Dr. Sharroky Hollie

Dr. Sharroky Hollie is an esteemed educator and author known for his passionate advocacy of culturally and linguistically responsive teaching practices. With over three decades of experience in education, Dr. Hollie has dedicated his life to promoting the validation and affirmation of underserved students.

As the founder and executive director of the non-profit organization, The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning (The Center), Dr. Hollie has been instrumental in empowering educators in effectively engaging students from diverse backgrounds. Since 2004, The Center has impacted and influenced hundreds of school districts in the US and Canada and thousands of educators with the concept of cultural and linguistic responsiveness.

In addition to his work with The Center, Dr. Hollie is the author of several influential books and articles, including "Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning: Classroom Practices for Student Success 2nd Edition,” “The Will To Lead and the Skill To Teach,” and “Supporting Underserved Students: Aligning Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness to PBIS." He is a contributing author with several texts, namely “Proud To Be Different: Celebration of Ethnocentric Charter Schools," "Teaching African American Learner to Read,” and the “Oxford Handbook on African American Language.”

Dr. Hollie is a former tenured assistant professor in teacher education at Cal State University and has been a visiting professor at UCLA, Stanford, Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles, and Webster University in St. Louis. His teaching career began in Los Angeles Unified, where he taught middle and high school English Language Arts and served as a district administrator and professional development provider for the Academic English Mastery Program. Hollie's proudest work is the founding of the Culture and Language Academy of Success, a K-8 independent laboratory school that existed from 2003-2013. He expresses gratitude for the opportunity to commune with colleagues in this work and collaborate on ways to collectively create pathways to better serve all beneficiaries.