Who's In My Classroom?

Who's In My Classroom?
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Capitalize on the latest educational research and youth voices to inform your teaching and become more culturally and developmentally aware In Who's In My Classroom? , accomplished educator and author delivers an inspirational and practical combination of true stories from teens in Youth Communication's award-winning writing program and the most current educational research. The book links theories of adolescent development and identity formation to best practices in real-world classrooms where teachers strive to form supportive relationships with students. In this book, you'll find: Narrative and explanations of the most cutting-edge research in educational and developmental psychology and cultural competence Excerpts from stories by students specifically written and edited with social and emotional learning competencies in mind Practical and concrete strategies for administrators and teachers to implement for sustainable improvement in learning outcomes for their students, including the use of Youth Communication’s stories Perfect for K-12 educators, counselors, and administrators, Who's In My Classroom? is also an indispensable resource for higher education professionals and pre-service teachers seeking a practical guide to help them become more developmentally and culturally responsive in their work.

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Tim Fredrick. Who's In My Classroom?

Table of Contents

Guide

Pages

Who's in My Classroom? Building Developmentally and Culturally Responsive School Communities

Introduction

Other Things to Know about This Book

References

CHAPTER ONE An Introduction to Developmentally and Culturally Responsive Teaching (DCRT)

My First Lesson in Listening to Students

Why It's Crucial to Know Your Students

Why Understanding Child and Adolescent Development Is Crucial for Teachers

The Adolescent Brain Is Still Developing

Development Is Shaped by Multiple Settings

Why Cultural Responsiveness Is Crucial for Teachers

Connections between Home and School Help Students Meet High Expectations

The Importance and Meaning of High Expectations

Growing Recognition of Culturally Responsive Education

Becoming a Developmentally and Culturally Responsive Teacher

What Teachers Can Do

1. Reflect on your current teaching and disciplinary practices

2. Enhance your knowledge of how your students develop and learn

3. Enhance your skills in teaching in culturally responsive ways

4. Listen to students’ voices, and respond

What Schools Can Do. 1. Assess how students’ developmental needs are currently being met

2. Establish norms and expectations regarding the use of developmentally and culturally responsive teaching practices

3. Provide professional learning opportunities for teachers to support the use of developmentally and culturally responsive teaching skills

Notes

References

CHAPTER TWO Recognizing and Undoing Bias—How Teachers’ Beliefs Impact Students

Helping Everyone Grow

Understanding Our Beliefs about Intelligence and Ability

Recognizing—and Undoing—Bias in the Classroom

Moving toward Understanding Our Students

What Teachers Can Do

1. Learn to accommodate new information that challenges our assumptions

2. Broaden our assessment of competence

3. Honor students’ strengths by giving feedback on process, not just product

4. Use what we've learned about our students to make lessons more meaningful

5. Celebrate the victories

What Schools Can Do

1. Schools provide safe spaces where teachers and school leaders can share and reflect on their beliefs about teaching, learning, and their students

2. School leaders are open to responsive and flexible teaching

3. Schools develop both support systems and accountability systems

Notes

References

CHAPTER THREE How Schools Influence Our Beliefs about Ourselves

What Is Identity Development?

How We Can Shape Our Own Identity

The Power of Peers and Identity

What Teachers Can Do. 1. Create safe spaces for students to explore their identity

2. Help students see their strengths

3. Help students establish goals

4. Help students to develop positive peer relationships

What Schools Can Do. 1. Help students develop their sense of purpose

2. Develop diverse opportunities for students to see themselves as competent

Notes

References

CHAPTER FOUR How Schools Shape Gender and Racial Identity Development

The Pressure to Conform

Supporting Gender Identity Development

Supporting Racial Identity Development

The Importance of Positive Racial Identity

What Teachers Can Do. 1. Create environments that support gender identity development

2. Teach in ways that promote positive racial identity

What Schools Can Do. 1. Prioritize staff diversity when hiring

2. Develop a plan to recruit, hire, and retain diverse staff

Notes

References

CHAPTER FIVE How Stress and Trauma Affect Learning

Stress Reactions Are Not “Logical”

Understanding the Differences among Stress, Chronic Stress, and Trauma

The Adolescent Brain's Response to Chronic Stress and Trauma

Stress, Trauma, and Disproportionality

Our Cultural Backgrounds Influence How We Cope

Reducing Institutional Stress Caused by School

We Need to Be Attuned to the Impact of External Stressors

A Developmentally and Culturally Responsive Approach to Understanding Student Behavior

What Teachers Can Do. 1. Rethink student behavior: Is it a stress response?

2. Reflect on how our responses to student behaviors reflect our own needs

3. Teach in ways that reduce student stress

What Schools Can Do. 1. Employ a multidimensional approach to examining student stress

2. Identify the sources of teacher stress

Notes

References

CHAPTER SIX How We Can Help Students Heal and Do Better in School

We Need More Compassionate Schools (the COVID-19 Pandemic Made That Even Clearer)

Psychologically Healthy Students Are Better Students

Schools as Centers of Healing: The Importance of Trauma-Informed Schools

Why Meaningful Connections Are So Important

Meaningful Connections Foster Engagement in School and Help Students to Heal

“Safe” Schools Are Schools Where Students Feel They Can Take Academic and Personal Risks

Why Respecting Students Is So Important

We Help Students Achieve by Helping Them to Strengthen Their Social and Emotional Skills

What Teachers Can Do. 1. Teach in trauma-informed ways

2. Understand the effects of compassion fatigue and adjust your expectations for your students and yourself

What Schools Can Do. 1. Determine your readiness to become trauma-sensitive

2. Utilize an inquiry-based approach to becoming a trauma-sensitive school

3. View trauma-sensitive work as a framework for reviewing other school policies and practices, especially school discipline

Notes

References

CHAPTER SEVEN The Change Process

The Change Process: Equity as Our North Star

The Change Process: Teacher Mindsets and the Details of Daily Practice

The Change Process: Professional Development

The Change Process: Curriculum and Assessment

The Change Process: Building a Positive School Climate

The Change Process: Making Youth Voice Integral to Change

1A. Demonstrating Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy

1B. Demonstrating Knowledge of Students

1C. Selecting Instructional Outcomes

1D. Demonstrating Knowledge of Resources

1E. Designing Coherent Instruction

1F. Designing Student Assessments

Notes

References

CHAPTER EIGHT Reaching DCRT Goals through True, Teen-Written Stories

How to Use the Stories

Using Advisory to Build a Developmentally and Culturally Responsive School

The Five CASEL Social and Emotional Competencies

Using Teen Stories in English Language Arts instruction (and Beyond)

Using the Stories in Professional Development. 1. Story-based professional development in action

The Writing Program

What Teachers Can Do. 1. Sign up for our weekly story emails and read our youth-written stories

2. Support restorative justice and trauma-informed practices

What Schools Can Do. 1. Make reading and discussing the stories a regular part of your school's professional development

Youth Communication's Grades 6–12 SEL Programs

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Teen Story Index. Source of Teen Stories

Index

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Gess LeBlanc, Ph.D.

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It was a good thing no one was around because I hated the look people gave me when they felt sorry for me. The landlord gave me that look when he saw my brother and me packing up our childhood toys. The cops who told us that we were evicted gave us that look when they saw us place our suitcases on the sidewalk.

Every time we moved we got the look that became known to me as the look of pity. And we moved a lot. The first time was when I was around 7. That's about when my father left us. Until then, I had grown up in an apartment in Ridgewood, Queens, with both parents and my brother.

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