Cultural Relevance Inspiration Week 4 Assignment

1. Nicole D. Goldsmith
Creativity, Culture and Global Contexts in Education
Decision Making
Dr. Carolyn Pottinger
1 November 2014

2. Model Schools Representing culturally relevant
practices, creativity, and innovation
Hayward Unified School
District
Elementary K-6
Middle 7-8
High 9-12
http://www.husd.k12.ca.us
/
Clark Magnet High
School
High 9-12
http://www.clarkmagnet.n
et/site/default.aspx?PageI
D=1
Toledo School for the
Arts (TSA)
Grades 6-12
http://ts4arts.org/

3. Hayward Unified School District
Public school district serving the city of Hayward California.
District serves about 21,000 students in 30 schools, and
employing more than 950 teachers.
Mission Statement: The mission of the Hayward Unified School
District is to promote educational excellence by empowering
students to become dynamic leaders in a global society.
Vision Statement: Students will be prepared, challenged, and
motivated in a 21st Century learning environment that develops
the physical, intellectual, and emotional success of all learners.

4. Hayward Demographics
Ethnicity Total
Enrollment
%
Hispanic or Latino of Any Race 12,519 60%
American Indian or Alaska Native, Not
95 0%
Hispanic
Asian, Not Hispanic 1,585 8%
Pacific Islander, Not Hispanic 760 4%
Filipino, Not Hispanic 1,392 7%
African American, Not Hispanic 2,602 13%
White, not Hispanic 1315 6%
Two or More Races, Not Hispanic 387 2%
Not Reported 74 0%
Hayward Unified School District 20,729 100%

7. Hayward United School District
Culturally relevant pedagogy:
Each school encompasses
several teaching methods
ensuring each students success.
Advocate to the advancement for
college bound students by
providing rich curriculum that
will prepare students for the
challenges and expectations of
college and beyond.
Initiative projects:
Made in Hayward Community Walk
Teachers, faculty, student, and
teachers walk throughout the
community to get citizens involved
in promoting education.
Promise Neighborhood will:
• Be prepared for school
Be supported in and out of school
Succeed academically and graduate
high school
Enroll in college or workforce
training after high school graduation
Enter a productive career

8. Hayward United School District
Promoting Creativity:
Offers enrichment
programs during, before,
and after school
Students are exposed to
the surrounding
community programs
Students are able to get
involved in science and
technology clubs, art and
dance, theater and other
avenues to express their
creativeness

9. Hayward United School District
Teacher Creativity in the Classroom:
In Hayward Unified School District teachers provide
and are encouraged to try new approaches to promote
student engagement to ensure that connects could be
made to the students’ personal lives, making the
lesson relevant and engaging.

10. Clark Magnet High School
Anderson W. Clark Magnet High School is located at 4747
New York Avenue La Crescenta, California, USA. The school
is managed as a part of the Glendale Unified School District
Mission Statement: The mission of Clark Magnet
High School is to provide ethnically diverse students with the
knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in a highly
competitive technological world. Clark graduates will posses
the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue their academic
and career goals, to compete successfully in the world market,
and to be creative, critical, analytical, lifelong learners.

11. Clark Magnet Demographics
Enrollment by Grade Level
9th Grade Students 325
10th Grade Students 291
11th Grade Students 259
12th Grade Students 252
Total students 1,127
Total Full-time teachers 45.2
Student / Teacher Ratio 25:1
Students eligible for free lunch 349 (31%)
Students eligible for reduced lunch 147 (13%)

14. Clark Magnet High School
Culturally relevant pedagogy:
Focus is leadership, character and
culture of innovation.
This culture of innovation includes
connecting real world events,
challenges and opportunities to the
curricula across high school
disciplines and grades.
Students organize for worldly
challenges by assuming project roles
and responsibilities and by using
industry standard tools, systems
and processes when possible
Technology, science, and math
courses cross the language divide by
employing universal concepts and
theories.
Active classroom learning allows all
students, regardless of English
language skill, to apply knowledge
and demonstrate higher-level
thinking skills

15. Clark Magnet High School
Promoting Creativity:
Students participate in many competitions, but the art
of the school is the internalization of technology-based
competitions, careers, and projects across
curricula and grades.
The school does not have the latest equipment for
every project, but that does not stop Clark from
building, creating, constructing, simulating and
designing new worlds of possibility.

