Strategies for a Multiculturally Aware Teacher
If we want to make a change, we have to make it in our schools and our neighborhoods. (Stalvey)
Have a background of your student's culture
Have high expectations for your students - the same for each
Have your classroom be a safe zone
Know yourself - who you are racially and culturally
Know and understand your students and where they come from
Know cultures other than your own - specifically your students
Create "All About Me" charts so you and your students get to know one another
Expose yourself to a variety of perspectives
Celebrate each and everyone of your students - and yourself
Allow your students to freely express themselves within the classroom
Create a special corner/centers
Decorate your classroom - showing diversity
Self-awareness
Adaption of skills
Develop awareness and acceptance between cultures
Make an effort to get to know your students
Have a positive outlook
Have a positive student-student relationship and student-teacher relationship
Have respect for different religious affiliations
Use the diversity presented as a learning experience for you and your students
Ensure that each of your students is in a healthy learning environment
Negate the stereotypes or pre-judgements of students/families
See each home's strength and positivity
Honesty, empathy, advocacy, and action will help us do this
"A successful, culturally competent teacher shows respect for the culture of all children and seldom places children in a position where they feel the need to make a choice." (Moule)
Cultural deficit: when you believe that where your student comes from is negative. (Stalvey/Delano)
Stereotypes are feelings that you have. But when you act on them, then it becomes discriminatory.
Some students do not have the adult supervision that they need to help with homework. Homework does not always need to be done at home. We must give them time to work on homework in the classroom as well. Teachers must discover that their students, build relationships, and find ways to help them succeed. (Delano)
Every student comes in to the classroom with a brain, a body, and a family. She says she treats all of her students the same. We don't want to teach every studnet the same. This sis why we have differentiated instruction. (Howard)
Have a background of your student's culture
Have high expectations for your students - the same for each
Have your classroom be a safe zone
Know yourself - who you are racially and culturally
Know and understand your students and where they come from
Know cultures other than your own - specifically your students
Create "All About Me" charts so you and your students get to know one another
Expose yourself to a variety of perspectives
Celebrate each and everyone of your students - and yourself
Allow your students to freely express themselves within the classroom
Create a special corner/centers
Decorate your classroom - showing diversity
Self-awareness
Adaption of skills
Develop awareness and acceptance between cultures
Make an effort to get to know your students
Have a positive outlook
Have a positive student-student relationship and student-teacher relationship
Have respect for different religious affiliations
Use the diversity presented as a learning experience for you and your students
Ensure that each of your students is in a healthy learning environment
Negate the stereotypes or pre-judgements of students/families
See each home's strength and positivity
Honesty, empathy, advocacy, and action will help us do this
"A successful, culturally competent teacher shows respect for the culture of all children and seldom places children in a position where they feel the need to make a choice." (Moule)
Cultural deficit: when you believe that where your student comes from is negative. (Stalvey/Delano)
Stereotypes are feelings that you have. But when you act on them, then it becomes discriminatory.
Some students do not have the adult supervision that they need to help with homework. Homework does not always need to be done at home. We must give them time to work on homework in the classroom as well. Teachers must discover that their students, build relationships, and find ways to help them succeed. (Delano)
Every student comes in to the classroom with a brain, a body, and a family. She says she treats all of her students the same. We don't want to teach every studnet the same. This sis why we have differentiated instruction. (Howard)