Bringing in the African culture into your curriculum can take some adjustments and planning. Use this practical toolbox of essentials needed in order to incorporate the African culture into your classroom. Participants will receive a guide of units to use in your classroom that will help you be more culturally inclusive.
Your Instructor
Jenniffer Karilyn Saldaña Whyte was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and migrated to New York City where she became a U.S. citizen at 2 months old.Jenniffer graduated from the Center for the Teaching Profession at Miami Senior High School.She has a B.A. in Spanish education and a Masters degree in Teaching and Learning English. She and her husband have five children, three biological and two adopted, pastor a church together in Anniston, Alabama, and are both Afro-Latinos representing their nations. She is the president and founder of a non-profit 501 (c )(3) organization called Bilingual Kids, Inc., which promotes language learning, culture, and education for children and their families. She organizes international trips for students to be fully immersed in the Spanish language through medical missions and teaches workshops for children about Afro-Latinos through Outschool. A high school Spanish teacher and the chair of the African American Student Special Interest Group at ACTFL, she is also the very first Zumba instructor to teach a master class at ACTFL.She advocates for unity and the inclusion of Afro-Latinos and other world language learners of African descent in world language classes. Follow her on Facebook: Afro-Latina Teacher or join her groups: Incorporating Afro-Latino Culture in Spanish Classrooms, Incorporating the African Culture in World Language Classrooms. Also, follow her non-profit, Bilingual Kids, Inc. on Facebook.