Culturally Responsive
Cultural responsiveness means using culture to integrate knowledge, skills, and practices. For many students, their culture is foundational to their identity, their learning style, and their social and emotional development.
Each family adds their unique experiences, shaping the lens through which students and their families view the world.
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Building Block 3: Cultural Responsiveness
When school staff value family and community ways of knowing, families can bring their full selves into the school and can use their knowledge and strengths to support their students and schools. Respect for family and community cultures, languages, histories, and values is foundational to any successful partnership.
Harvesting Guidelines for Families
We hope that families will use this resource as a starting point when being on the land together with their children. Included in these resources are tips for getting ready as a family to be on the land together, and best practices for maintaining our resources and culture for generations to come. We are grateful for each family and caring adult providing opportunities for young people to be on the land in ways that promote and bring forward our cultural values and traditions.
Cultural Activities at Home: Berries
Alaska has abundant resources and Alaska Native people developed food gathering techniques around these seasonal resources, including fish, berries and game. In school, your child may be learning about gathering berries in a way that incorporates language, cultures and history. This resource provide ideas and fun things to do to connect “school” with your home.
Cultural Activities at Home: Plants
These resource provide ideas and fun things to do to connect “school” with your home around the topic of plants that can be harvested from nature.
Cultural Activities at Home: Salmon
Salmon is a vital, traditional source of food for the people of Alaska. In school, students are learning the indigenous names of the five species of salmon found in this region. Students are also becoming familiar with the Alaska Native ways of showing respect to the salmon as well as traditional ways of catching, preserving and identifying salmon species. This resource provide ideas and fun things to do to connect “school” with your home.
