REJ Core Practices

Diagram showing that the edPIRATE Rural Education Practices that “Cultivate Rural Education” are joy, identity, intellect, criticality and skills which are adapted from Muhammad’s 2020 Cultivating Genius Framework

Core Practices

  1. Active self-reflection on justice-oriented educational philosophy & commitments
  2. Asset based relationships with students, families and communities
  3. Humanizing democratic classroom culture and routines
  4. Student-centered authentic assessment that values collaboration, creativity, curiosity, flexibility and complexity
  5. Planning and enacting justice-oriented inquiry curriculum in the content areas
  6. Planning and enacting universal design for learning and justice-oriented spaces
  7. Integrating ARTS into the curriculum
  8. Intellectual and humanizing engagement, pacing and questioning
  9. Choosing and utilizing high quality resources that support culturally responsive pedagogy
  10. Integrating mindfulness and social emotional learning
  11. Teacher leadership through advocacy for rural educational justice for children, families and communities