TL;DR: Bilingualism enhances cognitive skills, academic performance, and global competency. Schools can support multilingual students with culturally responsive teaching, resources, and family collaboration. Encouraging bilingualism builds inclusion, celebrates diversity, and prepares future leaders. Every December, Computer Science Education Week (CSWeek) inspires students, educators, and lifelong learners to explore the world of coding. This week-long event, held annually in honor of … Read More
Unlocking Learning Potential: Culturally Responsive Teaching
TL;DR: Culturally Responsive Teaching goes beyond diversifying the curriculum. It reshapes education by embracing students’ diverse backgrounds, fostering respect, and celebrating cultural differences. CRT emphasizes authentic connections with students, integrating their cultural backgrounds into learning to foster belonging and ownership of their educational journey. CRT promotes equity in education by bridging gaps and nurturing critical thinking and empathy, preparing students … Read More
Celebrating Diversity for an Inclusive Learning Environment
TL;DR: The post emphasizes the importance of advocating for culturally responsive teaching practices in education, highlighting its role in creating inclusive learning environments. Specific strategies for advocating with building administrators, parents, and the community, are shared. This post emphasizes the need to explain the importance of these practices, involve parents in curriculum planning, and engage the community to support diversity … Read More
Friends like Family | Gholdy Muhammad | Assessing Competencies
In Don’t @ Me (2:16), Tom reflects on a camping trip about his core group of friends who are more like family. Then, Tom is joined by Gholdy Muhammad (11:51) to discuss her book, “Cultivating Genius, an Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy.” Finally, in “Assess THAT with Tom & Nat” (46:40), Tom and special guest Natalie Vardabasso … Read More
Episode 34-From Tears to Triumphs, On a Mission to Develop Novice Teacher w/Taylor Gilley
On this episode instructional leader, Taylor Gilley, talks about the ways she develops novice teachers to thrive in multicultural and urban classrooms. She shares how her own experiences going through an alternative certification program shaped her perspective, as well as how she found mentors who transformed her teaching trajectory. Taylor Gilley Lead Instructional Specialist in an urban school district in … Read More