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Running head: ACTION PLAN

Action Plan for Multicultural Awareness

By: Brandie Long
EDUC 549: Race, Class, and Power in Schools
Southwestern College Professional Studies
May 8, 2014
Jill Sullivan

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Action Plan for Multicultural Awareness

Elementary School
Name: Brandie Long

School: Allen Elementary

Position: Interrelated teacher

City: Wichita

Program: Elementary special education

Grades: 3rd-5th

Dates: 2014-2015

Goal Statement

Goal: To create an awareness of multicultural diversity and address the

needs of diverse students and build positive relationships.

Statement of Goals and Objectives

Goals
To create an equal and supportive
classroom where all students will
succeed.

To increase understanding and

knowledge of multicultural issues

Objectives
o Use of multiple intelligences in classroom
lessons.
o Cooperative groups during classroom activities.
o Provide multicultural experiences in the
classroom
o Incorporate lessons on diversity into instruction
o Use multicultural activities
o Students will identify their culture and recognize
other cultural groups in the classroom.
o Encourage students to recognize and embrace

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diversity
Create culturally responsive lesson plans o Provide opportunities for students to demonstrate
diversity.
o Promote multicultural activities in the classroom.
o Make connections between students and subject
matter.
o Scaffolding and adapting lessons and material.
Promote family engagement

o Communicate regularly with families.

o Encourage family events at school.

Establish classroom rules and routines.

o promote respect for diversity in learning

o students to respect each others opinion

Goal 1: To create an equal and supportive classroom where all students will succeed.
Implementation of Exemplary Teaching Strategies

Evaluation
What evidence
indicates
progress?

How and when

will evidence be
gathered?

Classroom
expectations,
rewards, visual
reminders.

Decrease in
student behavior
and increase in
classroom
participation

Student behavior
and classroom
work.

Teacher, when
needed

Kagan material
for each lesson.

Increased
student
engagement

During each
assessed lesson.
Decrease in
behavior.

Regular
education
teacher, sped
teacher, support
staff

Lesson plans

Student data

Assessment data
and classroom
data.

What needs to be
done?

By whom and
when?

Use positive
behavior support
in the classroom

Teacher, all the

time

Incorporate
cooperative
learning
strategies
Modify
instruction.

What resources?

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Goal 2: To increase understanding and knowledge of multicultural issues.
Implementation of Exemplary Teaching Strategies
What needs to be
done?

By whom and
when?

Include
multicultural
content in lesson
plans.

Classroom
teachers, support
staff, daily.

Teacher
development and
training.

Teachers, support Training material

staff, trainers,
and multicultural
administration.
content.
When offered.

Classroom
Teacher, students
discussion and
and family.
activities about
personal cultures.

What resources?
Multicultural
ideas, internet,
multicultural
books.

Lesson plans,
activities for
students and
newsletter for
parents.

Evaluation
What evidence
indicates
progress?

How and when

will evidence be
gathered?

Increased student
engagement and
activities.

Daily by teacher
observation,
student
reflection.

Teacher survey
and content
integration into
the classroom.

Reflection of self
by teacher,
administration
review, teacher
surveys after PD.

Lesson
participation,
student
engagement,
parent
involvement.

Observations of
success.

Goal 3: Create culturally responsive lesson plans.

Implementation of Exemplary Teaching Strategies
What needs to be
done?

By whom and
when?

What resources?

Evaluation
What evidence
indicates
progress?

How and when

will evidence be
gathered?

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Understand
personal bias.

Teacher and
staff, always.

Personal
reflections.

Successful
implementation
of culturally
responsive
lessons.

Lesson plans and

activities.

Getting to know
each student

Teacher, always

Parent
communication,
student survey.

student success

Daily through
observation, and
discussion

Define lesson
expectation and
goals.

Teacher, before
during and after
each activity

Lesson plan,
standards,
assignment goals

Student
understanding

Observations
throughout the
lesson.

Enhance
meaning

Teacher, during
lessons.

Higher order
questions.

Student
responses

Throughout the
lesson and
observations.

(motivation)

Goal 4: Promote family engagement.

Implementation of Exemplary Teaching Strategies
What needs to
be done?

By whom and
when?

What resources?

Evaluation
What evidence
indicates
progress?

How and when will

evidence be
gathered?

Open House

Entire staff;
before the first
day of school

Welcoming
environment,
teacher created
handouts.
Snacks

High attendance

Attendance sheet
for parents to sign
the night of.

School Monthly
Newsletters

Entire staff,
monthly

Master calendar,
important
events, noted
resources.

Attendance to
events.

During the special

events.

Parent Teacher
Conferences

Parents,
teachers,
administration
and support

Student data;
take-home
resources,

Parent
participation

Classroom sign-in
sheets

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Family Activity
Night

staff. On
scheduled
conference days.

progress reports

Entire staff,
parents, family
and students.

FAB (family
engagement,
academic and
behavior) team
activities.

Parent
Survey for parents,
participation and students and staff.
surveys.

Goal 5: Establish classroom rules and routines.

Implementation of Exemplary Teaching Strategies
What needs to be
done?

By whom and
when?

What resources?

Evaluation
What evidence
indicates
progress?

How and when

will evidence be
gathered?

Come up with
teacher
expectations

Teacher

A way to display
expectations:
poster board,
markers,
computer

Student behavior, All day, every

cooperation and
day in school.
engagement

Come up with
classroom rules.

Teacher and
student

School rules and

a place to display
the rules.

Student behavior
and engagement

Encourage
respect among
students

Teacher, families
and students

Classroom rules
and school rules

Student behavior, Ongoing through

peer connections observations.
and engagement.

All day, every

day in school.

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References
Banks, J. and Banks, C. (Eds.). (2010). Multicultural education: Issues and
perspectives. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

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