Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning 

• Explore and reflect one’s personal and student social/cultural identities and positionalities. 
• Describe racial identity development. 
• Describe concepts of privilege and oppression. 
• Describe ways in which teaching can be culturally and linguistically responsive throughout the learning process and environment. 
• Identify specific strategies to intentionally create an inclusive classroom environment and culturally responsive instruction that creates a sense of community and belonging in which every student sees themselves as a learner. 
• Describe how U.S. demographics are changing and how this will impact education in the 21st century. Analyze how socialization influences beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. 

Access, Equity, and Inclusion 

• Describe the laws, regulations, and court cases that govern diverse populations historically and currently. 
• Analyze differences in equity in relation to diverse populations. 
• Apply pedagogical practices that provide equitable opportunities to meet the needs of the learners in PreK-12 educational contexts for all learners and families. 

Community and Relations 

•  Reflect on personal and community dispositions on diversity. 
•  Plan multiple means of developing relationships with the community and families of diverse populations to include but not limited to socioeconomic status, culture, religion, gender, immigration status, etc. 

Advocacy 

• Define the effective advocacy skills, based on the current teacher education research and practice, needed to become a culturally responsive educator. 
• Analyze personal dispositions and skills for becoming an innovative educator in PreK-12 classrooms with the goal of equity and advocacy for all students and families.