Today, our Ethnic Minority Advisory Council held a training session to examine issues around cultural diversity and supporting ethnic minority students in the district. There are so few teachers of color in our district, especially in comparison to the student population.
We are fortunate to have support systems within DCTA that allow for our teachers to recognize and celebrate our diverse educator and student population. We have been providing cultural competence training for 2 years now, and will continue to provide additional trainings for educators. Ann Franco is teaching a PDU this spring called CARE; Culture, Abilities, Resilience, Effort, and we hope that teachers will take advantage of this oppportunity. I want to recognize 4 DCTA members that were selected to serve as leaders of NEA National Cadres: Ann Franco- Minority Leadership Cadre, Rudy Bustos and Hetty Pazos- Diversity Cadres, and Lloyd Bourdon- Safety, Bias and GLBT Issues Cadre.
Thanks to all of our members that attended today's training!!
About Me
- Kim Ursetta, NBCT
- Denver, CO, United States
- Kim is a Kindergarten ELA-S (bilingual) Teacher at the teacher-led Mathematics and Science Leadership Academy in the Denver Public Schools. She recently served two terms as President of the Denver Classroom Teachers Association. She has been teaching in Denver for 16 years, and is a National Board Certified Teacher. She earned a B.A. and B.S.Ed. from Shippensburg University of PA, and a M.A. from the University of CO, Boulder. Kim serves on the Professional Standards and Practice Committee for the National Education Association, and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards' Board of Directors.
Gy. Sgt. Manning~ USMC
My brother- home from Iraq!
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