Cultural+Standards+for+Educators


 * The UAS Ed 593 course for the Tech Adventure Camp will address the following of the Cultural Standards for Educators. You can find all of the Cultural Standards here.**

Educators who meet this cultural standard:
 * A. Culturally-responsive educators incorporate local ways of knowing and teaching in their work.**
 * 1) Recognize the validity and integrity of the traditional knowledge system;
 * 2) Utilize Elders’ expertise in multiple ways in their teaching;
 * 3) Provide opportunities and time for students to learn in settings where local cultural knowledge and skills are naturally relevant;
 * 4) Provide opportunities for students to learn through observation and hands-on demonstration of cultural knowledge and skills;
 * 5) Adhere to the cultural and intellectual property rights that pertain to all aspects of the local knowledge they are addressing;
 * 6) Continually involve themselves in learning about the local culture.

Educators who meet this cultural standard:
 * B. Culturally-responsive educators use the local environment and community resources on a regular basis to link what they are teaching to the everyday lives of the students.**
 * 1) Regularly engage students in appropriate projects and experiential learning activities in the surrounding environment;
 * 2) Utilize traditional settings such as camps as learning environments for transmitting both cultural and academic knowledge and skills;
 * 3) Provide integrated learning activities organized around themes of local significance and across subject areas;
 * 4) Are knowledgeable in all the areas of local history and cultural tradition that may have bearing on their work as a teacher, including the appropriate times for certain knowledge to be taught;
 * 5) Seek to ground all teaching in a constructive process built on a local cultural foundation.

Educators who meet this cultural standard:
 * C. Culturally-responsive educators recognize the full educational potential of each student and provide the challenges necessary for them to achieve that potential.**
 * 1) Recognize cultural differences as positive attributes around which to build appropriate educational experiences;
 * 2) Provide learning opportunities that help students recognize the integrity of the knowledge they bring with them and use that knowledge as a springboard to new understandings;
 * 3) Reinforce the student’s sense of cultural identity and place in the world;
 * 4) Acquaint students with the world beyond their home community in ways that expand their horizons while strengthening their own identities;
 * 5) Recognize the need for all people to understand the importance of learning about other cultures and appreciating what each has to offer.