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6 - Essay
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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.

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