#BeYou stands for “Be Engaged Your Own Unique Way,” and it speaks to giving students opportunities to be their cultural and linguistic selves at school without fear that their behavior will be seen as a problem.
A significant misconception with CLR is that we only validate and affirm so that students can then build and bridge school culture. The truth is that there are times when we must validate and affirm cultural and linguistic behaviors simply because it is the right thing to do, meaning that it does not have to always be in the context or for the purpose of building and bridging. Students should be allowed to BE themselves at school.
The #BeYou focus behavior for every month is meant to intensify your intentional VA/BBing. Each month, we will focus on one of the sixteen cultural behaviors that are most likely not validated and affirmed in the milieu of school. Come back often to check for the new #BeYou focus!
