Strengthening Our Diverse Multicultural Schools and Communities
- Are the demographics of your community changing?
- Do you hear concerns that diversity lowers school achievement?
- Are families disconnected from school and from each other?
Eileen Kugler can help you face these challenges and increase student success. She will give you the tools to build a strong vibrant multicultural community, within the school walls and beyond. Learn how to build positive school culture and engage students and families of every background!
Eileen brings unique credentials – the savvy professional skills of an honored communications expert coupled with more than a decade as a parent leader in one of the nation’s most diverse schools. She is an international expert in engaging families of diverse backgrounds, a critical link to student success.
To solve the critical issues of today and tomorrow, we must break through myth-perceptions about diversity!
Students who go to school with peers from different races, cultures, and economic groups learn 21st Century Skills:
- They think more deeply and question more.
- They are better problem solvers.
- They know how to work in diverse teams.
- They recognize different strengths in their peers.
Our diverse communities are vibrant and strong
- Diverse neighbors bring new insights and perspectives.
- We all benefit from a broader range of skills.
- We can grow beyond our own experiences.
Contact Eileen today for:
- Inspiring keynotes
- Engaging content-rich workshops
- Comprehensive consulting
“Thank you for your passion, your commitment to kids, to schools, to partnerships, to community participation, and most importantly, to diversity. Everyone walked away from the meeting refreshed and challenged.”
-Sue Ferguson, Chair National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education.
Discover the most effective strategies for transforming your school or neighborhood into the place where students of every background succeed. Contact Eileen today!
“eloquent and inspiring”
American School Boards Journal
“recommended for all parents, teachers, and professors of education…”
American Library Association
Debunking the Middle-Class Myth: Why Diverse Schools Are Good for All Kids is changing the dialogue about diversity. Required reading in schools, universities, and community gatherings, it earned two national Book of the Year awards – from The National Association for Multicultural Education and from Delta Kappa Gamma International, the women educators’ honor society active in 14 countries. Read excerpts and reviews.
Join us in building a library for a school in rural South Africa!
Imagine an elementary school with 1,000 students, 70% of the families have no income, and there are almost no instructional books or supplies. Yet the school has an amazing spirit, filled with caring teachers and students eager to learn.
This school is AV Bukani Elementary in Addo, South Africa. Eileen, husband Larry, and daughter Sara have volunteered at the school for several years, working with the teachers, students, families. They have received back far more than they have given! Now is the time to create a library for the deserving students. Teaming with an international shipping company, the Kuglers plan to bring a fully equipped library to AV Bukani School. A 40-foot shipping container will leave Chesapeake, Virginia, in early July, filled with 18,000 – 20,000 books. The container will arrive on the grounds of A.V. Bukani School a few weeks later, where it will become the school’s library!
Want to be a part of this exciting project?
- Donate new or gently used children’s books or school supplies
- Make a monetary donation to offset at-cost shipping expenses and purchase new books geared to their curriculum
Details at: www.KuglersInSouthAfrica.blogspot.com