The Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools

The Education Justice Research and Organizing Collaborative (EJ-ROC)

Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Facilitator's Guide

Created By The NYC Culturally Responsive Education Working Group

Created by the NYC Culturally Responsive Education Working Group, EduColor and the Education Justice Research and Organizing Collaborative (EJ-ROC) at the NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools

This facilitators guide was a labor of love, authored by Jodi Friedman, Joyce Smith, José Vilson and Huiying B. Chan, with support from Leah Q. Peoples, Matt Gonzales, Megan Hester and the NYC Culturally Responsive Education Working Group. Many thanks and appreciation for all the hours that this team dedicated to creating this resource for educators to move schools toward culturally responsive-sustaining education.

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The NYC Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Working Group is composed of educators, researchers, students, policy leaders, community groups and parents collaborating to institutionalize culturally responsive-sustaining education (CRSE) throughout the NYC public school system. The Working Group’s goals are:

  • Support the NYC Department of Education (DOE) to move in the direction of culturally responsive-sustaining practice, in order to improve outcomes and wellbeing for vulnerable student populations;

  • Bring research, practitioner and community expertise to the design and implementation of the DOE’s culturally responsive education strategy;

  • Build a community of allies and validators to build public support, understanding and political will for the expansion of CRSE across NYC schools;

  • Mobilize external stakeholders to secure adoption of CRSE policies and practices that will last across multiple administrations and for generations.

Table of Contents

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Introduction

This guide is for those wanting to facilitate and expand the work of CRSE in their schools, classrooms, and beyond.
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Preparing to Facilitate

The equity teams we discuss in the following document can be formal school teams, informal lunch and after-school groups of stakeholders, or even practitioners and community members collaborating outside of school hours.
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Session 8: CRSE and Pedagogy

This session investigates how we can improve classroom and institutional practice through a mindset of high expectations for all students and deep examination and knowledge of one’s personal beliefs.
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Session 10: Closing

In this session, we discuss what an equitable school and/or learning and teaching environment and experience look like.