Why “Sustaining Teaching”?

Sustaining teaching refers to the ongoing need to support students and teachers in the the classroom. To overcome complex instructional and institutional challenges faced by most teachers, sustaining teaching offers resources to support effective instruction and decision-making, particularly in reading instruction. Sustaining teaching supports student learning by viewing culturally and linguistically diverse students as assets to the learning environment and equipped with cultural resources to support their education.

Using the strength of the decision-making framework and systematic progression of Pathways to Reading Success in Schools (PRESS, Minnesota Center for Reading Research), the resouces offered here support the question: How can culturally sustaining pedagogy integrate with other teaching strategies in a specific reading intervention framework to accelerate reading achievement in elementary students?

— Alison Pichel