Student Measure of Culturally Responsive Teaching (SMCRT)

explain what we are learning in different ways to help students learn.

want parents to be involved in student learning.

provide visual examples when explaining things.

use things like videos, pictures, and guests to help students learn.

want students from different cultures to respect one another.

use what I already know to help me understand new ideas.

try to communicate with my parents about my grades and what I am learning.

treat all students like they are important members of the classroom.

try to find out what interests me.

use real-life examples to help explain things.

use examples that are interesting to help students learn.

use examples from my culture when teaching.

ask about students’ home-life.

are interested in my culture.

ask about ways that students’ culture may be different from others.

speak about contributions that my culture has made to science.

help students learn about other students and their cultures.

have talked about the ways that people from different cultures are not understood.

have spoken in Spanish to me or to other students who speak Spanish.

speak in Spanish.

allow students to speak in Spanish at times in class.