Boost Student Engagement with Culturally Responsive Teaching

Session Description:
Culturally responsive teaching is a pedagogy that recognizes the importance of including students’ cultural references in all aspects of learning.

Join Michelle Dragalin as she shares four benefits of culturally responsive teaching and how it can build a classroom environment that encourages students to be active participants in their learning.

You will also walk away with strategies to encourage knowledge-sharing about diverse cultures amongst the children in your classroom, promote student engagement and increase academic performance.

Learning Objective:

Explain four benefits of culturally responsive teaching and how it can build a classroom environment that encourages students to be active participants in their learning.

Identify six culturally responsive strategies to boost student engagement and increase academic performance.

Assessment: Participants will join a collaborative backchannel chat and discuss strategies that support culturally responsive teaching to demonstrate their understanding of the session objectives and reflect on their learning.