A Problem for Discussion. (Note: You may wish to substitute an actual example from your program that deals with the same kinds of issues.) Rosa is a new aide in the child care program of which you are the director. It has a high percentage of Portuguese children. She is a Portuguese immigrant who has been in this country for about 3 years and speaks English fairly well, although she has an accent and her speech is not always grammatically correct. She has had no previous experience in group care, although she has two children of her own. Elaine, the teacher in whose room Rosa works, has come to you with concerns about Rosa’s interaction with children, which she finds overly directive. She thinks that Rosa speaks too much Portuguese with the children and that her “broken” English presents a poor model for them. How do you feel about Elaine’s concerns? What supervisory issues are apparent? What do you need to know? How would you approach these issues with each caregiver individually, and what kinds of supervision or training might you plan in response for (1) Elaine, (2) Rosa, and (3) the staff as a whole?
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