For adults to help students who can work independently to complete an individual rubric
Purpose: The Culturally Responsive Schooling (CRS) rubrics can either be completed in a group discussion format or individually (more like a survey). This guide is to facilitate the completion of one or more of the CRS rubrics by students individually.
Languages: The student rubrics are available in English and Spanish.
Participants: Students who can work independently.
Before students meet: Review the rubric(s) to ensure you understand what each item is asking. Be able to explain the progression of engagement (Exploring, Growing, Utilizing, Transforming) and the 9-point rating scale to students. If needed, consult the glossary (opens in new tab) for any clarifications around vocabulary.
Materials: To access the rubric(s), you or the students should have received an email with a link and ID sent by the school’s CRS Registrar. Each student will need access to a device with the internet. Make sure you have the link and ID sent by email (either to you or the students) by the CRS Registrar.
Duration: We suggest about 30 minutes to complete each rubric. Each rubric has 9 items. Calculate a suggested pacing by dividing the total allotted time by the number of items on the rubric. Be prepared to offer pacing guidance to students.
During Facilitation: Monitor students to individually complete the CRS Rubrics and answer any questions. When students are at the halfway mark, remind them of the time remaining. Remind students of the time remaining again at the 5-minute remaining mark. If there is a question you cannot answer, be candid and say you will find out and share what you learn.
Completion: At the end of the allotted time, remind students to click SUBMIT, which will record their responses.
Suggested script for facilitation:
Today we are going to complete the Culturally Responsive Schooling rubric (title of rubric). Cultural responsiveness means including the different ideas, traditions, and practices of all of our cultures and backgrounds into our school experiences so we all feel welcomed and supported and can learn better.
The rubric results will provide feedback on school culture to our teachers and school leaders. They will not see any names, but they will see a combination of all the responses. This is a way for us to help improve our school.
Remember there are no right or wrong answers. The goal of this activity is to collect honest feedback from each of you. It’s important that each rubric is completed individually, so please don’t compare your answers with anyone.
Today we will answer 8-9 items, depending on the rubric. For every item, carefully read the guiding questions. Then, select a number on the 9-point scale that you feel best represents our school, where 0 is the minimum and 9 is the maximum. You should select a number that you feel best represents your experiences.
For each question, there is also an optional place for comments. Anything recorded there will be shared anonymously with school leaders. If you want to take notes for yourself, you can use a scrap piece of paper.
We have the next ____ minutes to complete the rubric. Take your time, but try to spend about ____ minutes per rubric item. I will remind you of the time remaining as we go.
If you have any questions, please raise your hand, and I will help you.
When you are finished make sure to click SUBMIT to save the responses.