Scenario 1:
Maria is a 13-year-old biracial student whose mother is Hispanic and father is African-American. Maria’s father transferred towns for work, which uprooted the family midyear from a large city to a small, rural town. Maria’s new school, much like the community, is predominately white and middle class. The move has resulted in her parents fighting a lot, making her home life very stressful.
Additionally, students at her new school dress much differently than students at her old school, which makes Maria stand out. Some of the other students make fun of the way she dresses. She just discovered a social media group called “I Hate Maria” composed of some of her seventh-grade classmates, who have been posting negative comments about her. Recently, students at Maria’s school took cell phone photographs of her buttocks while she was walking in the hall and posted them on the “I Hate Maria” website.
Maria has tried to tell her parents about the bullying at school, but they tell her she is being too sensitive. With all of the stress, Maria is plagued by dark thoughts of killing herself and cannot focus on the lessons being taught in her classes.
A. Summarize the social context described in the scenario, including the following:
Maria’s family
Maria’s community
Maria’s cultural background
B. Discuss how you, as a teacher, would try to help Maria in a culturally responsive, trauma-informed way by doing the following:
1. Describe a realistic action you would take to help Maria with one or more of the issues she is facing.
a. Justify how the action from part B1 would effectively address the issue or issues from part B1 in a culturally responsive and trauma-informed way, including specific examples.
2. Discuss how you would involve Maria’s family in this action.
C. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized
Scenario 2:
Denise, an eighth-grade student aged 14, was diagnosed with a learning disability in the area of reading when she was in the second grade. She has struggled in school academically and socially. As a young child, she was molested by a friend of her father over the course of two years. Her parents divorced after she told them about this. Denise has been having romantic thoughts about other girls and recently told her parents that she is a lesbian. Her father was accepting of the news, but her mother has rejected Denise based on her religious faith. Denise’s mother is pushing Denise to attend church to “fix” her thoughts and feelings. Denise has begun to do self-harm through cutting. She has attempted suicide twice.
While at school, Denise tends to withdraw and refuses to participate in class. She currently is not passing any of her classes and is in danger of retention. Denise struggles with relationships with other students and staff at school. She has tried to seek out relationships with other female students only to be rejected. She misinterprets any compassion or concern from female adults, leading Denise to believe she has romantic feelings for the adult.
A. Identify your chosen scenario, and describe two issues the student in that scenario is encountering.
B. Discuss how you would appropriately respond to the issues identified in part A by doing the following:
1. Describe how, as a teacher, you could respond to and address the issues in a sensitive, culturally responsive way.
2. Explain one relevant legal obligation and one relevant privacy concern that must be considered as you respond to the identified issues.
3. Describe relevant strategies for collaborating with the student’s caregivers to address the identified issues.
a. Justify your chosen strategies and why they would be effective.
4. Identify additional stakeholders, and explain why they should be involved in addressing the identified issues.
C. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
Scenario 3:
A. Identify the hypothetical scenario (STUDENT SUICIDE) you selected and explain the context, including each of the following:
what happened
who was involved
examples of the impact on the community
examples of how the situation impacts students at home
examples of how the situation impacts students at school
B. Describe a strategy you would use to help students cope with the scenario from part A.
1. Justify why your strategy would be effective in helping students cope with the scenario at school and at home.
2. Explain one anticipated challenge you might encounter as you implement this strategy in your classroom.
3. Explain how you will overcome this challenge. Include specific examples to support your explanation.
C. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
