Tamera Malone

Tag: public education

  • Intellectual Growth and Achievement: How to Advance Student Learning

    This blog post continues our exploration of culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP), a framework for teachers developing their critical consciousness, cultural competence, and ability to advance student learning. Today, we’ll delve deeper into the concept of student learning.  The Body Analogy: Student Learning as the Core Imagine a culturally relevant teacher as a human body. We’ve…

  • Building Bridges in the Classroom: Exploring Cultural Competence

    We’re diving deeper into our ongoing journey towards culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP)! We’ve explored this framework’s heart (volition) and left brain (critical consciousness). Now, let’s shift to the right brain – cultural competence. Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings defines cultural competence as the ability of students to: These abilities translate to students expressing their cultural identity through…

  • 5 Characteristics of a Revolutionary School Leader

    When deciding who will educate our children, we must be clear and explicit about the characteristics, qualifications, skills, competencies, beliefs, values, and mindsets we want this person to have. My local school district just welcomed a new superintendent. This person is most responsible for designing and managing a school system that meets the academic, social,…