Culturally Responsive Teaching
#GoOpenNC is the Open Education Resources initiative in North Carolina, and it’s also the name of the platform where NC educators can become part of the OER community of practice as they find, develop, and share standards aligned instructional and professional learning materials. The #GoOpenNC platform has the ability to design collaborative spaces called “Hubs” that serve to connect resources and users around a central topic.
Throughout Fall 2020, NC educators are invited to engage virtually in the continued development of a Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) Hub, which launched in Spring 2020. Culturally Responsive/Relevant Teaching is a way of instruction that values the lived experiences and out of school cultures of all students. This type of instruction situates instructional content and the teaching process within the context of a society that has undervalued the contributions and experiences of black and indigenous people of color (amongst other cultures). When you are being culturally relevant and responsive, you see the culture of all students as bridges to deeper understanding instead of barriers to connection.
In the CRT Hub Academy, participants will learn about OER and #GoOpenNC, work with CRT learning facilitators to strengthen their CRT competencies and share/remix resources with CRT scaffolds to be shared across the state.
If you are interested in participating in the development of the NC CRT hub, join the Hub Academy by applying here! Space is limited, and we will be offering 2 sections. There is NO COST for this professional development and each section is limited to 150 participants.
Applications are open through September 8th. Accepted applicants will be informed on September 10th.
Academy Schedule:
The Academies will be offered twice this Fall. Section One will be September - October and Section Two will be October - November.
Section One
Section Two
A deeper exploration of CRT Competencies and applications will happen as a “CRT Academy 201” that will run October 19th - November 13th. If you wish to participate in the 201 section, you must register for “Section One” of the Academy 101, which finishes in time for you to participate in the 201 Academy.
CEU Information:
Part One of the Academy includes (3) 90 minute webinars and 2.5 hours of engagement on the platform, which is 7 contact hours and is eligible for 0.7 CEUs. Part Two of the Academy includes (1) 60 minute reflection webinar and 5 hours of contributing and remixing materials on the platform over a two week period and is eligible for another 0.6 CEUs.
Certificates of participation will be provided one week after the close of each CRT section, upon successful completion of the Academy activities, with alignment to the NC Digital Learning Competencies for Teachers. You will receive one certificate for Part One activities and a second certificate for Part Two activities according to your level of participation. No partial credit will be awarded for either Part One or Part Two activities. Please follow your Public School Unit’s procedures for submitting this certificate for CEUs.
Please direct questions to Pam Batchelor at pamela.batchelor@dpi.nc.gov.
