Multiculturalism Policy

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EDGEWORTH CHILD CARE CENTRE

            Policies and Procedures

 

            10.       Multiculturalism

 

            AIM
 

Edgeworth Child Care Centre recognises that Australia is a multicultural society composed of people from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds. 

 

A multicultural program should not only be seen as necessary when there are a significant number of children from different ethnic or cultural backgrounds.

 

Such a program can also be developed for all children to help promote cultural awareness and to help children learn to appreciate diversity and foster an individual’s sense of identity and worth.

 

It is important that cultural awareness is not tokenistic, but integrated throughout the program.

 

 

STRATEGIES, IDEAS, RESOURCES TO ENCOURAGE A MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT.

 

  • Equal opportunity will be promoted for all persons employed by or seeking employment with Edgeworth Child care Centre.

 

  • Staff from non-Anglo Australian cultures will be invited to share their knowledge with other staff, children and parents.

 

  • All staff are encouraged to participate in in-service programs, which helps to extend their understanding and knowledge of planning for a multicultural program.

 

  • Staff will become more aware of their own attitudes, values, traditions and frames of reference to prevent them imposing this on others.

 

  • Staff will understand and respect other child rearing practices.

 

  • Parents who do not speak English shall be made to feel welcome in the program and shall be encouraged to participate in the decisions, which affect their child.

 

  • Parents shall have access to an interpreter service provided by the Family Assistance Office and where possible parent information will be translated into other languages.

 

  • Multiculturalism will be integrated throughout the program through books, music, cooking, crafts, clothing, singing, dancing, posters, puzzles, games etc.

 

  • Parents from non-English backgrounds will be encouraged to contribute knowledge of their own culture to enhance the program.

 

 

  • No activities in the centre will contain negative or discriminating images or conceptions of other cultures.

 

  • Staff will be encouraged to learn a few words of other languages spoken by families within the centre eg hello, good-bye, welcome.  

 

 

 

Version 1 ~ 2001

Version 3 ~ 2008