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Action Plan for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners
Hannah Gallagher
Department of Teaching and Learning, American College of Education
BE5043: Cross-Cultural Studies for Teaching ELLs
Dr. IIiana Castillo
Dec 3, 2023
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Action Plan for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners
The following action plan is based on the results of a cultural snapshot. The target for
this action plan will be to further engagement of the culturally diverse community. The
action plan described will be used for a group of English as a Second Language (ESL)
students. The students are all level 3 ELL students with a range of backgrounds. Based
in research found on best practices for engaging the culturally diverse community, I will
be increasing parental support in the classroom, seeking opportunities for my students
in the community and learning more in depth about my students. In the action plan laid
out below, the three best practices will be addressed, along with how I will evaluate my
progress on this objective.
Name
Hannah Gallagher
School
Centennial Elementary
Current Job Description
Co-teacher and interventionist
Opportunity Area Identified in Culture Snapshot
Engage the culturally diverse community
Objective
The teacher will be able to incorporate and engage the culturally diverse
community. The teacher will seek out input from the parents through a parent
survey, learn about the students in the classroom as individuals and involve the
community in real world learning opportunities
Rationale
I have chosen this objective because I feel that I need to continue improving on
my teaching methods. This includes being more culturally proficient. By meeting
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this objective of engaging the culturally diverse community, I will help my
students be more successful and I will become more culturally aware and
inclusive. These objectives will be measured by revisiting the cultural snapshot,
parent feedback and student feedback. From there I will look over the evidence
and evaluate if I have made adequate growth or if I need to continue working on
this objective.
Action Steps
1.
Increase Parent Involvement
a.
I will reach out to parents to create a more welcoming environment
where they feel a part of our classroom.
2.
Learning about your Students
a.
I will learn more about my student’s lives and interests outside of
school.
3.
Community Involvement
a.
I will find local resources for my students to access and possible
volunteer opportunities for them to give back to their community.
Required Resources
●
I will need the internet and my fellow teachers to help me translate my
survey to the correct languages. If my colleagues do not speak said
language I will use our school’s “Language Link” to finish the translations.
●
I will need help from my family liaison to get a list of community resources
●
I will need to plan out when I will have my lunch bunches and how often
they will occur.
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I will need access to the contact information for parents
1.
Parent involvement in the classroom
According to Romo, parents are a huge wealth of knowledge that many teachers
do not access (2018). In addition to an overall good understanding of their child
they also have many life experiences that they can share with the class. Many
parents feel un-welcomed in the classroom setting. Through a parent survey I will
gain a better understanding of the parents current feelings towards their
involvement in the classroom and their willingness to participate in our class.
From there I will begin calling parents and asking them to come into our class for
small jobs. If the parent enjoys these jobs we could further move on to pulling
small groups and sharing some of their life experiences. For parents that do not
have the time or desire to physically join our class, I will increase my parent
phone calls. I will take notes on the general conversation in my notebook.
2.
Learning about the students in your classroom
Too often teachers get caught up in the day to day data and we forget that
students are people too. According to Brandy, getting to know our students better
allows us to create a greater home-school connection which in turn allows our
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students to perform better (2011). I will begin with a simple craft of creating an
“All about me” puzzle piece. Students will be able to share about their
backgrounds with the class in a fun, no pressure setting. I will also start creating
lunch bunch groups. Students will be invited in for lunches with a friend and the
teacher, so I can further get to know my students. As I get to know my students
better we will create a more open and inviting learning community where my
students will feel more comfortable taking learning risks.
3.
Community Involvement
By allowing the community to be a part of your classroom you allow for real world
connections and opportunities for students to learn about the community they live
in (Minero, 2016). Having a community that you can trust and turn to is very
important for people. It is important for my students to learn about the resources
they have in their community and how they can access them. I will start by
reaching out to my family liaison and learning more about the resources we
currently have access to and then from their seeing if there are any volunteer
opportunities for students. By having our students give back to their community
they will feel a sense of pride and accomplishment that will shine through into
their overall confidence.
Assessment [Describe the means for assessing objective completion in a
well-developed paragraph, including the measurement tool and the
assessment data you will collect.]
I will assess if the objective was completed by reevaluating the cultural snapshot.
In addition, I will keep a journal of the number of parent volunteers, parent phone
calls and send out an end of year survey to see how parents felt about the
classroom setting. I will also ask students to fill out a survey. These surveys will
allow me to better assess if I have been successful in my objective.
Conclusion
The action plan described above will be used in a small ESL group. This is a group of
seven students that I have worked with for over three months now. The students are all
level three ELL students who speak Spanish and Somali. The steps described above
will help guide me toward cultural proficiency. If the action plan is successful, I should
begin to see improvements in my students' progress and class culture. If the plan is not
successful I will need to evaluate and make adjustments.
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References
Romo, H. D., Thomas, K. J. A., & García, E. E. (2018). Changing demographics of dual
language learners and English learners: Implications for school success.
Social
Policy Report, 31
(2), 1–35. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2379-3988.2018.tb00028.x
Bandy, J. (2011, March 18). Best practices in community engaged teaching. Vanderbilt
University.
https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/best-practices-in-community-
engaged-teaching/
Minero, E. (2016, April 19). Bringing the community into the classroom. Edutopia.
https://www.edutopia.org/practice/community-partners-making-student-learning-re
levant