Helping teachers develop culturally and linguistically responsive instruction to meet the needs of ELLs and ALL learners. "Professional learning for culturally responsive teaching has the potential to address achievement gaps across ethnic groups and disproportionate representation in special education for students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds." (NCCREST)
1. THE SOUTHEASTERN EQUITY CENTER
1401 E. Broward Boulevard, Suite 304
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Telephone: (954) 765-3553
Fax: (954) 523-3340
Tery J. Medina, Associate Director
Email: tjmedina@se-equity.org
Website: se-equity.org
2. Tery J. Medina, Associate Director, SE-Equity Center
“Culturally & Linguistically
Responsive Education”
Presented at:
Lee Co, NC
ELL Symposium
July 23, 2014
4. There is a stark contrast between the
demographics of the teaching force
and the student population
Growth of a more diverse student population
continues
Teaching force has not experienced a concomitant
growth in racial and ethnic minorities
The number of students of color in public schools is
expected to increase, the percentage of teachers of
color is not expected to rise
Tery J. Medina, Associate Director, SE-Equity Center
5. Report from the National Collaborative
on Diversity in the Teaching Force:
“Assessment of Diversity in America’s
Teaching Force,”
Nationally, about 17 percent of public school
students are African American and 6 percent of
teachers are African American. Likewise, about 17
percent of public school students are Hispanic and
5 percent of teachers are Hispanic.
Tery J. Medina, Associate Director, SE-Equity Center
6. In more than one-third (38 percent) of America’s
public schools, there is not a single teacher of color on
staff.
Students of color tend to perform better-academically,
personally and socially – when taught by teachers from
their own ethnic/racial groups.
In most instances, fewer than 50 percent of African
Americans pass teacher entrance exams. This pattern
prevails across time, location and types of tests.
Tery J. Medina, Associate Director, SE-Equity Center
7. MINORITY = marginal, sectional,
smaller, lesser, subgroup, sector,
interest group, small part,
1) A part of a population differing from others in some
characteristics and often subjected to differential
treatment
2) The smaller in number of two groups constituting a
whole; specifically: a group having less than the
number of votes necessary for control.
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
Tery J. Medina, Associate Director, SE-Equity Center
8. Understanding Equity & Equality
EQUITY
o Something that is being just, impartial and fair
o Just behavior or treatment
o The administration of law or some other authority
according to the principles of just behavior and
treatment
o To treat or represent someone “with due fairness.”
o __ fair, just, justice, justness, non-discrimination __
Tery J. Medina, Associate Director, SE-Equity Center
9. Understanding Equity & Equality
(cont’d)
Equitable
o Implying justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a
natural sense of what is fair to all
o Impartial or reasonable in judgment or dispensation
Tery J. Medina, Associate Director, SE-Equity Center
10. The “Right Stuff”
Research tells us about the right stuff
needed to teach what Sonia Nieto calls
the “new majority” of public school
students: students of color who are
poor and from culturally and
linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Tery J. Medina, Associate Director, SE-Equity Center
11. “The Right Stuff” (continued)
Effective teachers who increase achievement for these and
other students:
Know the content they are teaching
Have pedagogical skills and ability to teach in multiple
ways
Know how to motivate, engage, and assess diverse students
Nurture strong relationships with parents and community
members
Teach in culturally compatible, responsive, relevant ways –
(significant, important to the student)
Have experience … flexibility
Tery J. Medina, Associate Director, SE-Equity Center
12. Writing Prompt
In the Gettysburg address, Lincoln says the nation is
dedicated to the proposition that all men are created
equal. Why is equality an important value to promote?
Tery J. Medina, Associate Director, SE-Equity Center
15. Cultural Knowledge:
Familiarization with selected cultural characteristics,
history, values, belief systems, and behaviors for the
members of another ethnic group.
Tery J. Medina, Associate Director, SE-Equity Center
16. Cultural Awareness
Developing sensitivity and understanding of another
ethnic group. This usually involves internal changes in
terms of attitudes and values. Awareness and sensitivity
also refer to the qualities of openness and flexibility that
people develop in relation to others. Cultural awareness
must be supplemented with cultural knowledge.
Tery J. Medina, Associate Director, SE-Equity Center
17. Cultural Sensitivity
Knowing that cultural differences as well as similarities
exist, without assigning values, i.e., better or worse, right
or wrong, to those cultural differences.
Tery J. Medina, Associate Director, SE-Equity Center
18. Cultural Competence
A set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that
come together in a system, agency, or among
professionals and enables that system, agency, or those
professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural
situations
Tery J. Medina, Associate Director, SE-Equity Center
19. Cultural Competence
(cont’d)
Operationally defined, cultural competence is the
integration and transformation of knowledge about
individuals and groups of people into specific standards,
policies, practices, and attitudes used in appropriate
cultural settings to increase the quality and effectiveness
of education; it goes beyond awareness & sensitivity.
Tery J. Medina, Associate Director, SE-Equity Center
20. Cultural Competence
(cont’d)
Cultural competency emphasizes the idea of effectively
operating in different cultural contexts. Knowledge,
sensitivity, and awareness do not include this concept.
Tery J. Medina, Associate Director, SE-Equity Center
21. THE SOUTHEASTERN EQUITY CENTER
1401 E. Broward Boulevard, Suite 304
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Telephone: (954) 765-3553
Fax: (954) 523-3340
Tery J. Medina, Associate Director
Email: tjmedina@se-equity.org
Website: se-equity.org
