Culturally-Responsive Teaching - A Conversation with Zaretta Hammond

Zaretta Hammond is an international education consultant and the
author of the best-selling book Culturally Responsive
Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor
for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students. She holds a
Master’s in Education in English Education, with a concentration
in Writing from the University of Colorado, Boulder.


Zaretta is a former high school and community college expository
writing instructor. She has also served as adjunct instructor at
St. Mary’s College School of Education in Moraga, California,
where she taught Foundations of Adolescent Literacy. As a
consultant, she has advised and provided professional development
to school districts and non-profit organizations across the
country around issues of equity, literacy, and culturally
responsive teaching for the past 25 years. In addition to
consulting and professional development, she has been on staff at
national education reform organizations, including the National
Equity Project and the former Bay Area School Reform
Collaborative (BASRC) and she sits on the Board of Trustees for
the Center for Collaborative Classroom. She has published
articles in Educational Leadership, The Learning Professional,
and Phi Delta Kappan.


Zaretta brings a unique focus on neuroscience to the conversation
about equity, literacy and culturally responsive pedagogy to make
it understandable and practical for educators.


Social Links


LinkedIn: @zaretta-hammond


Twitter: @Ready4Rigor