Join SACCN for six weeks of guest speakers. All speakers are professionals in the Early Childhood Education Community and each will offer a virtual lecture that covers OCFS Training topic areas.
The Culturally Competent Classroom: A guide to Authentic Connection and Inclusion
April 4 Rose Blanchard OCFS Training Topic Areas: (1)(3)
This training focuses on developing culturally competent skills which inform programming, communication, and collaborative practices. Participants will learn specific techniques that honor and integrate the authentic cultural styles, values, and belief systems of both family and colleagues in their everyday programming and routines. Key topics will include diversity in the classroom, understanding and teaching deep culture, the framework for anti-bias teaching, and finding a “third space” for inclusion with colleagues, administrators, children, and their families.