RtI Definition Wisconsin Response to Intervention (RtI) An
organizational framework that guides implementation of a
multi-level system of support to achieve behavioral and academic
success for all.
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Hawthorne Elementary Madison, WI A Celebration of Culturally
Relevant Practices
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Changing Our Deficit Thinking Through the Seven Experiences
*School site visits *Book studies *Articles *Community site visits,
*Conferences and workshops, *Coaching and modeling, *Guest speakers
Book studies, articles, schools site visits, community site visits,
conferences and workshops, coaching and modeling, guest speakers
Our Mission 2013/2014
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VABB EMCC visits Hmong New Year Read Your Heart Out Harambee
School wide Cultural Imaging Classroom Imaging Lessons from the
Book Study Classroom Library Three Areas of Focus
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Hawthorne Elem School Madison 2013-14: Pre-K through 5 th grade
432 students 33.61 % Black 29.40 % Hispanic 20.60 % White 16.24 %
Asian 69.44 % Free & Reduced Lunch 46.99 % English Proficient
18.32 % Black 19. 36 % Hispanic 44.37 % White 9.12 % Asian 47.74 %
Free & Reduced Lunch 26.03 % English Proficient Madison
Metropolitan School District 26,949 students
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East Madison Community Center site visit
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East Madison Community Center (EMCC) EMCC is located in our
attendance area Build relationships outside of the school day EMCC
contact and organizing Teacher recruitment Walk and visit Teacher
and EMCC feedback
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Hmong New Year
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Happens once a year in November. It is a time of great
celebration for our Hmong community. In an effort to educate
ourselves about other cultures and to show our families that we
support them, we went to the Hmong New Year celebration. Our
students were excited to see us at this event. It was a new
cultural experience, and took us out of our comfort zone. We ate
Hmong food, observed the traditional Hmong ball game, and walked
around and enjoyed the beautiful traditional Hmong attire.
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Read Your Heart Out!
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During Read Your Heart Out, families read to students in every
classroom. They visited our library and were able to select from
hundreds of Culturally Relevant titles. The link below is the
LibGuide that Pamela Hoadley, our librarian, put together with a
specific section for Read your Heart Out. Hawthorne's LibGuide
http://madison.campusguides.com/content.php?pid=344301
http://madison.campusguides.com/content.php?pid=344301
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Self-Determination Justice/ Fairness Unity/cooperation
Empathy/Compassion Kindness/Respect World Citizenship Purpose
Harambee
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Harambee Information Harambee is a school wide community
building time that happens twice a month. During this time students
gather in small multi-age groups to learn about the current
principle. We have seven principles that we are working on. We
spend two months on each principle. We try to incorporate these
principles in other areas throughout our school, and become
familiar with the concepts.
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Cultural Imaging Goal of the committee is to make our school a
more welcoming environment for all of our students and families
Major changes made this year: o Imaging throughout the school,
including cafeteria o More imaging through Harambee activities o
Images of families throughout the building-P/T conference photo
booth Hawthorne Site Visit o RtI visit and participation through
the book study
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Hawthornes Heritage
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Classroom Imaging and Cultural Library Stacy Stokdyk 1 st Grade
Teacher Hawthorne Elementary Madison, Wisconsin
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M Y C LASS
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Why Classroom Imaging? Children can see themselves in their
classroom
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Book Study Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching
and Learning By Dr Sharroky Hollie Chapter 7: Creating a Responsive
Learning Environment Print-Rich Environment Learning Centers
Culturally Colorful Arranged Optimally Multiple Libraries Use of
Technology Relevant Bulletin Boards Displayed Student Work and
Images of Students Examining the Learning Environment Pages 141 -
148
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Student Work and Images of Students An example from my class
this year. Lesson Focus: Powerful Words Display Label
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P OWERFUL W ORDS Be kind to each other. Always work Hard.
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P OWERFUL W ORDS Take Turns. When someone is sad, talk to them.
Stand up for yourself and be kind.
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P OWERFUL W ORDS Music Calms Me Down. Focus on Learning. You
need to learn.
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P OWERFUL W ORDS Stay above the line. Be kind. Dont give
up.
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Cultural Library Children can see themselves in a book.
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C ULTURALLY R ESPONSIVE W EBSITE H OW M Y S CHOOL S HARES OUR C
ULTURALLY R ESPONSIVE L EARNING
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Culturally Responsive Practices School District of Onalaska
Tuesday, May 6th, 2014
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A Definition Culturally responsive practice in the classroom is
the validation and affirmation of the home culture and language for
the purposes of building and bridging the student to success in the
school culture and mainstream society. (based on a quote by
Sharroky Hollie in his book Culturally and Linguistically
Responsive Teaching and Learning: Classroom Practices for Student
Success)Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and
Learning: Classroom Practices for Student Success
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The 7 Experiences * Culturally Responsive Practices Book Study.
(Hollie) * Hmong New Year Day at Elementary School (Onalaska) * 2
Day Conference with Dr. Hollie on CRP Instruction. * Site Visit at
Hawthorne Elementary in Madison. * Classroom Training with Shelley
Zion. * Book Study on Privilege, Power and Difference. *Site Visit
at Milwaukee College Prep - Milwaukee. * Staff Professional
Development = Onalaska Equity Day!
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Know thyself The first step is to understand yourself. What are
your: passions? influences? role models? biases? strengths?
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Know thyself Deeper and more complicated cultural aspects:
politics religion language ethnicity and national heritage
soci0-economic issues
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Know thyself Autoethnography Who are you and how did you come
to be that way?
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Know your students Classroom Community Building Activities
Reach out to Parents Student of the Day Sharing Our Colors Sharing
Our Colors Community Local Diversity Resources Local Diversity
Resources
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Classroom environment Affirming Images - images of students
themselves and successful people from their cultures - including
youth culture Diverse Classroom Libraries - resourcesresources
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Traditional Responsive Culturally Responsive
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Personal Dictionary and Thesaurus
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What can I do tomorrow? * Start with 3 attention getting
signals (traditional, responsive, and culturally responsive) *
Start with two movement activities that go across the instructional
range. * Build a community of respect for ALL students with
meaningful activities built into your daily instruction.
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Special Thanks to: Andreal and Michelle for being so awesome
and helping our district progress in this crucial journey!