Inform.
Influence.
Inspire.
The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning (CCRTL)
Making CLR Essential Everywhere
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness (CLR) is a framework to promote a culture of inclusivity and diversity in the classroom as well as culturally responsive teaching (CRT).
Becoming culturally responsive means that your instruction changes for the better. CLR can renovate or overhaul your instruction, depending on where you are in your teaching and where you want to be at the end of the day.
In School Districts Everywhere
The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning has found success through its approach of using culturally responsive solutions in schools that have only seen persistent underachievement in the past. Through culturally responsive practices, CCRTL informs the community, influences institutional policies in districts, and inspires academic progress in schools.
At the Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning, we educate parents, teachers, school-site administrators, as well as central office leadership in what it means to be culturally responsive in meaningful ways, not just in namesake in district documents. Nearly100,000 educators have been trained through the Center where we focus on changing mindsets, developing skillsets, and implementing systemsets.
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 Do
Instructional Support and Development
We provide resources and instructional support and development (ISD) to support your school or district through systemic CLR implementation.
Online Learning
In-Person Learning
CLR Responds to R.A.C.E
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.
Deep introspection that provides an indication of where you are with race/racism, individually. In short, radical change starts with you.
Silence is complicity. The big elephant in the room has to be acknowledged through conversation, of course, but with conversations that lead to action.
The difference in our activism and advocacy, ”this time,” has to be tangible, measurable actions at the individual level, as well as the institutional level. Do something!
Ignorance is not bliss and knowledge is power. The number one correlation to biased thinking is level of ignorance. Reading, listening, and/or watching texts, videos, webinars, podcasts, etc., and then discussing them. Rinse and repeat.
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 updated about the upcoming events
Stay tuned for our upcoming events, where CLR meets innovation. Join us for workshops and meaningful connections!