Culturally Responsive Practices

Inservice February 18, 2013

Wauwatosa School District

Mission StatementUnited with parents and the community, the Wauwatosa School District delivers an outstanding education that

equips and inspires our students to conquer their challenges now

and in the future.

Wauwatosa School District

Belief StatementsWe believe all students can learn and excel.We believe in respecting and promoting diversity.We believe in continuous improvement.We believe that positive relationships are a foundation of successful schools.We believe everyone has the right to emotional and physical safety.We believe their is an essential unity between between the community and its School District.We believe in excellence.

Wauwatosa School District

Belief StatementsWe believe all students can learn and excel.We believe in respecting and promoting diversity.We believe in continuous improvement.We believe that positive relationships are a foundation of successful schools.We believe everyone has the right to emotional and physical safety.We believe their is an essential unity between between the community and its School District.We believe in excellence.

We believe in respecting and promoting diversity.

What does this really mean?

How is diversity related to culturally responsive practices?

ImplicationsWauwatosa School District District Development Plan ’12-13

1. Ninety-five percent of all students and subgroups of students to include ELL, ethnic groups, students with disabilities, and economically disadvantaged will meet or exceed proficiency in all content areas on the WCKE.

ImplicationsWauwatosa School District Development Plan ’12-’13

2. Eighty percent of all students taking the MAP assessment will meet or exceed typical, expected growth in all content areas.

AchievementAggregate/Total achievement vs subgroup data----No Child Left Behind

Ethnicity English ProficiencyAbilitySocio-economic Status (SES)

Culturally Responsive Practices

Culturally responsive practices account for and adapt to the broad diversity of race, language, and culture in Wisconsin schools and prepare all students for a multicultural world. Wisconsin Response to Intervention: A Guiding Document

Response to Intervention (RtI)

Culturally Responsive Practices at the Center of Wisconsin’s Vision of RtI

Why Culturally Responsive Practices?

• Nationally, race has been a predictor of success in schools for decades.

• Called “the achievement gap,” “the opportunity gap,” “the equity gap”―all phrases speak to the long-standing educational inequities in our system.

• Both national data and Wisconsin state data show that in nearly every

measurable area―academic achievement, discipline, gifted and talented placement, and graduation rates―students of color have statistically significant lower rates of success as compared to their white peers.

Wisconsin Response to Intervention: A Guiding Document

Why Culturally Responsive Practices?

• Wisconsin students are increasingly diverse. Our curriculum, instruction, and supports must reflect this diversity and be intentionally inclusive of the many cultures in our communities.

• Culturally responsive practices make a difference. In Wisconsin, school districts have changed race-based patterns of success and failure through attention and intention.

• Third, RtI is a systems change model. Need to reflect on:-Who is successful…who is not (academics & behavior)-Monitor success of interventions…and challenges-Interventions/practices that succeed with subgroups of

students

Wisconsin Response to Intervention: A Guiding Document

Enrollment Think about the past 10 years....Estimate:-What was our minority enrollment in ‘00-’01? Percentage of total enrollment?-Current minority enrollment?-Trends in minority students as Chapter 220, Open Enrollment, and District Resident status

2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-130.0%

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15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

0.4%1.1%

1.7%2.3%

2.6%3.2%

3.9%4.3%

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8.0%8.3%

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9.3%

11.0%

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13.3%

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16.3%16.0%

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Minority Percentages 2000-01 to Present As Compared to Total District Population

Nonresident Minority (OE) Nonresident Minority (Ch. 220) Resident Minority

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182 190 202 199224 231 225 241

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31.99%

36.03%

27.99%

38.66%

Percent of Minority Students by School 2012-13

Implications...“Suburban Schools: The New Multicultural Learning Environment?”

Dr. Thandeka Chapman --UWM

Scratching the surface...

Who are “they”Who are “we”Who am “I”

How do those impact the learning experiences of each and every child in our district?

How Do You Become Culturally Responsive?

CREATE Wisconsin

• Develop cultural self awareness• Appreciate the value of diverse views• Avoid imposing your own view on others• Accept your own naivete (know what you don’t know)• Learn what you can about various cultures

www.createwisconsin.net

What Contributes to Culture

• http://www.edweek.org/media/2011-08-23aaboysgap.mp4

How Do You Connect with Students (in five easy ways)?

Richard Milner—Vanderbilt UniversityAuthor of Start Where You Are, But Don’t Stay There

-Interview your students

-Give assignments that allow students to share their experiences and interests

-Encourage classroom discussions that let students be the center of attention

-Attend extracurricular activities featuring your students

-Visit a site in your students’ community

How Do You Become a More Equitable Educator?

EdChange

On color-blindness:“As painful as it may be to admit, I know that I react differently when I’m

in a room full of people to share many dimensions of my identity than when I’m in a room full of people who are very different from me. I must be open and honest about that because those shifts inevitably inform the experiences of people in my classes…..”

Paul Gorski: 20 (Self-) Critical Things I Will Do to Be a More Equitable Educator at www.edchange.org

What’s in your wallet?

What’s in your knapsack?

PerspectivesEducational Leadership November 2010

“Leaving Nothing to Chance”

“Another Inconvenient Truth: Race and Ethnicity Do Matter”

Inclusive Practices

Welcoming

Understanding

Equity

Access

Proportionality

How Do You Become a More Equitable Educator?

Pacific Education Group

RaceTalk webinar viewings in the district. [Meal provided.]

February 25, 2013-Examining Whiteness Without Judgment, Fear, or Shame 5:00pm-6:30pm at Fisher (Conference Room A)

March 25, 2013-Systemic Racism: A View From Inside: Developing District and School Plans Through The Lens of Equity5:00pm-6:30pm at Fisher (Conference Room A)

April 29, 2013-So Many Feelings, So Little Time...What To Do? Navigating the Feeling Corner of the Compass5:00pm-6:30pm at Wauwatosa West High School (The Steiner Center)

www.pacificeducationalgroup.com

District EffortsPAACT –School Counseling Grant

Professional Learning Communities

Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

How Do You Access Resources Related to District Efforts?

http://lrpdiversity.wikispaces.com/

Questions….

Additional thoughts…