Multicultural education is a structured process designed to prepare students and staff to live, learn, and work in a pluralistic world by fostering appreciation, respect, and tolerance for people of all ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The multicultural education program is designed to:

Change the relationships among students of diverse cultures

Improve self-esteem and a sense of belonging for all students

Insure sensitivity, acceptance, and support of multicultural curriculum from parents and the community at large

Provide a continuous, comprehensive curriculum of multicultural education for all students

The state guidelines indicate that the implementation of the multicultural education law is the responsibility of all departments of the state and district school systems.

Debbie Gallagher, Specialist
Fine Arts, Foreign Language and Multicultural Ed.
e-mail: gallagdd@sbac.edu


^New View our teacher-created lesson plans from the UF Center for African Studies summer workshop