On Monday, June 7, the International Literacy Association (ILA) held “Disrupting Instructional Paradigms by Embracing Culturally Responsive Pedagogy,” a webinar featuring Glendaliz Martinez Almonte and hosted by ILA member Julius B. Anthony, who also serves as president of the St. Louis Regional Literacy Association.
Almonte, a 20-year career educator, currently supports school districts in their planning, writing, and implementation of curriculum to ensure equity and access for marginalized students.
More than 2,000 people registered for the event, which was sponsored by Curriculum Associates and simulcast through Facebook Live. The on-demand recording is now accessible on ILA’s YouTube Channel as well as archived on Facebook.
The following is a list of resources Almonte recommends:
On the web
Teacher Competencies that Promote Culturally Responsive Teaching
Guide published by New America to help facilitate self-appraisal, goal setting, and critical conversations across core culturally responsive teaching competencies
Dear White Teachers: You Can’t Love Your Black Students If You Don’t Know Them
Education Week op/ed by Bettina L. Love, associate professor of educational theory and practice at the University of Georgia
5 Ways Culturally Responsive Teaching Benefits Learners
Blog post from New America on how culturally responsive teaching practices promote the social, emotional, and academic development of all students
Saddleback Books
High interest, low reading level books for students who are learning to read or developing reading skills
On the shelf
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
An Introduction to Multicultural Education by James Banks
Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom by Lisa Delpit
Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research and Practice by Geneva Gay
Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain by Zaretta Hammond
Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning by Sharroky Hollie
The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children by Gloria Ladson-Billings
We Want to Do More Than Survive by Bettina Love
Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy by Gholdy Muhammad
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World by Django Paris
For young readers
The Questioneers Series by Andrea Beatty:
- Ada Twist, Scientist | Ada Magnifica, Scientifica
- Sofia Valdez, Future Prez | Sofia Valdez, Presidenta Talvez
- Rosie Revere, Engineer | Rosa Pionera, Ingeniera
- Iggy Peck, Architect | Pedro Perfecto, Arquitecto
Islandborn | Lola (Spanish version of Islandborn) by Junot Díaz
La Madre Goose: Nursery Rhymes for los Niños by Susan Middleton Elya
Latinx publishers
Arte Publico Press
Jade Publishing
Lil' Libros