The
name of my families country of origin is mainly from Ireland and then
America. My dad’s side of the family
came over to the United States from Ireland, in which I am 50% Italian. There are several ways that I will prepare
myself to be culturally responsive to the families. The most important way I would prepare myself
is to do research on the district or county origin that I am teaching in. While conducting research, I would make sure
to do research on the different types of cultures that I could be responsible
for. Doing this would allow me to have
background knowledge or the different cultures.
The
second way that I would prepare myself for the different cultures, is to make
sure that I communicate with the parents.
Communicating with the parents is very important. It allows you to learn about the background
of the family, what traditions and customs they may have and important
information to learn about the family and the child. This will also allow me to draw a connection
between the teacher and the parents/student.
The
third way I would prepare myself would be to communicate with the child. Communicating with the child would allow the
child to feel that the teacher/me, really does care about them and their
culture. As a teacher, it is important
to learn as much as you can about the child.
The
fourth way I would prepare myself is by being open and communicating with the
staff that I work with. You can learn a
lot from the staff and administration that you work with. Being a first year teacher, it would allow me
to not know as much about different cultures than what other teachers that have
taught there know.
The
last way that I would prepare myself is to be open to learn from anyone and
learn in any way. It is important to
take it amongst yourself to continue to learn about the different
cultures. If you are not open and
willing to learn about the different cultures, you will not have success
teaching.
The
main way that I hope the above ways will benefit the family and I is because I
want all of the students to feel comfortable in the classroom. If they are comfortable in the classroom, the
learning will be easier. It will also
allow for a better learning environment for everyone, allowing everyone to feel
comfortable learning from each other. I
also hope that these five ways help me learn to develop and grow a relationship
with each family. This will allow for a
stronger communication between the parents and kid, parents and teacher and
teacher and student. a
Chelsea,
ReplyDeleteI believe communication is an important issue to use to prepare yourself. Teachers and parents must have an open line of communication to benefit the children's education. A teacher should learn about the families and their cultures in order to build a curriculum for all children.
Chelsa,
ReplyDeleteI agree that establishing communication with the family from Ireland is the key to learning about the family and the child. You can use this information to provide a more inclusive learning environment for children. It is equally important to assess the family's cultural and beliefs to better understand how to work with the child.
Chelsea, communication is important and I agree that as long as you have communication between the parents and children it will benefit both of you guys. I really like your point about being open to learning about other cultures if not there will be no success in teaching. Great point! I enjoyed reading your post and I hope to learn more about you throughout this course. Great post.
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