Honoring  Language and Cultural Diversity

Culture Interventions Specialist (CIS)  offers professional development for  teachers, parents, administrators, and support staff  in utilizing Culturally Relevant Pedagogy to enhance teaching and learning.   Cultures are built from the foundation of  beliefs, values, customs, practices and forms our perspectives, goals, and aspirations.  When school philosophies, policies, and instruction are relevant to the cultural, social, and emotional needs of our students and adults;  when we focus on the assets that we need our students to bring to the institutions  of education and vocation, then and only then, we will begin to close the achievement gap for African American and under served populations of all students
Culture influences our thoughts, actions, and responses to others. It forms how we view the world and it is rooted in our pillars of beliefs. CIS works with a team of education consultants who developand present seminars which are tailored to the specific needsof the participants. CIS is capable of utilizing on-line social networkingto make learning convenient and interactive.

Discipline Clues or Blues?

Effective teachers often ask a series of questions daily:  Am I really prepared?  Will I understand “these” students – their culture and their language?  What will they think about me and my background?  What will I say when they use profanity or worse, won’t do what I say?  What will I say to parents?

The middle school mind has a culture of its own!