Reimagining Professional Development to Be Culturally Responsive-Sustaining and Caring for Teachers of Multilingual Multicultural Learners

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Abstract

Often, teachers enter a community in which they are considered the "Outsiders" and are tasked with learning and teaching about the “Other.” A qualitative case study focused on how K-12 Hawai‘i public school teachers changed their perspectives and teaching practices after participating in a professional development course, “Carrying Culture: Micronesia,” designed to provide teachers with insights into the history and cultures of Micronesia and art-based strategies. Framed by the New York State Education Department’s Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework (2018), four themes emerged from the study that resulted in the development of a new Car(ry)ing Culture Education Framework that will guide teachers to know and care about the cultures, background, and worldviews of their diverse learners.

Author

• Ger Thao, Orange County Department of Education