Participants will discover how culture is the software that allows individuals to make sense of their world. This session will also examine the three levels of culture. Moreover, participants will learn how to find commonalities among cultural archetypes and the attendant research-based best practices that allow those commonalities to result in rigorous language development and acquisition of academic content. Lastly, participants will explore the culturally responsive descriptors of TEA's English Learner Program Implementation Rubrics and how to ensure that their language program(s) align with these rubrics. This will be a virtual session accessed through Zoom. Participants will receive three (3) Continuing Professional Education hours once the session is complete.