Culturally Responsive Family Communication

What is culture?

• A shared group of people's clothing.

• A shared system of meanings, beliefs, values and behaviors through which we interpret our experiences.

• A shared group of people's cuisine.

• A shared group of people's taste in music.

What does it mean to be culturally responsive?

• Every student and family brings remarkable cultural knowledge that can serve as a strong foundation that we can build upon, and valuing that knowledge is at the heart of culturally- responsive communications

•  A need to understand and adapt our behaviors to cultural issues to facilitate more trust, engagement, and then learning

• Recognizing how our actions might elicit positive or negative responses is crucial to our success 

What is the best way to create a culturally responsive environment with parent engagement?

• Engage parents in school decisions.

• No parent communication.

• Being dismissive of their culture.

• One form of communication.

Culture (a)   impacts how we engage, communicate, and learn

Which is a culturally responsive teaching strategy?

• Activate student's prior knowledge.

• Build relationships.

• Reconsider your classroom setup.

• Make learning contextual.

• Encourage students to leverage their cultural capital.