Further Questions:

            To expand my inquiry journey, I would like to know how to generate school-wide initiatives which support culturally responsive teaching, and how to convince other teachers that this is something worthwhile.

Future Directions:

In the future I would like to make sure that I take advantage of times reserved for educators to discuss culturally responsive teaching, perhaps during a professional development day. Ebersole et al. (2016) state that teacher perception on what culturally responsive pedagogy constitutes varies widely, and teachers would benefit from having opportunities to critically discuss methods of implementation. I will continue to pursue academic research in this area, and I will implement practices that these studies suggest in my lesson plans. I will also collaborate with other teacher candidates, teachers at my practicum school, district, province, and country to share resources and ideas. Twitter is a fantastic, quick and simple way for teachers around the world to connect over specific topics – they are just a hashtag away. It’s important for me to stay up to date with strategies teachers in my area are implementing. Most teachers using innovative practices are willing to share this information with other teachers on websites like Twitter, Facebook groups, blogs, TeachBC, etc. I will frequently browse these websites in search of teachers who are also pursuing this area of new curriculum implementation.