1: What is a Responsive Educator?

Welcome to the newly revamped Equipped Educator Podcast! You are here for episode #1!Responsive teaching is the solution for unengaged students, growing academic gaps, overwhelmed teachers, and low-rigor classrooms. This is why is works!1.) Teachers gain a better understanding of their students’ perspective when they understand their deep culture (collectivist or individualist), and move into an alliance.2.) Teachers can design their first teach, or Tier 1, instruction based on the deep culture and background knowledge of their students.3.) Teachers can identify their dependent learners and intentionally move them into being independent learners by providing language supports, environmental supports, scaffolds, systems, and alliances that move the students into independence.4.) Teachers have high expectations but provide the scaffolds and language instruction in the first teach that are needed for students to move to the higher level.5.) Teachers can create Tier 1 instruction that is relevant to their students.6.) Teachers can respond appropriately and effectively to students who need redirection because they have an understanding of the behavior they may be seeing in class.7.) Teachers can create instruction and environment that works with the brain by understanding how the brain operates.Right now, you can grab your copy of Building a Bridge from "I Can't" to "I DID!" on Amazon, upload your receipt in email to [email protected], and I'll send a free book study to the physical address you provide! You can also download your free Culturally Responsive Checklish by clicking here or heading to www.theresponsiveclassroom.org/podcast.Lastly, you can get all of the podcast episodes (and more) in print at www.theresponsiveclassroom.org/blog! Thank you for loving kids!