How much does the behavior of teachers assist or limit students’ academics in diverse classrooms? Should understanding culture of diverse classrooms be a priority for teachers? Educators can receive students from many different nationalities and backgrounds. How a teacher embraces the diversity from the students and parents or guardians can have a profound impact on academics. You will need a mentor or administrator to complete some parts of this workshop.

There are many school factors that affect the success of culturally diverse students – the school's atmosphere and overall attitudes toward diversity, involvement of the community, and culturally responsive curriculum, to name a few. Of all of these factors, the personal and academic relationships between teachers and their students may be the most influential. This relationship has been referred to as the "core relationship" of learning – the roles of teachers and students, the subject matter, and their interaction in the classroom. (ERIC EC Digest #E584, Author: Jane Burnette, 1999).