16. Clark Magnet High School
Teacher Creativity in the Classroom:
Teachers see themselves as facilitators, not instructors: direct
instruction, student presentations, student collaborative
work, and class discussions.
In one Tech Lit class, students downloaded images from CDs,
the Internet, or digital cameras to illustrate vocabulary words,
consulting with a peer or the teacher when necessary.
In a small-business class, students learned how a laser
engraver works, then wrote business plans and worked in
teams on production, marketing, accounting, website
development, and sales for an imaginary business.
In another Tech Lit class, after doing research on a topic of
interest on the Internet, students created newspaper articles
with columns and pictures.

17. Toledo School for the Arts
Toledo School for the Arts is a public “community” or charter school focused on
providing a college preparatory academic curriculum and an intense visual and
performing arts environment.
Mission Statement: Toledo School for the Arts fulfills every student's
intellectual, ethical, social, emotional and physical potential by integrating an
UNSURPASSED arts curriculum with superior college PREPARATORY
academic programs to prepare LIFE-LONG learners with a passion for the
ARTS, respect for others, and an ACTIVE commitment to diversity and the
COMMUNITY.
Vision: The mission of TSA is to provide students with creative opportunities
to achieve personal and academic success through arts-based learning. TSA
prepares students as life-long learners and productive members of society with
appreciation for, and competence in, the arts.

18. Toledo School for the Arts
Demographics
As one of the most diverse learning communities in the state
of Ohio, TSA has attendance from 24 school
districts.
19% African-American
9% Hispanic
7% Bi-racial,
1% Asian
65% Caucasian.
The average class size is approximately 19 students.

19. 21st Century Skills
The Toledo School for the Arts (TSA) school community believes that
parents, teachers, administrators, and students are partners in the
educational process. The school and home must form an alliance to
provide quality educational programs for youth. A quality educational
program works in partnership with families and community and ensures
that students gain optimal academic experiences to prepare them for post
secondary pursuits.
TSA responds to 21st century learning challenges by understanding that
the resources that a school can use can deeply impact student
achievement.
Shared space, human resources, materials and supplies provided by
organizations helps TSA’s arts environment to model the professional
world.

21. Toledo School for the Arts
Culturally relevant pedagogy:
Learning experience expose the arts that are culturally relevant to the
students who attend.
Fulfills every student's intellectual, ethical, social, emotional and
physical potential by integrating an UNSURPASSED arts curriculum
with superior college PREPARATORY academic programs to prepare
LIFE-LONG learners with a passion for the ARTS, respect for others,
and an ACTIVE commitment to diversity and the COMMUNITY

22. Toledo School for the Arts
Promoting Creativity:
Students are encouraged to integrate the arts into core academic
subjects allowing for creativity and deeper understanding of subjects.
TSA provides students opportunities to work with professional artists
to expand their arts experiences and knowledge base.
Partnerships
ARTners are community organizations that share TSA’s vision. They join efforts
and make material commitments of their expertise and other resources to help
TSA’s students realize their dreams. Their involvement is critical to success.

23. Toledo School for the Arts
Teacher Creativity in the Classroom:
Teachers encourage students by integrating arts into
the core academics subjects allowing for creativity
and deeper understandings of subjects.

24. Summary
“The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it’s to create a
culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they’re valued.”
–Ken Robinson
Cultural relevance is the way of the future and the best practice in
the classroom. Educators should aspire and thrive to reaching, build
connections and relationships with each student. Integrating a student’s
cultural background into the classroom environment will allow students
to be accepted as a part of the classroom community. Students require an
environment where they feel valued and that they matter to someone.
Rita Pierson says it best, “Every child needs a champion.” The developers
of the Hayward Unified School District, Clark Magnet High School, and
Toledo School of Arts have their own distinctive way of integrating
cultural relevance into the classroom community that allows inspiration
and creativity to permeate each student.

25. References
Framework for 21st century learning. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.p21.org/our-work/
p21-framework
Retrieved October 31, 2014 from http://www.husd.us/
Retrieved October 31, 2014 from www.ts4arts.org/
Retrieved October 31, 2014 from www.clarkmagnet.net
Retrieved November 1, 2014 from http://ed.ted.com/on/bP4gwtOV#watch
TED (Producer).. (2006, February). Ken Robinson: How schools kill creativity [Video file].
Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativityThis is
the Ken Robinson’s famous TED Talk.