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Enhancing Family Partnerships: Recognizing & Embracing Diversity

Learn strategies to strengthen family partnerships through recognizing and valuing diversity in engagement with families of all backgrounds. Explore the importance of cultural diversity, respectful communication, and creating inclusive classroom environments. 8

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Enhancing Family Partnerships: Recognizing & Embracing Diversity

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  1. Recognizing Diversity Engaging All Families SeriesModule 2 of 10 Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC)

  2. Engaging All Families Series:Strategies & Tools to Strengthen Family Partnerships 9 10 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Content for this series is derived from an analysis of research from the family engagement field (i.e. Joyce Epstein, Anne Henderson), family support organizations, and state agencies that support family partnerships.

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  4. This Module Addresses: • The community • The respectful communication • The classroom and online environment …in recognizing diversity in family engagement

  5. “Acknowledging and valuing diversity means more than celebrating food or holidays. It means making room for a range of voices, perspectives and resources, and styles of interacting.” -Adger, 2001, Lopez, Sanchez and Hamilton 2000

  6. Define: Diversity Diversityin engaging families encompasses acceptance and respectful means of understanding each individual and each family as unique and accepting individual differences.

  7. Diversities to Consider • Cultural • Ethnic • Language • Religious • Gender • Physical and cognitive abilities • Socio-economic status

  8. Cultural Diversity

  9. Why is Diversity Inclusion Important? Courtesy: All cultures practice traditions that support and value their children and prepare them for living in society It is important to become aware and respectful of those values, beliefs, customs and parenting styles It is imperative that we employ specific behaviors, attitudes and policies that recognize and respect the uniqueness of individuals and groups

  10. Be Attentive To …..The Community

  11. How Well Do You Know Your Community? • Teachers visit community before school starts • Bus Tour of community • Participate in community events http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2012/08/teachers_from_harvey_school_bo.html

  12. Be Attentive To….Communicating Respectfully

  13. People First Language “People First Language puts the person before the disability and describes what a person has, not who a person is.” Kathie Snow. (n.d.) A few words about People First Language. Disability is Natural. Retrieved August 1, 2012 from http://www.disabilityisnatural.com/images/PDF/pfl-sh09.pdf

  14. Have Your Students Take the People First Pledge & Discuss

  15. People First Language • http://www.laspdg.org/content.cfm?id=313&schoolyearID=5 • Select 2013-14 school year

  16. Language Diversity • Offer family resources in various languages • Send home communication at a reasonable reading level so that families can understand clearly what is being communicated • Avoid using acronyms in your communication (i.e. SPED, CCSS, ESSA etc.) • Recognize and celebrate the diversity of families and utilize their skills

  17. Considerations When Face to Face With Families • Some cultures may not look you in the eye when speaking or being spoken to • Name pronunciation is important • Try to limit educational jargon so that your message is clear • Be considerate of all classes

  18. Be Attentive To….The Classroom and Online Environment

  19. Classroom Connections • Is there diversity presented in the curriculum and in the textbooks? • Do your room contents represent diverse backgrounds (posters, pictures) • Be considerate of homes who may lack resources to complete projects • Field trips/Events

  20. Classroom Connections

  21. Online Considerations Review the following websites to check for respectful, inclusive language: • Your class website • Your school website • Your district website

  22. Resource to Download

  23. Resources to Download • Diversity Awareness Profile (DAP)- John Wiley & Sons, Inc. • Promoting Cultural Diversity & Cultural Competency Self-Assessment -TawaraD. Goode, National Center for Cultural Competence • Equitable Classroom Practices Observation Checklist – http://www.laspdg.org/content.cfm?id=417

  24. Reflective Inquiry • Moving Teachers to Reflective Inquiry Webinar – http://laspdg.org/content.cfm?id=314 • Select 2013-14 school year

  25. www.ksdetasn.org/kpirc The contents of this PowerPoint presentation were developed under a grant from the US Department of Education, #H323A110003. Special thanks is given to the Louisiana Department of Education in the development of this module.

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