Professional Documents
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Carla Franklin
Multicultural Curriculum
Rebecca De Leon
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think as educators we know that for an infant it is important to master a secure attachment. For
preschoolers is it the time where they are exploring the world around them and exposing them to
social emotional development is a great introduction to what waits for them in the school age
years where most of them during this time are experiencing and trying to find themselves.
Just like any other curriculum it is important to know how to create a secure environment.
When working with children you have to keep in mind that you might have tools that will work
for some children but not for all . You need to get to know the child individually in order to
address their personal (if necessary), social, and academically needs. This multicultural
curriculum serves all children from 3-12 years old. This program will be called Community
Beliefs.
Identity:
Like I mentioned earlier in the paper the first years of life is when as educators and parents we
want to make sure we create a strong secure attachment with our kids and this attachment can be
from biological parent to caregiver it really does not matter what we want is for the child to feel
comfortable and safe within his surroundings. Preschool years come. We want our preschoolers
to feel independent and free to explore the world around them in a safe way in a secure
environment. As educators our duties are to make sure the preschoolers are developing those
skills that will help them later in their school years. School age years come. We want to make
sure the child feels a sense of belonging in his or her community and in their household as well.
This will help the child find his or her sense of identity. It is during these years where the child is
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getting a taste of what the real world is looking from them. We are not just teaching children, but
Bias: We are aware that we are now living in a diverse world, therefore, we include any
feedback from parents, family cultures, and diversities. We are pretty much open to share and
exchange points of views to introduce diversity in our classrooms. With our staff well trained we
assure we will have the best quality of care and education for your child.
Social Justice: We know that this is a tough field to work in, but we offer special trainings that
we like to call workshops for parents and staff to be informed about the issues we are facing in
our society and how that can affect not only our communities but the lives of our children. We
try our best to provide more privileges to our staff other than paid vacation and health care to
better serve our multicultural program. We feel that a happy well treated staff performs at his or
her best. Bottom line we want our services to be beneficial to our children we are serving, to our
community and to our staff. Let us make it a learning community for all of us as well.
Parent Communication: Our program strongly believes and has concluded that parent and staff
communication is the key for a successful outcome. Whether talking about the childs
resources available as needed. We want our parents to feel comfortable knowing that we are here
to help them in any circumstance. We understand that being a parent is a full-time job and a
lifetime commitment. As a well-educated program we want to offer our services to help those
parents who might need an extra hand. We offer counseling for couples, workshops for parents
who might need them and extra curriculum activities for their kids during summer breaks and
such.
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Over all, we want to assure the parents understand the uniqueness of this program's multicultural
curriculum. We want parents to be well informed about the importance of our program and what
our goal is as a multicultural curriculum based program. We also want to assure them that it all
starts with team work. Parents team working with educators. Some information that will be
provided for parents during the first initial meeting will be some philosophies from our favorite
Bowlbys Attachment Theory. We will also be providing some basic information from one of
our favorite books Diversity in Early Care and Education-Honoring Differences by Janet
Gonzales- Mena sharing some of her cultural frameworks that will help us as a guide. Her
framework influences the way she thinks and acts and how she perceives, handles, and interacts
with people and materials. Cultural Frameworks are influenced by and includes what are
Race
Gender
Age
Language
Original geographic location of my family, where I grew up and present location (if
different) and
We want to remind the parents that this program serves 3-12 and it is during this age where kids
start to question and wonder about the world around them. We want to educate them. Lets do
that together.
As a program we are also aware that many children who we will be providing services for will be
perhaps immigrants from any country. Our curriculum allows these kids to feel comfortable
learning the material in whichever language and style he or she is used to from his or her
previous country. Even though immigrant children have left behind their systems of
communication, their cultural beliefs, and the cultural identity that once gave meaning to their
lives, the psychological traumas of uprooting are less visible and less easily measured than their
language proficiency (The Inner World of the Immigrant child pg.39). Our program believes
that a child has his or her own way of learning. Just like some of us might be visual learners and
Community Beliefs will also be a language diversity place where the child will be allowed to
express him or herself in whatever language he or she feels comfortable with. Many school and
programs reinforce the standard English but we have come to the conclusion that that is not
always the best way to teach We must keep the perspective that people are experts on their own
lives (Other peoples children by Lisa Delpit pg. 47) by sharing this quote we strongly believe
that a child will be open and free to express by letting them speak in any language he or she
feels comfortable. Once again our goal is to create a safe environment where the child feels
Our staff members will be prepared to teach your kids the things they need learn. Teachers will
role model behaviors for little ones and for older ones they will be well informed on how to
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handle situations and they will also express their love for their job Teachers should model the
love of learning, and they should show enthusiasm about their jobs. Build suspense, smile, tell a
true emotional story, show off a new CD, read a book, or bring an animal to class. Get involved
in community work, whether its for a holiday, disaster relief, or ongoing service. Let student
know what excites you. Weve all heard of infections enthusiasm; it works! (The brain in mind
by Eric Jensen pg. 79) this book will be one of our resources for our curriculum. This book will
give us ideas on how to model behaviors. Our program will also be open to celebrations so that
children can interact and socialize with others within the community.
Club activities
Sports
Dramatic performances
Acknowledgments
We will be providing physical activities for children and not only for children but for adults as
well. We know that our body releases dopamine and norepinephrine during movement and fun
activities as we learn. These chemicals enhance long term memory when administered either
before or after learning. We will have a set of schedules in which parents will be allowing to
view what their kids will be learning and in which activities he or she will be participating on.
Lastly, Community beliefs will assure you environmental considerations knowing that is very
important in general when working with children who may also have challenging behaviors or
perhaps a disability. As educators we know that what might work for one child may not work for
the rest. For those children who might need one on one attention we will also take into
consideration in finding a perfect fit for that specific child. Also, every child is different, and we
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will also take into consideration the childs safety as well. We will make sure our staff is well
trained to ensure that they are properly trained to recognize red flags.
For our staff, we will have initial meetings as well and monthly meetings to discuss any
considerations or questions they may have throughout the semester. We dont want our staff to
feel like they are alone in this field. We work as a team and we want to let them know that they
For our parents who are considering in enrolling their child in Community Beliefs we
want to let them know that their kids will be in great hands. We will also be providing initial
meetings for parents to meet families and also monthly meetings to discuss their childs progress
in our program. Also, we want to let parents know that they are more than welcome to volunteer
in our program! If a parent has a special talent they would like to share and teach our little ones,
for example a parent who is also a musician and would like to volunteer in holidays
performances they are more than welcome! We appreciate everything to help our kids learn and
Reference page
1) Janet Gonzales- Mena (2008) Diversity in Early Care and Education Honoring
2) Cristina Igoa (1995) The Inner World of the Immigrant Child. Mahwah, New Jersey.
3) Liza Delpit (2006). Other Peoples Children cultural conflict in the classroom. New
York, NY.
4) Eric Jensen (2005). Teaching with the brain in mind. United States.