Culturally Responsive Curriculum: Education Staff
Educator: [Speaking in Spanish] We have children from different ethnicities, from different cultures. Even though they might be Hispanic, some of them are from El Salvador, from Guatemala, from Nicaragua, and from Mexico, but from the different states.
So, everyone has their own beliefs, their own way of dressing, their own type of food, their own religion. So, I try to find the way to get involved with their families and to get to know them in order to help them.
Also, every year, I organize a get together that centers in the different cultures and where each parent brings a dish from their own country of origin.
We get foods like pupusas, pollo frito, pozole, tacos—all kinds of stuff, and we have a party here in my house.
At this event, we share what has happened during the year, how the kids are doing. Sometimes I get new people that have been recommended by people who have been here for longer. And when they come here, they don't want to leave.
Learn more about what makes a curriculum culturally responsive. Take a look at this short video clip in the 15-Minute In-Service Suite series, A Culturally Responsive Approach to Implementing Curriculum.
