Sunday, December 16, 2012

Welcoming Families from around the World

Welcoming families from around the world is pertinent to helping newly enrolled children become acclimated to an early learning environment.  In this specific scenario, I am a Director of an early learning center and we were just informed that a family is enrolling in our program.  The family's country of origin is Burma.  In order to help the child and his family I would take the following steps:

1. I would learn all that I could about Burma.
2. I would enlist the help of a translator to assist with language.
3. I would research the culture of Burma.
4. I would try to contact colleagues that are familiar with Burmese families.
5. I would encourage the family to ask questions, and become involved if they would like to do so.

By learning and developing a plan for newly enrolled families, the children will be more successful.  The culture and community of the program will benefit from involving families as well.

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