The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning (CCRTL) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organzation located in Inglewood, CA. We can be reached at 310.412.2200. We are located at 100 East Nutwood St., Inglewood, CA 90301.

The Center offers solutions-based professional development and school-wide support programs designed to build teachers' knowledge and strengthen instructional skills. Our purpose is to help educators increase achievement outcomes with underachieving students.

CCRTL brings its considerable expertise, resources, and experience to all educational communities – K-12 schools, district administrators, academia, community organizations, and other non-profit organizations.

Our primary goal is to encourage schools to infuse the concept of culturally responsive pedagogy and utilize its instructional methodology in all areas – curriculum, administration, and community outreach – for the single goal of improving the academic experience of underachieving students.

History

The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning (CCRTL) has been providing professional development for educators in the area of culturally responsive pedagogy for the past five years. Dr. Sharroky Hollie, Executive Director, and Carlos Barron, Senior Consultant, have been working with local, state, and national school districts and organizations since 2000. In that time, they have trained nearly 10,000 educators.

In 2003, CCRTL organized as a non-profit organization and now has a team of consultants with a variety of expertise. Culturally responsive pedagogy represents a key research-based instructional and organizational approach for educating diverse learners and provides a framework for successfully responding to No Child Left Behind requirements.

Partners

Academic English Mastery Program (LAUSD)

California State University, Dominguez Hills

Alameda County Office of Education

Culture and Language Academy of Success

Learnmedia Consulting