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Cross Cultural Perspectives: Focus on Latin American Families
This interactive session will focus on creating staff self-awareness
and address how to approach cross-cultural communication with Latin
American children and families in a more competent manner.
Workshop goals: Increase
understanding of self-culture, increase understanding of Latin
American culture, and identify strategies to improve communication
with families. Length: 2-9 hours;
Presented by Sabrina Zarco (zarcosabrinae@uams.edu;
501-682-9924)
Anti-Bias Every Day
This interactive dialogue addresses anti-bias education in the early
childhood setting. This session incorporates the philosophy of
multicultural education while expanding to include other forms of
bias, stereotypes and misinformation.
Workshop goals: Increase
understanding of concepts of surface and
deep culture, define aspects of diversity, improve recognition of
how diversity impacts children, identify the “tourist approach” and
discuss how to identify and select appropriate materials. Length:
2-9 hours; Presented by Sabrina Zarco (zarcosabrinae@uams.edu;
501-682-9924)
Enhancing Language Development for English Language Learners
The interactive training focuses on building English proficiency
among children who come from homes where another language is spoken.
Emphasis is on methods that allow for meaningful
communication between all teachers and children to develop
pre-literacy skills comparable to their peers. Included are the
stages of new language acquisition and teaching strategies with
young English language learners.
Workshop Goals: Provide
strategies to teach to the stages of English fluency, incorporate
visual aids to support communication, and conduct informal
assessments of English language learners.
Length: 2-9 hours; Presented by Darlene J Kurtz
(kurtzdarlenej@uams.edu; 501-682-9904)
Building Skill Sets for Bilingual Meetings
This workshop promotes effective communication between
English-speaking educators and parents who speak a different
language through the assistance of a bilingual interpreter.
Methods allow for better time management and understanding
how the educator and interpreter can mutually support the
interaction with parents and families.
Workshop Goals:
Understand and adopt the 3-Step Process for interpreted meetings
and know the important role of the English-speaking educator in such
meetings. Length: 2-4 hours; Presented by
Darlene J Kurtz; (kurtzdarlenej@uams.edu; 501-682-9904)
Building Skill Sets of Bilingual Personnel
Trainings are dedicated to bilingual staff members working in an
early childhood educational environment addressing their 2 primary
roles.
The first role is bilingual interpreting and translating with skill
development tools and resources.
The second role is to teach so that children grow less
dependent on home language and develop English fluency.
Workshop Goals:
Provide methods and resources to better communicate between two
languages and two cultural communities in an ethical manner;
transition preschool children from the home language to English
proficiency through meaningful strategies.
Length: 2-9 hours; Presented by
Darlene J Kurtz; (kurtzdarlenej@uams.edu; 501-682-9904)
Exploring Differences within Families
This interactive training will focus on family composition and
explore ways to support all families.
It will address topics including differences of economic
class, blended families, immigrant families, and multi-racial /
multi-ethnic families.
Workshop Goals: Address the
different aspects of family composition, increase understanding of
how family composition affects the social/emotional development of
children, enhance understanding of the unique challenges and
strengths of multi-racial / multi-ethnic families, and explore
strategies for supporting families.
Length: 2-6 hours; Presented by Tanya Miller
(millertanyas@uams.edu; 501-682-9915)
Welcome the Children Project (WTC) provides training and technical
assistance free to early childhood professionals.
Contact
us to ask about onsite training and consultation with your staff.
We offer scheduling that works for you!
All WTC sessions are
approved by AR Department of Human Services Division of Child Care
and Early Childhood Education (DCCECE), verified through Traveling
Arkansas' Professional Pathways (TAPP), and support quality through
AR Better Beginnings.
WTC is funded by
AR DHS DCCECE and administered by
UAMS Partners for Inclusive
Communities,
1-800-342-2923 (V/TTY) or email Brenda Reynolds at
reynoldsbrendak@uams.edu.
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