Module 1: Who are we?

Knowing the individuals in our classrooms, their families, and communities is an essential starting point of teaching. Building relationships with learners, learning from them and their experiences, and empowering them in the classroom to establish mutual respect and social contingencies where all class members contribute to social, emotional, and intellectual growth. Topics include learner identities, unpacking teacher privilege, intersections of diversity, building on family/community resources, and responding to diversity through individualization.