Thursday, October 25, 2007
standards for a culturally responsive school
Recently in my ED 420 class, which some of you are in as well, we went over the Alaska Standards for a Culturally Responsive School. While I was reading the text I couldn't help feeling pressured. The document presented the standards as "guidelines" for educators to follow, but oh what aspiring goals to try to reach! If only I could be a teacher as well rounded as the guidelines suggest. Without a doubt, every single guideline was a brilliant suggestion for educators to follow in order to provide a better chance at success for the rural student. While some are definitely feasible, ("continually involve themselves in learning about the local culture), my concern is brought upon by the enourmous undertaking that following ALL the guidelines would require of educators, not to mention students and community members. I would love to be that teacher, it's just that it seems like it would take me another 4 years (at least) of school to even gain the kind of knowledge that the guidelines wish us to have. I hope that those who are educating us, the future educators, will realize that there have got to be some major curriculum changes for us before we can confidently and successfully apply the guidelines. Thank goodness that we have community members we can rely on for help if we need it.
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You are so right about the need for curriculum changes. Teachers who are struggling with the requirements of NCLB often find time for little in the way of "content" topics such as social studies and science, needing instead to concentrate on math, reading, and writing skills. I keep thinking back to Nastasia's description of the subsistence program in Russian Mission and the extent to which that school district has integrated local culture into the curriculum. Why can't all schools do that?
I think it helps when there are local teachers that know the culture and can teach others who want to learn about it. Our school is so fortunate to have six from this village, and even there are that many locals it still needs lots to bring the community culture into the classroom. I think we are so busy trying to meet so many "other" requirements when all along it is here among us.
I think its even a part of the teacher evaluation process. I don't exactly know how its worded but it definitely is part of the evaluation. But what it really boils down to is how you as a teacher will response to the culture of your school. Your people skills...are you going into the community and let them know that you have all the answers to their problems and that you are there to fix everything. We do have teachers that come into the village with attitudes like that and we wonder what exactly they are doing here and they don't last too long in the communities.
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