Scenario Response 2
Scenario Response 2
You are on a curriculum committee, and need to screen for curriculum and assessments that will meet the following criteria:
- Cultural relevance
- Do barriers exist in students’ mainstream dominant culture?
- What cultural events will take place during the 2024-2025 school year?
- Are accommodations provided for culturally appropriate behaviors in the classroom?
- Are languages, artifacts, examples, and community resources relevant to students’ culture to validate student heritage?
- Is there unconscious bias that exist?
- What bias exist among teacher(s)?
- Are texts and readings whose language is gender-neutral and free of cultural-bias such as stereotypes?
- How will biases and stereotypes be mitigated?
- How will standards be supported and taught in classroom?
- How will validity of state standards assessments be noted for English Language Learners?
- Non-bias
- Alignment to state/national standards
- Differentiated
- What differentiation methods will be implemented in the classroom?
- How will instruction be varied to the learner to meet differentiation needs?
- How will materials be differentiated to meet curriculum guidelines?
- Will students’ interest, readiness, and learning profiles be taken into consideration when differentiating?