Supporting Language Diversity: Direct Care

Course Guide

The following chart lists each lesson and all required and non-required activities and resources in this course. Use this as a guide, table of contents, or print it out and use as a checklist to manually keep track of progress through the course. Required activities are marked with a star and must be completed and reviewed by a trainer, coach or administrator. VLS Partner users will utilize the VLS learning management system to track progress towards course certification.

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Within the Focused Topics Supporting Language Diversity: Direct Care course you will learn about:

How to nurture language development in all children, and especially in multilingual children
Ways to provide environments and plan experiences that promote language learning
Building upon the strengths of multilingual families and coworkers
Your responsibility to respect the home and heritage languages of the families you serve

Course Outline

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Lsn/Req	Title	Section
1	Promoting Language Diversity in the Early Years and Beyond
Not required	Perspectives on Language	Explore
Not required	Benefits of Being Bilingual	Apply
2	Environments and Experiences to Promote Language Diversity
Not required	Exploring Resources	Explore
Not required	Environmental Tip Sheet	Apply
Not required	Children's Book List for Promoting Language Diversity	Apply
3	Engaging Language Diversity in Adults: Families, Coworkers, & Communities
Not required	Funds of Knowledge Reflection	Explore
Not required	Learning About Languages and Cultures	Apply
Not required	Supporting Language Diversity: Direct Care Practice Inventory	Apply
	Assessments & Tools
Required	End of Course Assessment VLS Assessed: Support Staff, Direct Care Staff		? Need additional clarification? Click to open the support page for this content.