Dispositions for Culturally Responsive Teaching
Dispositions for Culturally Responsive Teaching
Written reflection on dispositions necessary to effectively teach students form diverse backgrounds (3-5
pages).
This assessment requires you to engage in the reflective practice required to be a culturally competent
practitioner. For your assessment, you will reflect upon the experiences that have guided you
toward becoming a culturally responsive practitioner. You will identify the dispositions necessary for
working with students from diverse backgrounds and assess your proficiency with these
dispositions. Conclude your narrative with your next steps and propose a community of practice with
which you could continue the practice of culturally responsive teaching. What will you do with this
information? How will you make changes within your practice to ensure a culturally responsive
classroom?
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following
course competency and assessment scoring guide criteria:
Critically reflect on one’s own dispositions related to culture and diversity.
o Evaluate the dispositions needed to provide equitable instruction for diverse students.
o Analyze personal growth in dispositions needed for culturally responsive teaching.
o Make connections between the theories and framework of multicultural teaching and
own dispositions.
o Propose a plan for ongoing development of culturally responsive teaching practices in
own setting.
Instructions
Write a 3–5 page narrative that addresses the following:
Identify dispositions that teachers need to possess in order to work with students and families
from a variety of cultures.
Assess your disposition proficiency in your teaching practice. You could use a Likert scale or a
rubric you develop, or provide a narrative assessment.
Reflect on your growth in these dispositions.
o What are your areas of strength and weakness?
o What dispositions come easily? What dispositions are difficult to portray?
Develop a list of 4–5 questions you have about teaching your students from diverse
backgrounds. Consider these questions in the context of the dispositions identified above.
o How will your disposition proficiency support these questions?
o What dispositions do you possess that helped you seek answers for these questions?
Propose a community of practice centered on culturally responsive teaching in which you will
continue to engage in professional development with others.
o What areas within culturally responsive pedagogy will support your community of
practice?
o How can this community of practice contribute to the professional development of
others in your setting?
Additional Requirements
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Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
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