Promote SEL for Students
Leadership and staff are not yet familiar with their students’ cultural backgrounds, life circumstances, or the local community context.
Leadership and staff are familiar with most of their students’ cultural backgrounds, life circumstances, and the local community context.
Leadership and staff are familiar with students’ cultural backgrounds, life circumstances, and the local community context. Instructional materials offer diverse representations of culture, race, gender, and other identities. SEL practices provide opportunities for some students to learn about cultural differences.
Leadership and staff are deeply knowledgeable about students' lived experiences, cultural backgrounds, and the local community context. Instructional materials offer diverse representations of culture, race, gender, and other identities. SEL practices provide opportunities for students to learn about cultural differences, explore and celebrate their own social and cultural identities, and collaboratively develop inclusive and equitable learning environments.
What is cultural responsiveness?
Cultural responsiveness acknowledges and celebrates students’ unique cultural strengths and experiences. It takes into account the larger sociopolitical context that impacts student learning and experience of school in order to create classrooms that are engaging and inclusive.
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