Critical Conversations: Zaretta Hammond on Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain
January 18, 2024, 5 p.m.
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Poly is a partner school with Critical Conversations, an adult-focused speaker series presented by New Roads School that features experts from a range of fields who are at the forefront of conversations around equity and justice. This month, the speaker series will feature Zaretta Hammond, M.A., a national consultant and author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students. She is a former high school and community college expository writing instructor.
For the past 20 years, she has supported schools and other institutions in deepening their understanding and application of culturally responsive practices. She currently runs the Culturally Responsive Education by Design Online PLC, a 6-month intensive, inquiry-based professional learning experience to build instructional capacity to use culturally responsive tools and practices effectively. Ms. Hammond is a strong literacy advocate who sits on the Board of Trustees for the Center for the Collaborative Classroom. She is also a member of the advisory board for the Consortium for Reading Education (CORE).
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Register Here
Poly is a partner school with Critical Conversations, an adult-focused speaker series presented by New Roads School that features experts from a range of fields who are at the forefront of conversations around equity and justice. This month, the speaker series will feature Zaretta Hammond, M.A., a national consultant and author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students. She is a former high school and community college expository writing instructor.
For the past 20 years, she has supported schools and other institutions in deepening their understanding and application of culturally responsive practices. She currently runs the Culturally Responsive Education by Design Online PLC, a 6-month intensive, inquiry-based professional learning experience to build instructional capacity to use culturally responsive tools and practices effectively. Ms. Hammond is a strong literacy advocate who sits on the Board of Trustees for the Center for the Collaborative Classroom. She is also a member of the advisory board for the Consortium for Reading Education (CORE).
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