Liz and Marpheen come back from a hiatus to talk with James E. Ford. Mr. Ford embodies a number of roles and identities: He is a Black man of African descent, who is tracing his lineage to the middle passage, and who owns land in Georgia on which his ancestors were slaves. He is an educator and facilitator, having been recently appointed by Governor Janet Mills to the Maine State Board of Education.  He is currently working on a number of equity and justice related projects as an employee of Lewiston Public Schools. We are so excited to introduce you to our friend, James!

DEFINITIONS:

Culturally Responsive Teaching is defined by Geneva Gay as "using the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, frames of reference and performance styles of ethnically diverse students to make learning encounters more relevant to and effective for them."

RESOURCES:

New America: Understanding Culturally Responsive Teaching

Edutopia: Getting Started With Culturally Responsive Teaching

Portland Empowered
Culturally Responsive Teaching: A 50-State Survey of Teaching Standards