Things
I Do And Plan To Do……..
I
do not have a lot of experience with teaching cultural diverse students. The
few experiences I have had I made sure that I was in constant communication
with the family and the ESOL teacher. If I felt there were any problems
academically, I would suggest accommodations for the students. If there were
important papers to go home, I would find a way to get the papers written in
their language so the parents could understand better. I made sure there were
several diverse books in the classroom. I plan to educate myself on ways to
make my classroom more culturally equipped.
Things I Do Not Do……….
I
need to work on the components of a cultural responsive classroom. The
components are the learning environment, curriculum and materials,
teaching/instruction, and assessments/evaluation. I do not look at all these
parts in detail. Before I start teaching, I want to have a plan and set goals for my future
students.
Things I Need To Improve….
There
are several things that I need to learn to improve myself. I think if I learn
different teaching styles to accommodate different cultures would help my students.
I know from past experience, and reading in the book that students with
cultural differences really struggle through school whether it is behavior or
academic. I just recently subbed this week and met a student that is Hispanic.
He was so shy and did not talk very much and would hardly participate. I cannot
imagine going to a place everyday feeling nervous or uncomfortable because you
do not understand completely the customs or the language. I hope to be a
teacher that can stop these students from feeling like they can’t. I want to
help them feel more confident in themselves and show them that I care and want
them to succeed. 
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