Culturally & Linguistically
Responsive Pedagogy (CLRP)

Our CLRP department is based on the foundational work of Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, ensuring that all children have access to experiences where they achieve: 

1. Academic Success:
   Intellectual growth that students experience as a result of classroom instruction and learning experiences
    
2. (Multi)cultural Competence:
   the ability to help students appreciate and celebrate their cultures of origin while gaining knowledge of and fluency in at least one other culture
    
3. Sociopolitical or Critical Consciousness:
   the ability to take learning beyond the confines of the classroom using school knowledge and skills to identify, analyze, and solve real-world problems 

For more information, see the California Department of Education’s Culurally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching webpage.