The culturally competent teacher involves and works with families and community resources , understanding the differences in families, and the important influence of family participation in the students' learning.
One accommodation the teacher made for different language speaking families I had mentioned in a previous blog was ordering a different translation of a novel. This allowed the student to bring home the book and share with his or her family what they are learning in school. It is a great way to incorporate the family in the learning process. Another thing the teacher recommend I do should I find myself in a diverse school is learn some of the areas dominant language. In this case it was Spanish since Spanish is very similar to other common languages. It can be very helpful to learn some basic phrases for parent teacher conferences. The basic phrases are your son/ daughter is a good student, works well, completes assignments, doesn’t complete assignments, scores poorly, scores well, doesn’t study enough. It is very easy to keep a list of cognates (words that look and sound similar in different languages). These accommodations are not difficult and it can prove to be a helpful tool in establishing a strong trustful bond between teacher, student, and family
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