There are many resources to help you be more culturally competent and responsive in your program. The resources listed below are in alphabetical order and provide a range of information on a variety of topics. Review them, then answer the questions that follow.

1. Children’s Books that Teach Respect, Kindness, and Empathy
   This list can offer ideas for enriching your classroom library. It is compiled by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/booklists/?booklistId=4
2. The Internet TESL Journal: For Teachers of English as a Second Language
   This journal offers articles, research papers, lesson plans, classroom handouts, teaching ideas, and links for teachers that work with English Language Learners. Many of the lesson plans, classroom handouts, and teaching ideas can easily be adapted for your specific programmatic activities. 
   http://iteslj.org
3. Language Castle
   This website, blog, and book (Many Languages, One Classroom: Teaching Dual and English Language Learners) offer suggestions for supporting school aged children who are learning English.
   www.languagecastle.com
4. National Head Start Office Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC): Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness
   While the focus of this website is on early childhood providers many of the resources are also relevant for school-age children. This website has a variety of tools. This includes a downloadable Program Preparedness Checklist: Serving Dual Language Learners and their Families. It also offers information on appropriate assessment, planning, and teaching children who are learning English.
   https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/cultural-linguistic
5. Reading Rockets: Articles related to English Language Learners
   Reading Rockets is a national multimedia literacy initiative offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. This specific page provides a wealth of information about how to best serve the literacy needs of English Language Learners.
   http://www.readingrockets.org/atoz/1127/all
6. Teaching Exceptional Children
   This is a journal designed specifically for teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, and other practitioners who work with children and youth with dis/abilities or who are gifted. The journal publishes articles that share innovative and successful methods and materials based on current evidence-based practice for use in a wide variety of educational programs and settings.
   https://journals.sagepub.com/home/tcx

Identify two resources or ideas from the resources which are new to you in the spaces below. Share these resources or ideas with your coach, trainer, or administrator.

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