Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies for High School Teachers

Abstract

There is a disservice within our school systems that hinder our Latino communities. High school English as a Second Language (ESL) Latino students are not comprehensively being taught the skills required to make life decisions. These students make up a huge portion of the population yet current programs are not geared toward their success. These students would benefit academically from a Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) strategies guide designed for educators to make them more aware of the different cultures of students that they may encounter in their classes throughout the years to come. This project researched the post-secondary education that ESL Latino students require to be serviced in a meaningful CRT curriculum. Establishing a comprehensive curriculum for ESL Latino students will produce students who feel included and successful throughout their academic career. It will also have a positive impact in their personal lives and within their communities. ESL Latino students will become capable members of the classroom community as strategies within this project will guide educators to better service these students. It is the hope of the researcher that the guide for CRT specialized curriculum will produce productive students who graduate and become productive members of society despite being ESL. Though this guide is specifically developed to service ESL Latino high school students, it can be adopted to serve ESL students at any level of education.