

school Evidence of familiarity with culturally relevant practices Has begun exploring Wisconsin Culturally Responsive Classroom Practices, Center for

Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching, or other culturally responsive practices initiatives

Culturally responsive universal PBIS practices are in place Staff have or are willing to identify issues with disproportionality in discipline and

academic data School evidences a high percentage of students that are most affected by the gap as

measured by attendance, behavior, academics, and/or demographics Have up to three (3) building level team members attend remaining learning site

collaboration days as employment calendar permits (winter, spring)

Hawthorne Elementary School: READY, SET, GOAL/MOU Conference (continued)

Culturally Responsive Learning Sites Offerings that will help you reach/achieve your school site/district goal:

Attend November training for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching, led by Dr. Sharroky Hollie

Participate in culturally and linguistically responsive book study Participate in Culturally Responsive Classroom Practices led by Dr. Shelley Zion Consider attending the CREATE, White Privilege, We Are More Alike Than Different

and NCEBC conferences Connect with Milwaukee College Prep about new and innovative ways to deliver

instruction in a culturally responsive manner

Extra Credit: Present at the Wisconsin RtI Summit on Cultural Relevance at Hawthorne Elementary

School, with the purpose of spreading their work out to the state.

Onalaska School District: READY, SET, GOAL/MOU Conference School Goal From Interview: Increase efforts and opportunities to include families in different events, using appropriate communication.

Culturally Responsive Learning Sites Inventory Items that will directly impact this goal: Have home/school/community connections in place to increase family and student

engagement Demonstrated belief that all students can learn by policy and practices in place in

school Evidence of familiarity with culturally relevant practices Begin exploring Wisconsin Culturally Responsive Classroom Practices, Beyond

Diversity, Center for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching, or other culturally responsive practices initiatives

Onalaska School District: READY, SET, GOAL/MOU Conference (continued)

Culturally Responsive Learning Sites Offerings that will help you reach/achieve your school site/district goal: Attend November training for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching, led by

Dr. Sharroky Hollie Connect with Beth Lehman, Hawthorne Principal and Lynn Winn, Falk Principal on ways

to increase family engagement through the use of appropriate communication Participate in presentation by WISPEI and RtI staff on positive family engagement

strategies Participate in culturally and linguistically responsive book study Participate in Culturally Responsive Classroom Practices led by Dr. Shelley Zion Connect with Milwaukee College Prep about positive relationship-building practices Consider attending the CREATE, White Privilege and NCEBC Conferences Possibly attend the Harambee time at Milwaukee College Prep, Falk, Mendota, and

Hawthorne Elem. Schools - observe relationships between families and support staff Attend or observe a Culturally Responsive instructional cycle led by Dr. Sharroky Hollie Revisit and share the successes of the district-wide CRP initiatives

Extra Credit: Onalaska School District sponsored Onalaska Equity Day to focus on Increasing efforts

and opportunities to include families in different events, using appropriate communication.

Collaborating To build culturally responsive

multi-level systems of support by bridging our plan with the learning site’s goals.

• Outcomes • Obstacles• Opportunities

The Culturally Responsive Practices journey produces:

Know thyself

The first step is to understand yourself. What are your:

● passions?● influences?● role models?● biases?● strengths?

Know thyself

Deeper and more complicated cultural aspects:● politics● religion● language● ethnicity and national heritage● soci0-economic issues

The 7 Experiences

* Culturally Responsive Practices Book Study. (Hollie)* Hmong New Year Day at Elementary School (Onalaska)* 2 Day Conference with Dr. Hollie on CRP Instruction.* Site Visit at Hawthorne Elementary in Madison.* Classroom Training with Shelley Zion.* Book Study on Privilege, Power and Difference.*Site Visit at Milwaukee College Prep - Milwaukee.* Staff Professional Development = Onalaska Equity Day!

Know thyself

Autoethnography

Who are you and how did you come to be that way?

Know your students

Classroom ●Community Building Activities●Reach out to Parents● Student of the Day ● Sharing Our Colors Community● Local Diversity Resources

Classroom environment

●Affirming Images - images of students themselves and successful people from their cultures - including youth culture

●Diverse Classroom Libraries - resources

Slide Show from the

CRP Journeys of Hawthorne and

Onalaska