ECE 405 dis 2

Culturally Relevant and Anti-Bias Classroom

Teachers can be genuine in their efforts to design and provide a culturally relevant and anti-bias classroom, but still fail to foster an environment where children are fully inclusive of others and free of prejudice.  Our classrooms are filled with children and families from a variety of cultures and backgrounds.  Imagine you are an early childhood educator who has received the attached surveys from your families.  After you read through the surveys below, select one family that you want to use for this discussion.  

• Survey child #1
• Survey child #2
• Survey child #3
• Survey child #4

Write a transcript for a parent-teacher conference that you might have with this family based on facts you learned about them from the survey.  Develop five questions that the parent/family member might ask you about your classroom during a conference, each including a fact from the survey.  For example, a family might ask you, “What resources are available to help my child learn English?” or “How can I help support my child at home since I work during the day?”  Then develop responses to address their questions.  Be sure to include an example of how specifically you will do this in the classroom and provide support from the textbook.  
Your discussion will be submitted in question and answer format, including these requirements for all five questions:

• Question asked by parent using a fact from the survey.
• Response to the question: Explanation of your answerSpecific example of how this will occur in your classroomEvidence from the textbook that supports this answer

The purpose of this survey is to obtain your insight about how to better understand the needs of our children and families. Your feedback is very important and will be kept confidential. Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions. This information is very helpful as we continue to develop a partnership to care for and educate our children together. If you would prefer to complete this form directly with one of our staff members we can arrange a time to talk with you about this information.

Please fill out only one survey per family.

1.

What descriptor best describes you?

a. Parent

b. Foster Parent

c. Grandparent/Guardian

d. Teen parent

e. Other________________

2.

Your gender/sex:

a. Male

b. Female

3.

Your age:

a. 15 and under

b. 16–‐21

c. 22–‐27

d. 28–‐33

e. 34–‐39

f. 40–‐45

g. 46–‐51

h. 52–‐58

i. Over 60

4.

Your ethnicity/race:

a. White

b. African–‐American

c. Asian/Pacific Islander

d. Native American

e. Alaskan

f. Hispanic

g. Other__________

5.

What is the primary language spoken in your home?

a. English

b. Spanish

c. Other_________

6.

What is your marital status?

a. Single

b. Married

c. Divorced

d. Separated

e. Living with my partner

f. Widowed

g. Other__________

7.

Who lives in your home?

Mother, child and one sibling

8.

Number of children in the home?

1 child age 3 to 5

9. What is your education and work status?

Some college

Employed full time

10. do you live with

a. relatives

b. alone as a family

11. Do you have health insurance?

Yes

12. Does your family have reliable transportation?

Yes a car

13. What type of childcare do you currently have?

Relatives

14. What is your yearly household income?

$35,000 –‐ $44,999

15. Do you receive public assistance?

No

16. How would you like to involve in your child’s school experience?

Serving on Parent Committee