May 13, 2024
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On the Essay page, you will answer Relay's essay questions:
- What are your beliefs about what it means to be a culturally responsive educator?
- What are your beliefs about what it means to be an inclusive educator?
- How do your identities and experiences inform what you believe about being a culturally responsive and inclusive educator?
Please make sure that you fully answer the essay prompt. Responses should be 300-1500 words.
Evaluative Rubric
As part of your admissions requirements to the certification program, this essay is scored using a rubric. The rubric evaluates the following 3 items:
- Mission Fit
- Discuss what is means to be an inclusive and culturally responsive educator and tie it back to Relay’s mission and the greater impact.
- Discuss Relay’s model, how it will make you an effective teacher, and how it will impact students.
- Communication of Thought:
- How well the central idea is developed
- How well the central idea is developed
- Level of sentence-level errors, use of punctuation/grammar
Please make sure to include all elements in your essay so you meet the minimum cut score for admission into our certification/licensure program.
Tips for the Application Essay
When writing your application, we recommend:
- Read the questions thoroughly
- Ensure your answers are clearly and thoughtfully worded
- Show your passion and make it personal
- State your answer and connect all details to support your reason
- Read it aloud to catch opportunities for revisions
- Utilize spelling and grammar programs, a writing center, and/or a friend to edit.