As a childcare professional you should make a commitment to learn about the cultural expectations of the families whose children are in your care and eliminate any stereotyped and biased attitudes you may have toward cultures different from your own.

Please read each statement/question carefully, be sure to answer each question in complete sentences. One word and one sentence answers, bulleted or numbered lists, or answers that are not a complete sentence will not be accepted.

1. As a childcare professional you should make a commitment to learn about the cultural expectations of the families whose children are in your care and eliminate any stereotyped and biased attitudes you may have toward cultures different from your own.

How can you do this? Answer must be one-paragraph 4-5 sentences.

2. What are some cultural differences that you have encountered, not only from childcare?

3. As a childcare professional, you should find out accurate information about the culture of the children in your care and determine how to use this information in your caregiving setting.

What are ways you can find out accurate information about culture?

4. Talk about an experience that you enjoyed that involved a cultural difference between you and another person. Answer one-paragraph 4-5 sentences.

5. What makes you uncomfortable about learning to be more culturally responsive? What is the worst thing that you can imagine might happen?  

Answer one-paragraph 4-5 sentences.

6. As a childcare professional, you should work consciously to establish a program that both helps children function in their own cultural community and builds their competence in the culture of the larger society.

How can you do this at your center?

7. When was the first time that you became aware of racial or cultural differences?

8. Which of the following strengths do you bring to developing culturally responsive practices?

1. Curiosity about others
2. Enjoyment of others
3. Willingness to learn from mistakes
4. Willingness to take risks
5. Sense of humor
6. Creativity
7. Flexibility
8. Commitment

What other strengths do you have and how might they apply?