Saturday, October 18, 2014

Welcoming Families From Around the World


Welcoming Families From Around the World

The family’s country of origin, I decided to choose is Puerto Rico.  The five ways in which I will prepare myself to be culturally responsive towards this family is first I would commit myself to getting to know the student and as well as his family both academically, socially and emotionally.  I would learn about the family’s culture and interest and ask questions and talk with the parents.  I would also make home visits and create opportunities for the students to share and celebrate their family traditions and cultures; create a classroom learning community by encouraging the students to care for one another and be responsible for each other inside and outside the classroom; design lessons plans with the students in mind; and last but not least understand my own cultural identity by examining my own cultural behavior patterns, especially when it comes to classroom management and discipline.  And most importantly be myself with my students by being honest, caring and human.

 

1 comment:

  1. It’s important that families remain connected, teach their children family values, morals and the importance of praying together as a family especially in this society that tends to make the youth forgetting who they are and where they are from. It’s a great thing you are teaching your children. Thanks for sharing.

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