Leticia Skae-Jackson is a Literacy Teacher Development Specialist at Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet School here in Nashville. I reached out to Letitia after reading her Edweek blog post, 4 Steps to Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher. Leticia's enthusiasm for teaching and learning is contagious and she shares many gems of wisdom in this episode.

We begin by talking about Leticia's childhood experience of immigrating to Nashville from Malawi, Africa. Next, Leticia describes her journey towards becoming a more culturally responsive educator as well as insights and suggestions for educators who wish to become more culturally responsive. We also talk about how brain research should support teaching and learning, and finally Leticia gives advice to teachers on how to maintain their sanity when new initiatives are continuously being introduced.

Here are some resources if you'd like to read more about culturally responsive teaching.

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/culturally-responsive-misconceptions/

 

https://www.amazon.com/Culturally-Responsive-Teaching-Multicultural-Education/dp/0807750786

 

https://www.amazon.com/Culturally-Responsive-Teaching-Brain-Linguistically/dp/1483308014/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=JG4B6MQRFSS8Y9EX0REP

 

Music has be altered and repurposed for and by L. Dunnavant of the Education Conversation Podcast.

 

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