Lindsey, R.B., Robins, K.N., & Terrell, R.D. (2010). Cultural Proficiency: A Manual for School Leaders.…
With our classrooms demographics becoming more and more diverse, the need for a culturally responsive management approach has increased. The Culturally Responsive Classroom Management (CRCM) approach takes into consideration the cultural differences of the classroom’s students and teacher. Weinstein, Tomlinson-Clarke, and Curran (as cited in p. 455) consider five elements of the CRCM approach to be of great relevance to teachers: recognition of ethnocentrism, knowledge of students’ culture, understanding the broader context, use of culturally appropriate management strategies, and commitment to caring classrooms.…
The content in chapter four, Culturally Responsive Care and Education, introduced culture and cultural characteristics as it relates to young learners inside the classroom. The chapter outlined the importance of being a culturally responsive educator. York (2003) stated that "teachers must make their work culturally responsive-the program must represent and support the home cultures of the family whose children attend," (p. 59). Culture consist of many entities besides morals, values, cuisines, and…
The first educational need relates to ESL and cultural diversity. Educators must respect the diverse cultural backgrounds and ensure…
By looking at our strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, and threats, teachers can gain insightful information into how they may best serve their diverse students’ needs and administrators can find solutions to helping these students achieve an optimal learning experience at school. This creates an opportunity for teachers and administrators to work together to improve student achievement. By understanding our diverse students’ needs, teachers and administrators can see the big picture and find viable solutions to problems that arise at their school. This year we have added a resource room to help struggling students with special needs get help from an ESE teacher. Curriculums are modified to accommodate student’s needs based on any language or learning barriers. The dominant culture of the nation-state should incorporate aspects of their experiences, cultures, and languages, which will enrich the mainstream culture as well as help marginalized groups to experience civic equality and recognition (Gutmann, 2004). Teachers have professional development sessions and team meetings to assess proven methodologies and research to help students learn. “When teachers support students by treating them with respect and caring about their futures, and encourage students by helping them to…
A culturally competent educator will provide activities, posters, games and so on which cater to a variety of groups, abilities, gender so that all children and families feel welcome, safe and included.…
Cultural competence can be defined as being aware of our world views, developing skills for communication and interaction across cultures by using positive attitudes towards cultural differences by gaining knowledge of different cultural practices and world views. Cultural competence is about the actions to build understanding between people, to be respectful and open to differences. Understanding cultural competence is developing positive attitudes towards cultural differences.…
: The process of becoming culturally competent is one in which we come to see our own cultural lens and explore ways in which it may differ from other points of view. I will try to make gains as my ability to see the value in many perspectives is enhanced. I will try not to stereotype and become more culturally sensitive and provide more effective treatment to the families I serve.…
The Migrant Education Program helps students gain the ability to reach the highest level of academics and is the pathway that allows a smoother transition of the migrant students' academic records. This program also allows the migrant students and their families the confidence and assurance that the student will be placed in both grade and classes in their new school. It also give the teachers in the school the ability to meet the needs of the migrant students so that they can learn according to the standards. Middle and high school students can also find peace in the transfer process, as the MEP ensures that the credits transferred will meet graduation requirements. "The dropout rate among migrant students is high because of the frustration and hopelessness these students encounter when schools are not able to meet their academic needs" () The MEP helps the migrant students find peace and comfort as they transfer because it makes sure that the students needs are met.…
When we are younger our minds are constantly being molded to different ideas. Sometimes those ideas are positive and at times, negative. When there are negative ideas floating through a young brain it can produce a negative outcome. It can make one scared to feel opposite of what they are being taught to feel, and it can make one afraid to follow what the heart is telling one to do, in Opal Palmer Adisa’s essay “Laying in the Tall Grasses, Eating Cane” Opal speaks of growing up in Jamaica. She talks of although growing up in a country full of culture and literature, while living there she had no idea such culture existed. It was only after she left her homeland that she learned of her country’s richness in culture and literature. The theme in Adisa’s essay was simply, lack of culture taught at a young age can breed certain ignorance towards one’s culture. It was only when she moved away from her homeland that she began to see the bias of how she was being taught as a child. She discovered a whole new love for her culture, and for her skill, writing.…
The society of the United States of America is culturally diverse. This diversity reflects on the demographics that our schools have. Every school leader needs to understand the diversity that exists at their schools. Understanding the diversity will determine how professional educators meet the difficulties or handles everyday situations that a school generates. Understanding this cultural composition is not enough. There must be a group of leaders, teachers, researchers and other stakeholders committed to deal with the educational processes that English language learners face.…
In order to be culturally competent we must come to the realization that even though we might see ourselves as a very welcoming and non-bias individual we probably are guilty of stereotyping and generalizing at some point in our lives. I am half Swedish and half Persian therefore, I was early on in life surrounded by two completely different cultures and this has definitely made me more open to other cultures than my own, but to say that I don’t stereotype or prejudice would be a lie, I think we all do it subconsciously sometimes.…
I enjoyed you post this week. Your choices in assessment strategies appeal to me. I have posted in previous discussion regarding "service learning", which can also be useful in teaching cultural competencies (Kohlbry, 2016). The idea of being able to provide a "real world" learning experience can undoubtedly foster competencies in these areas ( Sullivan, 2016). I still remember my "service learning" encounters 20 plus years later! Additionally, the use of audio recording also brings back memories from nursing school, which I recall being one of my favorite and helpful learning experience as well. It not only helped me with my class project, but also allowed me to get to know a "boy" I had just started dating. He volunteered to be my patient…
In order to incorporate multicultural diversity in the classroom, I will create a bulletin board that will display multicultural diversity. The bulletin board will display the different cultures and religions in our geographic area. The bulletin board will also display the many different occupations that the student’s parents are currently involved in throughout the surrounding areas. I will also be sure to create an atmosphere of tolerance, acceptance and caring in my classroom. This is important because I want my students to feel welcomed and valued in which I believe will promote fewer impulses to act out. If the atmosphere is set to make them feel accepted, they will have fewer reasons to worry. I want my students to feel comfortable in their environment. After all, this will be there learning environment for almost a year.…
Today our classrooms, just like families, are becoming more unique and blended. Teachers are tasked with effectively teaching students with disabilities and diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. In order for educators to meet the needs of their students, key strategies must be implemented that will positively affect their students academically and behaviorally. This paper reflects on the experience of one of these families and identifies key strategies to maximize the potential of cultural and linguistically exceptional students.…