Spanish course design for staff at Head Start of Delaware County

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Authors
Burton, James D.
Advisor
Pak, Chin-Sook
Issue Date
2014-05
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Thesis (B.?)
Department
Honors College
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Abstract

With the increase of the Spanish-speaking population in the United States, there is a growing need for staff training at service and educational institutions to accommodate the needs of Hispanic families, especially within the realm of education. This Honors College Thesis presents the design of a ten-week, basic Spanish conversation class for the staff at Head Start of Delaware County aimed at better equipping them to serve the needs of their diversifying community. With the goal of developing empathy and cultural and linguistic understanding, I designed lesson plans and team-taught a class to pre-school teachers at Head Start of Delaware County during the fall semester of 2013. What follows is my rationale for engaging in this project and the lessons and student handouts I created.