Cda Competency Report

In my child care setting, I work hard to provide all children with a safe and healthy learning environment. I research and follow strict standards available from the state related to preventing and reducing injury and illness, helping children feel safe, following sound nutrition and fitness practices, and creating an enriching learning environment.

The word family is difficult to define as families come in many shapes and sizes. Each member of a family acquires funds of knowledge that influences every aspect of their lives. Educators need to take the time to get to know students and their families so that “they can begin to see that the households of their students contain rich cultural and cognitive resources and that these resources can and should be used in their classroom in order to provide culturally responsive and meaningful lessons that tap students’ prior knowledge” (Lopez, 2013, par. 2). By getting to know each student and their families, teachers can better detect poverty and homelessness and provide resources and support. Administrators should provide teachers and other student personnel with professional training so as to increase teachers’ understanding of the importance of understanding a child’s funds of knowledge that students, especially from immigrant households, possess.

All members of the staff must act as professionals while at work, especially with young children. The administrative and teaching staff must work together to ensure their practices are developmentally appropriate, and share new and/or creative ideas with one another. It is also the responsibility of a teacher to establish an open, trusting relationship with the parents of each children in their care. Thus, parents can freely communicate their thoughts, concerns, and/or suggestions about their child or the program. Parent satisfaction is something that every child care or development center should strive for.

Understanding the "whole" of a child takes devotion, dedication, and consistency. How well the childrens ability to adapt, learn, and improvise are dependant on a well educated provider. My dedication through constant education, re-direction, support, and seamless lesson planning are my path to meeting Competency Statement III.

In chapter 9 of the book Black Ants and Buddhists it talks about the different situations that families and teachers may encounter inside and outside a classroom setting. One of the situations that it talks about in this chapter is about different types of families and their origins. Talking to students about their families it might be challenging because as a future teacher we might not know what is their situation or who is taking care of them. For instance, last year when I worked in a school I told a student that his mom and dad would be so proud to see that he had made a 100 in the test. I noticed that he was upset when I told him that, he later on told me that he lives with his grandma, I felt bad for the entire day because I didn’t

Children are taught that you should not be prejudice against a certain group or society that is different to theirs. All children are given the opportunity to take part in all activities as, well as their parents and these activities reflect different cultures and societies. Children are also taught that regardless of what your culture or the group you belong to is no child or family should have to suffer any form of abuse or unjustly treatment. Every child has rights and this is made clear to all children through books and pictures, posters and via the teacher. Having activities on different cultures helps children to learn that they are part of the world and it gives them the opportunity to get the most out of life. We avoid stereotyping and provide children with positive images through different materials such as books, puzzles, computer and board

In the collateral-collectivist cultures (African-American, Hispanic and Asian), emphasis is placed on the family, above all else. This means that in these cultures, even education is second to the needs of a family. When teaching children from these cultures, it is important not be ethnocentric, but rather understand the structure of their cultures. As teachers, we cannot be colorblind; for it is a disservice to those we teach.

Teachers usually have posters containing children of all different races and genders on them. Usually with every holiday teachers try and incorporate all of the different cultures and their aspects. Baby dolls in a preschool room should be diverse. There should not just be one type of baby doll or barbie doll. Teachers have to take into consideration how the child feels. No child should feel excluded from something because of what their culture is. There are so many different factors teachers need to take into consideration when caring for children with multiple cultures. A child should not look at the posters around a classroom and feel uncomfortable because no one on those posters looks like he or she. It should be the same way with gender. It should be taught that no gender is inferior to another. Everyone should be taught that everyone is equal and no one person is better than the other because of their ethnicities or

Consider talking with other professional personnel who specialize in multiculturalism (Dray & Wisneski, 2011, p. 33). Share your interpretations in a spirit of collaboration to learn from family members about their expectations and norms for behavior (Dray & Wisneski, 2011, p. 33). After teachers have considered alternative explanations and developed a different interpretation of a situation, they are able to change their behavior (Dray & Wisneski, 2011, p. 33). Educators should view

This third grade is a multicultural class, students are coming from different countries, such as Italy, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Colombia, el Salvador and Argentina. Too often, students are misinformed and misguided about peer’s background and, this has been provoked some differences in the classroom that the teacher many times doesn 't know how to handle it. Sharing of many cultures can become difficult especially in early ages. Children have learned from home their own culture, the culture they live with, and these children are between 8 and 9 years old, which can make the understanding of culture differences more difficult, especially when parents reinforce this attitudes toward people of different culture.

By understanding the student’s culture and beliefs I was able to incorporate material that the students can relate from their culture, into the classroom, to better explain a concept. When students can relate to a subject they are most often eager and willing to learn the subject because they have a concrete foundation to relate it to and build upon. Teachers will take individual and cultural differences along with student talents and abilities and will implement to create a diverse classroom where each child is comfortable and able to

The AICPA Core Competency Framework, developed by leading authorities throughout the country in a wide range of subject matter. It defines a set of skills-based competencies needed by all students entering that accounting profession, regardless of the career path that an individual chooses such as public, private, government, nonprofit, or the specific accounting services they will perform. The Core Competency Framework focuses on skills skills and is not configured around traditional subject areas or accounting services. The core competencies recognized by the framework will have long-term value and will support a selection of career opportunities for the future CPA. In addition, by building entry-level competency requirements on professional

They conducted a study with twenty-one New Jersey teachers in order to determine their “understanding of familial influences on learning and their actual communication patterns with parents.” (pg. 7) They note that is it sometimes hard to develop good relationships between parents and teachers, when the two parties come from different cultural backgrounds and that “teachers must work especially hard to avoid misunderstandings based in cultural differences.” (pg. 8) Surveys were given to the teachers in this study to determine their views on parent involvement, cultural knowledge, and views on the impact of culture on the children in their classroom. Results of the survey found a mismatch between the views of the teachers and their actual practices. “Teachers felt the least important components needed to understand a culture were the overt aspects of culture…and that these were also the least influential on children’s learning. However, at the same time, they stated that these were the very aspects they were most aware of and used most often in their classrooms.” (pg. 11)

Celebrating cultural diversity is an extremely important component in a school. Having various students from different backgrounds and cultures is a common occurrence in many classrooms around the world. However, sometimes these children do not feel included or accepted and this makes it even more important to celebrate the diversity of the students (Roach, 2015). It is, therefore, the teacher 's responsibility to make these children feel even more accepted, because feeling isolated may be extremely harmful to a child. It is important for students to know that there are many different types of families in this world. Each family is unique in its own way. There are some families that are culturally different and some families that have an alternative family structure. Families can differ in many ways, such as economic status, background, and religious traditions. It is also very important for the teacher to understand the family background and function so that the school can put together different strategies for working with the family. It makes a tremendous difference for the families when the school is respectful of their different and unique family situations. In the world today, diversity in families is growing, and it is, therefore, very important for schools to recognize the variety of family structures and the impact it can make when families and the school work together.

One way to insure that I am better able to do my job to the best of my ability is to learn about the student’s family and home life. To serve my students well, I must be able to work easily with their families. To be effective in this work, I will must first work understand families who are diverse in ways such as their culture, sexual orientation, economic status, work, religious beliefs, and composition. I will need to know the students that come from single parent families, families of divorce, blended families, extended families, homeless families, migrant families, and gay and lesbian families. Despite the many different types of families I will work with I will keep in mind that they all have certain characteristics in common. For instance families want the best possible learning environment for their children, and I must do whatever I can do involve them in their child’s education.