59. Small Steps to a Creating a Culturally Competent School with Guest Jocelynn Hubbard

As ESL teachers, we are especially aware of how important it is for our ELL students to feel welcome, respected, and safe. Because of this, creating a culturally competent school environment is so important. Our guest today, Jocelynn Hubbard, is sharing how all teachers, admin, and staff play a huge role in creating this culturally competent environment for our students.

Creating a culturally responsive environment takes effort from all staff members to not only learn new things, but to unlearn some biases they may unknowingly have. Knowing how to transform our school environment into one that is respectful and welcoming to all cultures can seem intimidating. Luckily Jocelynn is here to help us begin this process!

In this episode, Jocelynn is sharing her experience in education and how she is helping schools now, what culturally responsive teaching is and why it is so important, how to develop cultural competency as a school, and actionable ways we can begin to transform our schools to be more culturally competent.

Jocelynn Hubbard helps teachers spark joy during the learning experience by creating an inclusive and welcoming classroom environment for ALL their students. She is the founder and managing director of Custom Teaching Solutions, LLC and host of The Culture-Centered Classroom podcast. She has 16+ years of experience in education as an educator, speaker, professional development creator and facilitator. Driven by a passion to see the diverse people of our world feel welcomed, affirmed, and celebrated, she provides training on becoming and remaining culturally competent. As a wife and mother of five, her goals include squeezing in time for exercise, finding moments of joy each day, and parenting each of her children as unique individuals.

Related Resources:

• Grab your FREE “5 Ways to Create an Inclusive Classroom” guide
• Kickstart Your Culturally Responsive Teaching Course
• The Culture Centered Teacher Training Workshops for Schools
• Join the Equipping ELLs Membership
• Check out the ELL Strategy Academy
• Download the ESL Teacher Toolkit 
• Shop TpT resources that help with supporting your ELLs
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For all links and resources, check out the show notes: https://www.inspiringyounglearners.com/culturally-competent-school

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