Building Trusting Relationships to Promote Independent Learning: Culturally Responsive Partnerships

Mark Erlenwein • Cahn Fellow 2018

Follow the journey of the Staten Island Technical High School’s Cultural Responsiveness Impact Team as they work with faculty, current students, prospective students, and parents/guardians conducting a deep inquiry guided by the works on culturally responsive education by Zaretta Hammond and Geneva Gay. Learn how the team identified and quantified the qualities and characteristics of what makes for stronger and more meaningful relationships in a Specialized High School setting with the goal of fostering a shift from dependent to independent learning.