Assignment:
The authors discuss the importance of cultural responsiveness in today’s increasingly diverse society. As defined in your course text, cultural responsiveness refers to the ability to communicate across cultural lines and collaborate effectively with different people. In this Discussion, you will consider ways in which you might foster cultural responsiveness in yourself and your staff, particularly when interacting with families. Reflect on the following:
- As director of a child development center, how would you cultivate your own cultural responsiveness, and that of your staff, on an interpersonal level? How might this strategy contribute to effective communication with families?
- As director of a child development center, how would you cultivate your own cultural responsiveness, and that of your staff, on a structural level? How might this strategy contribute to effective communication with families?
- How might family-friendly practices (as described on pp. 294–295) factor into strategies intended to promote cultural responsiveness?
With these thoughts in mind, follow the instructions below to post your response to this Discussion topic.
Write an explanation of one specific way in which you, as a director, would foster cultural responsiveness in yourself and your staff at your child development center on an interpersonal level, and one specific way you would do so on a structural level. Describe how you think each strategy would contribute to effective communication with families, as well as if and how the strategies might incorporate family friendly practices.
Your answer must be, typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format.