Many administrators and teachers come from different economic and cultural backgrounds than the majority of the students in their school. These differences have caused many cultural challenges which results in low student achievement, high disciplinary infractions, and high special education referrals for historically underserved students.

 While much of the diversity training implemented in public schools focuses on superficial aspects of culture, language inclusion, and community involvement, the Cultural Relationship Training Program ^TM is a scientifically researched-based program which has benefits for students, teachers, parents, administrators, and the community. The benefits include:

• Students

  • Increase student achievement

  • Decrease in student involvement in disciplinary infractions

• Parents

  • Decrease in visits to school regarding academic and/or disciplinary challenges

• Teachers

  • Increased instructional time

  • Decreased classroom disciplinary infractions

• Administrators

  • Decreased time for processing disciplinary infractions

  • Increased opportunities for instructional leadership

• Community

  • Property value increases

  • Increase in business and school grants

During Cultural Relationship Training Program ^TM introductory workshop, participants receive training on how to successfully promote positive racial teacher-student classroom relationships. The workshop includes activities and discussions about:

·  The organizational change process that promotes positive racial teacher-student classroom relationships

·  Leadership characteristics that promote positive racial teacher-student classroom relationships

·  Administrator, teacher, and student strategies that promotes positive racial teacher-student classroom relationships

·  Research on teacher-student relationships

·  Cultural aspects of organizations that lack positive teacher-student classroom relationships