Sentences with phrase «importance of cultural competency»

These confrontations may take the form of difficult one - on - one conversations, open discussions and forums at faculty meetings, and using the teacher appraisal system to help teachers see the importance of cultural competency.

When we consider ongoing conversations around enhancing teacher preparation programs, is enough time and attention being spent on the importance of cultural competency?

She also addresses the importance of cultural competency and how that relates to supporting mothers.

Not exact matches

At the same time, I do not want to diminish the importance of ethnic and racial cultural competency in particular, given that our teaching force is more than 80 percent white, while over half of children born today are racial minorities.

Teachers are provided professional development to improve their competencies in early literacy by discussing the importance of working with families in the development of early literacy, understanding cultural influences on language and literacy development, and their role in promoting language and early literacy development.

This year's set features Samantha Peters tackling cultural competency, Monica Befa introducing us to the ethics of tweeting, Valerie Akujobi considering the challenge of advertising for women lawyers, Lindsay Carbonero addressing the importance of treating mental health as a professionalism issue and Cathleen Brennan arguing for why the proposed LSUC restrictions on judges returning to practice do not go far enough.