KBADs – Know and Be Able to Do

• Understand and incorporate practices and approaches that build academic and cultural excellence and be able to build relationships with students and parents.

• Know best practices for creating a cultural responsive school culture for students and staff.

• Know how to build “schools that learn” (places where students take ownerships for their own learning) through effective relationship building

• Know and validate the characteristics and behavioral attributes of boys of color

• Know how to educate and support the standard language acquisition of African American and Latino Standard English Learners (SEL’s)

• Understand the assault on public schools; the importance of advocating for quality Rochester public schools, and consciously engage in that work

• Know how to make data informed decisions to accelerate student academic and social emotional achievement

• Know how to recognize the impact of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome on students and families and create an engaging school environment. (From the office to the cafeteria to the classroom)