Rasmussen What I Would Say to the Colleague in the Workplace Discussion & Responses – Description
Directions:
SCENARIO
Imagine that you work in a program with another educator. You have seventeen children aged 4-5 years old. Your group consists of primarily white children of European American descent. An East African family recently enrolled in the program, and the child was placed in your room. Although the child and family got off to a good start, you have been having difficulty with the child arriving late every day. The program has a strict policy that every child must come at 9 a.m. when the doors are opened (and closed shortly after that). Punctuality is part of the program’s philosophy, and every family is expected to abide by the rules.
One morning you hear the other educator greeting the new family at the door as they arrive late. She asks the mother, who usually brings the child to school, why they are late. The mother, who is looking down, takes a moment to respond and then tells your colleague that they are late because of the start time for class conflicts with their morning prayer time, which is also at 9 a.m. She is apologetic yet asks if there is any way the program can make an exception for her child. She explains that they do not have many resources and would like to stay in the program. She describes how the transition from Africa has been difficult for the child, and she does not want him to have to go through another change.
Next, you overhear the following response from your co-worker:
“I’m sorry, but we can’t allow you or any other family to be late. You will have to change your morning prayer time or go to another school where they do prayers. None of the other families have a problem getting here at 9 a.m., and we expect you to be able to do it too!”
*Although various religious groups and cultures have established/required prayer times, this example does not represent a real group.
Instructions
In your initial post,
Reflect on the above scenario and address the following questions:
What would you say to your colleague if this happened at your workplace?
What suggestions might you make to your colleague to help them begin to develop cultural humility?
How would you support them in starting to provide culturally responsive care and education that honors and meets the needs of today’s diverse families?
In your own experience, how have cultural differences created challenges in your workplace?
How did you resolve or manage those differences? Looking back, would you do it differently now?
In your reply post,
Share an alternative suggestion on how you would support the colleague in the above scenario.
Or reflect on your peer’s personal experiences with cultural differences and share additional solutions to resolve or manage those differences.
hi thank you there is two parts to this question for the reply can you please reply to this personReflect on the above scenario and address the following questions:What would you say to your colleague if this happened at your workplace? I would pull him/her aside and talk to them about how we must respect other peoples views and that we are able to talk to our director about these changes when having religious views. What suggestions might you make to your colleague to help them begin to develop cultural humility? I would talk and tell her that change is a big part of what we work in , we must understand that a routine is a big part of life and religion plays a big role in families , I would suggest to educate to workers on religions and cultural back rounds How would you support them in starting to provide culturally responsive care and education that honors and meets the needs of today’s diverse families? I would educate myself and not have a rule of that time I would also respect that religion and cultural play a very big role , I would add a a curriculum and other events in order to bring more people and cultural together. In your own experience, how have cultural differences created challenges in your workplace? Some things that i dont know alot about I can say things and other will get offended, i often now keep to myself or ask a higher up due to how the world is changing in. How did you resolve or manage those differences? Looking back, would you do it differently now? I know will look and educate myself or I will ask a higher person at work if it can be looked at as wrong or hurtful
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