One way that's done is to honor the language and background of the individual student. Also, it's important to hire bilingual, cross-cultured teachers. When I first arrived here, there was not much diversity on the staff. Now our staff is more reflective of our school population. Third, there must be much investment in training and coaching teachers.
Training increases cross-cultural understanding.
It is the most important investment in an effective teaching force. It is no good to hire and not to train. One must constantly be looking at how we can improve the teaching in the school. You've had extensive experience as a team teacher and team leader. Teaching is one of the few occupations in which one basically works alone.