I provide resources and instruction
that enables students to view
concepts, issues, themes and
problems from several multi-cultural
perspectives. I evaluated my teaching based on the CRT Checklist. I found myself to be a Level 3: Transformative Approach because I meet the following criteria:
- I provide resources and instruction that enables students to view concepts, issues, themes and problems from several multi-cultural perspectives.
- I provide resources and instruction that enables students to view class concepts being studied from multiple perspectives, frames of references from various groups and various individuals within those groups.
- I infuse multiple perspectives, frames of references, and content from various groups and perspectives to extend students’ understandings of the nature, development, and complexity of the society in which they live.
- I introduce the “canons” of my discipline and augment them to reflect the complex synthesis and interaction of the diverse racial/ethnic/religious/cultural elements that comprise our society.
- I do not view my students through a deficit lens, but rather a strength-based focus. I respect all groups and encourage students to celebrate diversity by considering multiple viewpoints, using culturally responsive language, and searching for and acknowledging strengths in others.