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Thousands of educators and teaching artists have been trained in our proprietary R.H.Y.T.H.M. Framework, leading to improved teacher-student relationships, a decrease in behavior incidents, and transformation to an affirming, healing-centered climate and culture where students, teachers, and families feel a sense of belonging.
The R.H.Y.T.H.M. Framework
Developed by Asheru over two decades of classroom practice and cultural work, the R.H.Y.T.H.M. Framework is a research-backed model for culturally responsive teaching that helps educators make the social-emotional "code-switch" required to truly connect with today's students.
Successful implementation leads to classrooms where students are engaged, feel a sense of community, express their voice and choices, and have their identities affirmed. Teachers transition from power struggles to facilitating learning through dialogue, group process, team building, and small group instruction.
View PD ResourcesHow we speak to and interact with students. The cornerstone of building rapport with others.
Acting in service to students, colleagues, and families within a school community, regardless of teacher-student disparities in cultural background, identity, and/or socio-economic status.
Staying in-tune with popular culture and communication cues to connect with and relate to students. Tapping into your "inner child."
Being present. Deciding and knowing when to be rigorous, flexible, firm, fair, redirect, and so on to address the immediate needs of the classroom.
Valuing and honoring the culture, background, talents, individuality, identity, and language of your students by being culturally responsive and culturally affirming.
Bringing meaning and mastery to the content you are teaching, including effectively managing classroom culture or flow.
H.E.L.P. — Hip Hop Educational Literacy Program
The Hip Hop Educational Literacy Program (H.E.L.P.) is Asheru's signature curriculum — a comprehensive, standards-aligned literacy program that uses Hip Hop music, culture, and history as the primary vehicle for teaching reading, writing, critical thinking, and media literacy.
H.E.L.P. has been used in classrooms across the country, from elementary school through college, and is now available through our Shopify store as a customized curriculum package for educators and schools.
D.E.L.A. — Digital ELA Program
The Digital ELA (D.E.L.A.) program is a series of workshops designed to focus on core themes of the multi-literacies — including reading literacy, digital literacy, civic literacy, and media literacy — through the juxtaposition of contemporary literature and pop culture content.
From Hip Hop music to film, music videos, and more, D.E.L.A. meets students where they are, using the media they already consume as a bridge to deeper academic literacy skills.
Guerilla Arts Portfolio
Explore our digital portfolio of final projects, student work, and program outcomes — from teen video production to early childhood programming and digital media projects.
