1. Culturally Responsive Teaching
Student Voice: What are our students saying?

2. Who is Sarah Olson? Wife, mom, friend.
Teacher of middle school children.
Lover of the Packers and Badger basketball.
Coffee addict.
Soccer player, runner, yogi.
Seeker.

3. Setting up the Classroom for Student voice and CR Practices: Classroom Norms
Student learning and voice is at the center of our very first classroom unit.

4. Activity Example:Can You Help Me? (Rick Duvall)
Essential Question #1
Activity Example:Can You Help Me? (Rick Duvall)
How do I show respect in the classroom?
Who is our classroom family?
What behaviors contribute to our classroom community?
STUDENTS COME UP WITH NORMS...
Likes to break dance
Has more than 6 siblings
Will bake Mrs. Olson cookies
Has an interesting story to share
Enjoys video games
Rides their bike to school
Believes that everyone deserves respect
Believes that differences make us stronger
Has a special talent
Enjoys basketball
Can speak a different language
Is secretly a ninja

5. Norms

6. Content Coaches- Student Rainbow Books (James Heiks)
Student Leadership: Students can and do teach. Many times better than I do…
Content Coaches- Student Rainbow Books (James Heiks)
What does a stop sign mean?
What happens if a student is correct?
What happens if a student is incorrect?

7. Community Meetings: Norms check in. Big ideas.
Logistics/Routines/Procedures.
Meaningfulness.

8. How do I show gratitude to others?
Gratitude Unit
Thematic Teaching
How do I show gratitude to others?

9. Modes- “Code Switching”- Teaching to Fluency
Student Discussion Mode
Music Reading Mode
Eyeball Mode
Classroom Norms Mode
Worktime Mode
Concert Mode

10. What happened if content was used as a vehicle for personal growth?

11. End of the Year Experiment
“Music is powerful.” -John C.
“It’s important to have good life habits.” -Lucas
“We become a family through music. We need to take care of one another.”- Angie V.
“ Accept everyone for who they are.” -Serena X.
“Be your best and work with others as a team.” Andre P.
“Be grateful and appreciate everything.” -Sam T.
“Sing from your soul and make it matter.” -TJ I.
End of the Year Experiment
“Anything is possible even if people say you can’t do it.” -No name (classic)
“Have fun and enjoy life.” -Carter F.
“People from different homes and different lyfe styles still love music equally.” -Jenna N.
“Everyone deserves respect.” -Lexi D.
“Everybody is different and that is an amazing thing.” -Andrew S.
“We are all a big family.” -Cho X.
“Be yourself, it’s that simple.” -Sunny T.
“Have fun when you are doing stuff. Life is limited so have fun. Try not to live a mad life, being happy is way healthier.” -Parker B.
What common things do you notice? What surprises you?

12. Three years.