cultural Responsiveness

The TEAL Project seeks to increase cultural equity and inclusion through the Power of the Arts by promoting the wellbeing of the WHOLE student in their academic journey.  Thus, culturally responsive and inclusive pedagogy has been integrated throughout  the  TEAL trainings, resources, and module curriculum. Please check out the additional resources below that delves deeper into why cultural responsiveness and being aware of our implicit biases are so imperative in cultivating success within the classroom environment, and the significance of building that social emotional connection to the student in order to create a safe space for learning.   

This article is one of the first to introduce Transformative SEL with a focus first on race and ethnicity. 

This research briefly highlights Transformative SEL in practice based on surveys that focuses predominantly on instruction time with Latinx schools in large urban district. 

This report provides five key insights from CASEL’s partner school districts working to leverage SEL in service of equity.  

This article explores trends in diversifying education and translates these into strategies for arts educators. 

This guide offers strategies to support adults on how to respond to biased remarks and the use of stereotypes, and also how to teach students about student voice/leadership.

This model promotes a multi-dimensional approach to text selection that prioritizes critical literacy and cultural responsiveness.

This article takes a look at the teacher preparation programs as a place to start with being culturally responsive in preparing our teachers for ALL of our students.  

The ability to navigate this landscape effectively without succumbing to the pitfalls of media manipulation requires a multi-faceted skill set often referred to under the umbrella term digital literacy.