Episode description
Join Jim and Zaretta Hammond in this episode of Coaching Conversations as they break down culturally responsive teaching and how teachers can be powerful catalysts in helping students transform into cognitively independent learners. Follow along as they discuss the impact of applying the science of learning through active demandingness, instructional equity, setting goals, and building students’ confidence to accelerate and bring joy into learning for all students.
Ms. Hammond is a national education 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. She has published articles in Educational Leadership, The Learning Professional, and Phi Delta Kappan. She is passionate about the intersectionality of equity and culturally responsive teaching as a way to help educators close opportunity and learning gaps for under-served students. She has consulted widely with school districts, regional education service agencies, and coaching organizations across the country on ways to support students to accelerate their own learning through the science of learning. Ms. Hammond sits on the Board of Trustees for the Center for Collaborative Classroom and is involved in a number of working groups committed to educational equity through improvement science and the science of learning.
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