Its here!   The Center has recently completed the production of its first Professional Development Training DVD video and we are proud to make it available to schools and individuals. 

The video offers 9 short classroom vignettes of teachers from the Culture and Language Academy of Success, the flagship school of the Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning. (View the 10 minute introduction on YouTube)  Total running time of entire video: 80 minutes.

Carefully selected lessons from Kindergarten through 8th grade demonstrate exemplary use of the five "Foundations of Success" of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching, including:

• Standards-based teaching with culturally responsive literature
• Systematic Teaching of Situational Appropriateness
• Building on Cultural Behaviors to Build Positive Classroom Communities
• Expansion of Academic Vocabulary using Conceptually Coded Words
• Creating an Inviting Learning Environment for Student Success

To order, download the order form or call 323-756-9330 between 9am and 4 pm PST Monday through Friday.