- ACPS Framework for Culturally Responsive Teaching
- The Credentialing Process At- a - Glance
- CRT and the Brain Book Study
- Requirements
- FAQs
- Credentialing Resources
- Contact Us
- Plan and pace out your credentialing year
ACPS Framework for Culturally Responsive Teaching
ACPS Culturally Responsive Educator Framework 2022-23
Click Here for the ACPS Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Assessment
CRT Characteristic #1: Culturally Responsive Teachers acknowledge, validate, and incorporate the cultural influences of all students, while reflecting on their own personal cultural lenses. |
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1.1 Reflects on personal cultural influences, including the way these may impact communication styles, expectations, and unconscious biases. |
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1.2 Fosters classroom environments that create opportunities for access and achievement by acknowledging, valuing, advocating, and affirming social and cultural diversity in all aspects of the learning process. |
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1.3 Analyzes, selects, and integrates inclusive curriculum and instructional resources that represent and validate social and cultural diversity by connecting classroom curriculum and instruction to the cultural examples, experiences, backgrounds, and traditions of all learners. |
CRT Characteristic #2: Culturally Responsive Teachers teach to and through culture as they plan curriculum and instruction that is differentiated, rigorous, and relevant. |
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2.1 Disaggregates assessment, engagement, behavioral, and attendance data by student social and cultural groups and identifies and applies differentiated strategies to address growth and learning needs of all students with specific attention to students who are impacted by equity, opportunity, and achievement gaps. |
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2.2 Considers and utilizes assessment modes that help diverse student groups best demonstrate learning. |
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2.3 Guides students to develop the skills necessary to communicate and engage with diverse groups in ways that support anti-racist and anti-bias communities while promoting classroom dynamics that enhance belonging, inclusivity, and respect for difference. |
CRT Characteristic #3: Culturally Responsive Teachers build positive learning partnerships with students, families, and communities. |
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3.1 Builds meaningful, culturally responsive partnerships with all students anchored in affirmation, mutual respect, validation, and high expectations so that all students are supported to achieve rigorous academic goals. |
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3.2 Develops culturally-conscious, asset-based partnerships with families by putting structures in place for meaningful collaboration, including communicating with families in their home languages, in order to build trust and form mutually agreed upon learning goals for students. |
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3.3 Pursues a community partnership approach to education by inviting the cultural wisdom of the community into the classroom and building on community funds of knowledge to support the education of all students. |
The Credentialing Process At- a - Glance
What are the requirements for a Culturally Responsive Credential?
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Complete the Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain (Hammond) book study (10-sessions, September-December).
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Attend Monthly Division Cohort Sessions (7-sessions, October-May, session recordings will be available).
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Submission of “Intent to Pursue” by January 6 along with your Equity Audit, project outline or graphic organizer, and any draft materials for feedback.
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Submission of final product (essay, slide deck, or webpage with links to evidence/artifacts) by May 19.
What is the final product/What am I working toward?
You will submit a final essay/slide deck/website that does the following:
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Where should I start?
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Log into the Professional Learning Management System (PLMS) and choose the “Courses” tab. Under “Find Courses by Tag” select “Culturally Responsive Teaching and Equity.
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Register for the book study, and each Division Cohort session.
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You may begin your professional learning by using the “August-September Async Learning” Slide Deck to explore Characteristic #1.
What other options do I have?
- Take a learning year. Do the book study, and/or sit in on Cohort sessions this year and start your data collection and product submission next year.
Who can help me?
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Your building Diversity Resource Teacher (DRT), other educators going through the process, credentialed co-workers, instructional coaches, equity specialists.
What if I’ve done a book study already?
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We can verify the book study and provide additional resources that have been added to the current book study, but working through the current sessions will help with your submission this year.
There are so many resources and assignments available, what do I have to do?
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Your final submission should show evidence of learning, growth, and application. Exercises provided through the book study, division cohorts, and other materials provided by Equity Specialists are meant to facilitate your learning and growth. You should also show evidence of student growth through a combination of data categories.
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You may not find every learning option useful. You have choices in your learning pathway. Activities and assignments are not evaluated and unless requested, do not receive feedback, but a successful submission will show evidence of the learning gained through these experiences.
