Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Department of Education
 
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State Board of Education
 
Guidance Document Change: In 2021, the Virginia General Assembly passed House Bill 1904 and Senate Bill 1196, and was signed into law by Governor Northam. The law establishes new requirements to support culturally competent educators in the Commonwealth. The Guidance on Cultural Competency Training for Teachers and Other Licensed School Board Employees in Virginia Public Schools was developed for the Board to fulfill the statutory mandate to provide guidance on the minimum standards for the local training requirement.
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12/12/21  9:16 am
Commenter: Anonymous

How can this even be effectively implemented
 

At face value its unclear how this policy can even be implemented.   Like if a teacher has several new Afghan students in their class they are probably just scrambling to figure out how to effectively teach them (which is awesome) but apparently now they have to figure out how to teach in a manner that offends no one?  Which in the real world is next to impossible.  I is that the goal?  Why dont we instead have it as a goal that all our students from diverse backgrounds be able to speak from their experience and have open dialogue that maybe enriches others dialogue.  But yet when I look at the fine print I notice something about being certified in African American culture?  So is this policy which actually seems generalistic really only about one culture?  And how would African immigrants feel about probably being lumped as African American.  Please dont erase my actual culture learned first hand from my grandparents and put in a a box of "white"....I do actual have culture and cultural experiences.   But in today's warped "learning" environment, kids wouldn't be able to speak from their experience because we are replacing idealized / propagandize history with just another variant of it.  I am certainly not for hate but I am also not for pushing agendas. I am all for everyone sharing their experiences and culture openly and respectfully and the teacher just steering the conversation.  Let's teach our kids to really learn from the world.

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