Best Practices Blog Reflection

I chose to read the More Than Just a Motto: Nobody Eats Alone at Harborside blog posting.  I think that Harborside Academy has a good thing going with their "Nobody eats alone at Harborside" motto for their school.   It really means nobody should be left alone to solve any problem which is a good motto to live by for a school. They are very involved in team building and their community and have a three day camp for each grade level at the beginning of the school year.  The faculty said that this has let them deepen their relationships with their students in important ways.  I think this is part of culturally responsive teaching.  They make the extra effort to get to know their students outside of the classroom which help them when they are teaching the students in the classroom.  They also have what they call academic and character intensives to help students that are having trouble mastering the content for the given semester or are not focused on their school work.  The faculty also gets their students involved in community service throughout the school year and requires 15 hours of such.  They make time after they have done this for the students and teachers to reflect on what they did which would also make a deeper connection between the students, teacher, and community which also has to do with culturally responsive teaching.