• What: 5-part Co-Lab on Culturally Responsive Teaching
• Who: All Massachusetts teachers
• When: 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, and 11/12
• Where: 4:30-6 pm on Zoom
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This Co-Lab will be designed to support teachers in understanding and applying the practices of Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT). Drawing from the work of Zaretta Hammond, including Culturally Responsive Teaching & the Brain and her latest text, Rebuilding Students’ Learning Power: Teaching for Instructional Equity and Cognitive Justice, the Co-Lab is intended as an introduction, refresher, or practical space for teachers who are new to CRT or looking to deepen their practice.

Participating teachers will build a foundational understanding of CRT, reflect on their own identities and experiences, and consider how their instructional practices can create more equitable learning experiences for students. The program will consist of a series of five weekly 90-minute sessions, where teachers will participate in interactive mini-lessons, discussions with other teachers, and work time.

The weekly sessions are designed to move from building the foundations of CRT and reflecting on identity, to exploring culturally responsive practices through the Ready for Rigor framework, examining how teacher actions and instructional choices can support more equitable learning experiences, and applying these ideas to classroom practice. At the end of the Co-Lab, teachers will have the opportunity to reflect on their learning, share their experiences with peers, and identify meaningful next steps to continue growing their practice. All Massachusetts teachers are welcome to participate.