Using Culturally Responsive, Standards-Based Curriculum To Engage Families and Increase Student Achievement

Learn to enhance student motivation and interest; improve school-family-community partnerships; and create a rigorous, relevant curriculum with culturally responsive, standards-based teaching. This workshop provides strategies to actively engage students (especially those who are typically disengaged) by tapping into their family, community, and youth culture. These strategies can be used in any subject area and can range from making small changes to existing curriculum to designing extensive projects—all adhering to state and local standards. As a result, families are positively and directly connected to the school and their children's education—which research shows has a positive impact on student achievement.

This service can be customized for:

K-12 teachers, staff development specialists, administrators, and educational leaders

What Participants Will Learn

• A process designed to close the achievement gap and engage hard-to-reach families
• How to develop culturally responsive, standards-based (CRSB) curriculum
• Ways to scale up CRSB strategies beyond the classroom for maximum effect

Accompanying Products:

Each participant will receive the research-based guide, Classroom to Community and Back: Using Standards-Based Teaching To Strengthen Family and Community Partnerships and Increase Student Achievement, which contains complementary tools, resources, and examples of K-12 classrooms using CRSB teaching.

Format:

Half-day workshop, daylong workshop (recommended for teachers), or two-day workshop (recommended for trainers)