Why should I do this?
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It will be required by 2026, but you also receive a stipend of $500 for a successful micro-credential award and $1000 for a full certification award.
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Completing all components of the process results in 45 recertification points for micro-credentialing and 90 recertification points for full certification.
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This process requires reflection on current practice and provides an opportunity for focused improvement of one’s practice. It is an opportunity for even the most experienced and competent educators to grow in their professional work.
CRT and the Brain Book Study
The Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain book study is a 10-session series that is designed to support the ACPS Culturally Responsive Teaching process. The book study includes the following components:
Instructional Design
- An introduction of the Culturally Responsive Teaching characteristics
- Whole group instruction on the four quadrants of Hammond's Ready for Rigor Framework
- Individual and Small Group Reflection
- Application of key concepts through documentation in the workbook companion
Book Study Workbook Companion
This workbook is designed to support deep reflection and prepare credential candidates to understand the relationship between the book study assignments and the credentialing process. The purpose of the workbook is for candidates who are pursuing the credential process to document their professional learning, professional growth, as well as documenting shifts that you are preparing to make in your instructional practices with space to collect data and examples of the impact these shifts have on student growth. Aspects of this workbook can be used in your credentialing submission.
Requirements
Understanding the Credential Pathways
What’s the Same?
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Must show a clear understanding of all three characteristics
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Completion of the CRT and the Brain Book Study
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Same product options
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Featured at the ACPS Equity Conference
What’s Different?
Microcredential: Evidence of Application in 1 Characteristic and product submission only
Certification: Evidence of Application in all 3 Characteristics, product submission, and presentation
Credential Requirements
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
- Who may apply for an ACPS CRT Certification?
- Do I need to attend the monthly certification cohort meeting?
- Can I pursue both a micro-credential and CRT Certification simultaneously?
- How does compensation work for the ACPS CRT Certification?
- What happens after CRT Certification?
- Professional Development Point Breakdown
Who may apply for an ACPS CRT Certification?
Step 1:
The Culturally Responsive Teaching Modules and the Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain Book study must be reflected on your PLMS transcript.
Step 2:
All ACPS educators, administrators and division employees, are eligible to apply and may pursue an ACPS credential and receive professional development points upon successful completion of the micro-credential or certification. Please read the FAQ below on "compensation" for further details.
Do I need to attend the monthly certification cohort meeting?
Can I pursue both a micro-credential and CRT Certification simultaneously?
Educators are free to pursue micro-credentials and CRT Certification in sequence. However, they may not pursue these in the same year. For example, an educator that has completed the micro-credential may apply for certification in the following year. Certified educators should not pursue a micro-credential; we offer many opportunities to extend learning through leadership to CRT Certified educators.
How does compensation work for the ACPS CRT Certification?
What happens after CRT Certification?
Those who meet the certification requirements are awarded at our annual ACPS Diversity Conference. Certification recipients will also be invited to present their work at this conference. Our hope is that all of our certification recipients will continue in their CRT practice, become CRT facilitators and equity leaders on their campuses, thus igniting the process for other educators in our division.
Professional Development Point Breakdown
Credentialing Resources
Contact Us
ACPS Equity Specialist Team
Shay Carter-Shiflett: |
Leslie Wills-Taylor |
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Steven Turner |
Megan Washburn |
Equity Team: acpsequityspecialists@k12albemarle.org |
Ayanna Mitchell - Director of Equity Education
amitchell@k12albemarle.org
Eric Irizarry - Director of Equity and Community Partnerships
eirizarry@k12albemarle.org
Shay/ Megan Woodbrook Agnor Hurt Mountain View |
Megan/ Steven Hollymead Meriwether Greer |
Megan/ Leslie Stone Robinson Baker Butler Brownsville |
Shay Journey MS Henley MS (Ayanna) LAB School |
Leslie Redhill ES Broadus Wood ES Murray ES |
Steven/Leslie Lakeside MS Walton MS Burley MS |
Shay/Steven Scottsville Crozet Stony Point |
ACPS High Schools AHS- Shay MHS- Megan/ Leslie WAHS- Leslie |
CATEC: Steven Center 1: Steven |