First Thoughts Look at each of the words

on your sheet and write

down the first two or
three adjectives that come
to mind (your thoughts or
traditional ideas).

Please keep your answers

private
POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, JUST
WRITE DOWN YOUR FIRST
THOUGHT.
 Culturally Responsive
Practices and Collaboration
Casey Kashnig, Maggie Killian,
Alicia Marsden, and Nicole Meister

Illinois State University

 Diversity Beans
Six colors:
- Red, orange, yellow, green, black, and white

Twelve flavors:
- Cinnamon, orange, root beer, coconut, sour
apple, licorice, pineapple, grape,
huckleberry, cherry, lemon, and lime
 Diversity Beans - Final Thoughts
- Did you get what you expected?

- How does this relate to the First Thoughts worksheet?

- How does this relate to collaboration?

- What do you think the purpose of this activity was?

 Pre-Assessment

Please refer to the new messages link on the SED 454 main
page in Reggienet.
 Background
Defining Culturally Responsive Practices

When collaborating its important to remember:

Culture and Perspective

Culturally Sensitive Feedback

Attend to the Cultural Context

(Friend & Cook, 2017; Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2017; NCCRESt.org, 2016)

 Collaborative Relationships

Positive interactions

Negative interactions

Obstacles in the collaborative relationship

Collaborative Relationships
 Teacher/family collaboration
Six types of parental involvement

Parenting
Communicating

(Benner, 2015; The IRIS Center, 2016)

 Collaboration with families of students with disabilities
Disproportionality in Special Education

Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement

Act(IDEA) of 2004

ISBE

Pacer Center Video

(Barrio et al.,2017; 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.)

 Teacher/Student collaboration
1.How do I represent my culture in the classroom?

1.How do I celebrate other cultures in the classroom?

1.How do I open my classroom to my students to allow them

to celebrate their cultures?

1.What are the underlying viewpoints of other cultures that

I hold? How do they affect my students and my classroom?
 Student/Student collaboration
Important Members
Learning &
Cultural Background of Learning
Communication Style
Community

Ways to promote student to student collaboration:

Turn and Talk
Mix-Pair-Share
Standup-Handup-Pairup
Quiz-Quiz-Trade
Readers Theaters
(Toppel, 2015)
 Teacher/Administrator Collaboration
What it looks like: What it means:
How the school is organized Teacher motivation

Working conditions Teacher job satisfaction

Instructional quality Teacher learning

School culture
School-wide collaboration

(Hallam, Smith, Hite, Hite, & Wilcox, 2015, p. 196) (Hallam, Smith, Hite, Hite, & Wilcox, 2015, p. 197)
 Training/Tools to promote collaboration
Collaborative Action Research for Equity Training (CARE)

Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol Model (SIOP)

Checklist to Address Disproportionality in Special

Education (CADSE)/Culturally Responsive and Relevant IEP
Builder(CRRIB)

IRIS Center Checklist

(Fiedler et al., 2008; Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol, 2017; The IRIS Center, 2016; Toppel, 2015)
 Website
www.cultureandcollaboration.weebly.com
 Final thoughts and Questions

Please refer to the new messages link on the SED 454 main
page in Reggienet.
 References
Barrio, B. L., Miller, D., Hsiao, Y.-J., Dunn, M., Petersen, S., Hollingshead, A., & Banks, S. (2017). Designing culturally responsive

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Desimone, L. (1999). Linking parent involvement with student achievement: Do race and income matter? Journal of Educational

Research, 93, 11-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220679909597625

Diversity Activity Resource Guide. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://www.uh.edu/cdi/diversity_education/resources/activities/pdf/diversity%20activities-resource-guide.pdf

Ferguson, C. (2005). Reaching out to diverse populations: What can schools do to foster family-school connections? Austin, TX:

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. Retrieved from http://www.sedl.org/connections/research-briefs.html

 References
Fiedler, C., Chiang, B., Van Haren, B., Jorgensen, J., Halberg, S. & Boreson, L. (2008). Culturally responsive practices in schools.

Teaching Exceptional Children, 40, 52-59. https://doi.org/10.1177/004005990804000507?journalCode=tcxa

Friend, M., & Cook, L. (2017). Interactions: Collaboration skills for school professionals (8th ed.).White Plains: New York: Pearson.

Hallam, P. R., Smith, H. R., Hite, J. M., Hite, S. J., & Wilcox, B. R. (2015). Trust and collaboration in PLC teams: Teacher

relationships, principal support, and collaborative benefits. NASSP Bulletin, 99, 193-216.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq. (2004)

[Mediathatmatters]. (2009, June 16). Immersion [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Y0HAjLKYI

Merriam-Webster Dictionary. (2017). Retrieved from https://www.merriam-webster.com/

Pacer Center. (2017). Working with culturally diverse families. Retrieved from http://www.pacer.org/cultural-diversity/
 References
Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol. (2017). Retrieved from http://www.cal.org/siop/

The IRIS Center. (2008). Collaborating with families. Retrieved from https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/fam/

The National Center for Culturally Responsive Education Systems. (2016). Integrating culture into the classroom. Retrieved from

http://www.nccrest.org

Toppel, K. (2015). Enhancing core reading programs with culturally responsive practices. Reading Teacher, 68(7), 552559.

https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.1348