Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment & Affirming Learning Environments
This course focuses on historical and contemporary challenges and possibilities in secondary urban education. It includes an analysis of critical perspectives on education policy, practice, and reform, emphasizing culturally responsive and sustaining pedagogies. The curriculum highlights the importance of teacher collaboration, activism, and contemporary educational philosophies, aiming to advance educational equity and foster inclusive, transformative learning environments.
Culturally Responsive & Sustaining Pedagogies (CRSP) and Cultural Identities
Culturally Responsive Learning Environment & SEL Competencies
CRSP Clinical Practice
CRSP Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
Planning a Mini-Unit of Study with Designing Assessments Planning Template
This assignment involved planning a unit of study that demonstrates the ability to design curriculum, assessments, and instruction aligned with the California Standards and the English Language Development Framework. The task required carefully considering integrating these standards into a cohesive learning plan. Using a provided template, the unit was crafted with a focus on meeting the diverse needs of students, ensuring alignment with both content and language development goals.
Designing & Delivering Effective Instruction
CRSP Theory Into Practice: Choral Music Education
This assignment focused on designing responsive literacy instruction that honors students' identities, strengths, and needs while fostering humanizing learning environments. It emphasized planning and revising learning activities, incorporating feedback, and guiding students in producing creative written, oral, and digital literacy projects. The project highlighted the importance of reflecting on teacher identity, valuing diverse expressions of learning, and creating connections between classroom literacy practices and real-world contexts.
The following videos are analyzed and compared in the presentation.
Janger – Avip Priatna & Agustinus Bambang Jusana
The Resonanz Children's Choir
Avip Priatna, Conductor
Published by Carus-Verlag
This vibrant performance features The Resonanz Children's Choir, conducted by Avip Priatna, presenting "Janger," a choral arrangement of Indonesian folksongs. The piece, composed by Avip Priatna and Agustinus Bambang Jusana, blends cultural authenticity with technical brilliance, showcasing the artistic excellence of the ensemble and the rich traditions of Indonesian music.
Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Royal Academy of Music and The Juilliard School
Masaaki Suzuki
Recorded live on Sunday, June 21, 2015, in Duke's Hall at the Royal Academy of Music in London.