The Power of a Culturally Responsive Teacher

Dr. Chris Townsend, PhD provides practical guidance about culturally responsive teaching and shares how one teacher was personally transformative through these four steps:

Step 1: Begin with a genuine desire to understand the student who is different

Step 2: Develop culturally appropriate expectations in collaboration with the student

Step 3: Deliver frequent, specific, and powerful acknowledgement of daily success

Step 4: Maintain a posture of continual learning by empowering the child to be an educator too