Week 1: Personal Culture/Multicultural Education

• Course Introduction
• Course syllabus 
• Register on course wiki (see email) 
• Register on course discussion board
• Post introduction on course discussion board
• Culture and Multicultural Education
• Reading: Diversity in the Classroom http://projects.nytimes.com/immigration/enrollment?emc=eta1
• PowerPoint Presentation "What is Culture?" http://www.slideshare.net/TerriAH/what-is-culture-13636510
• YouTube Video:  What is Culture? http://youtu.be/57KW6RO8Rcs 
• Reading: Reflections from Teachers of Culturally Diverse Children.pdf
• Reading: http://arkansased.org/pd/pdf/p-k_diversity.pdf
• YouTube Video: Cultural Competence http://youtu.be/E1MI_h0HIcw
• YouTube Video: Gloria Ladson-Billings Cultural Competency http://youtu.be/ccEu7r2IwM0  
• Post on the Week 1 Discussions and respond to class postings
• Post a Reflection in the Journal and respond to other journal postings   
• In Class: 
• Discussion:  What is My Culture? Cultural Autobiography
• Group Work: Creating Our Cultural Picture of the Classroom

 

Week 2: Multicultural Student Achievement and Parental Involvement

• Why is parental involvement is important  
• Reading: ParentInvolvementinEducation.pdf  
• Reading:  Parental School Involvement and Children's Academic Achievement.pdf
• YouTube Video:  Parent Involvement Contributes to Results http://youtu.be/UlXFz-Q2l5U
•  YouTube Video Building Relationships: Ages & Stages http://youtu.be/3GMQBBvl264
•  Types of parental involvement
• YouTube Video:  The ABCs of Parent Involvement http://youtu.be/NvQSGvtmuTI
• YouTube Video 0 to 5 in 30 Minutes! http://youtu.be/qjl1dVBbJNU  - A Readiness for School Program
• Reading:  Parent_Involvement.pdf
•  Reading:   The Voices of Parents.pdf  
• Post on the Week 2 Discussions and respond to class postings
• Post a Reflection in the Journal and respond to other journal postings
• In Class:
• Discussion: What are the challenges of parental involvement in multicultural classrooms?
• Group Work: Creating a Parental Involvement Plan

 

Week 3: Teachers, Parents, and Community

• What is the relationship between the classroom/school and the larger community?

• YouTube Video: How Teachers Can Learn from Communities and Parents http://youtu.be/37-vSuX0fd4  
• YouTube Video: Success Spoken Here: Preparing Citizens of the World http://youtu.be/QXpruWdmwD8 
• YouTube Video: The immigration effect in education http://youtu.be/u1_qfY9A_RU
• Reading: A New Wave of Evidence:  A new wave of evidence.pdf
• Reading: Parent & Community Involvement Strategies that Work http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin192.shtml
• Reading:  Report Graduation Rates Improve But Hurdles Remain http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/03/report-signs-of-improvement-in-us-graduation-rates-hurdles-remain.html
• Post on the Week 3 Discussions and respond to class posting
• Post a Reflection in the Journal and respond to class postings
• In Class
• Discussion: What are the connections between teachers, parents, and community?
• Group Work: Presenting the Parental Involvement Plan