Inform.
Influence.
Inspire.
Cultural and linguistic responsiveness (CLR) is for everyone.
Making CLR Essential
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness (CLR) is a way of being and a way of doing acceptance, sensitivity, understanding and awareness. Being CLR means the validation and affirmation of underserved students, families, and communities.
Doing CLR means transforming instructional practices in ways that impact the entire school community.
In School Districts Everywhere
The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning has found success through its approach of using cultural and linguistic responsive solutions in schools that have only seen persistent underachievement in the past. Through cultural and linguistic responsiveness practices, CCRTL informs the community, influences institutional policies in districts, and inspires academic progress in schools.
Under the framework of Validate, Affirm, Build and Bridge (VABB) (TM), CCRTL has found success in informing, influencing, and inspiring change in practices that lead academic success for all students, particularly the underserved. Nearly 200,000 educators have experienced Validate, Affirm, Build, and Bridge in the past 20 years where we focus on changing mindsets, developing skillsets, and implementing system sets.
We have developed a framework for thought and engagement for anyone who has a stake in the cause of urban school reclamation through progressive, innovative transformation. CCRTL shifts the community’s thoughts and actions on traditional perspectives and educational policies from stagnation to innovation by supporting culturally responsive schools, influencing educational policies and laws, engaging parents to be empowered partners, and galvanizing communities around progressive change.
Through our network of schools, we have demonstrated that responsive education works. Our flagship schools and districts have made consistent and steady progress with a population of students who have been underserved by traditional schooling.
How We Serve
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We provide professional learning experiences geared toward gaining foundational CLR knowledge, implementing CLR practices, and sustaining CLR over time.
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The CLR Community
Join our growing community of educators, counselors, faculty members, and like-minded individuals that are sharing their journey to responsiveness with everyone!
CLR Responds to Race (Reflect, Acknowledge, Call to Action, and Educate) — Is Encouraging Educators to Have Four Interconnected Experiences That Should Cause Discomfort and Inspire Radical Change.
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Outrageous Love the Podcast
In This Upcoming Series of Podcasts, Dr. Hollie, CCRTLCoaches, and VABB-Ulicious Educators Share Their Testimonies About Their Own Unique Journey to Responsiveness.
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Stay tuned for our upcoming events, where CLR meets innovation. Join us for workshops and meaningful connections!