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Cultural Proficiency
Henry County Schools
Transportation
Cultural Proficiency
Henry County Schools
Transportation
IntroductionsIntroductions
Cultural Proficiency Cultural Proficiency
Dana Smith
Solutions VII, Inc.
Diversity Consultant
Anita Richardson
Professional Learning Director
Henry County Schools
“Worldwide: Growing numbers of people and nations will discover that if we manage our diversity well, it will enrich us. If we don’t manage our diversity well it will divide us.”
Gary Marx
Sixteen Trends: Their Profound Impact on Our FutureEnsuring success for each student
To close the achievement gap between identified groups of students
To open dialogue regarding diversity issues of prejudice, personal bias, terminology, and racism
To support multiculturalism through collaborations among community organizations
Ensuring success for each student
Respecting Equally All Cultures in Henry County
Recognize personal bias and how it affects one’s interaction with others
Explore the value of diversity and improve inter-group relations
Recognize that all individuals are to be recognized, understood, and appreciated for their diversity and the value and contributions they provide to a quality school system
Respecting Equally All Cultures in Henry County
Ensuring success for each student
Cultural ProficiencyCultural Proficiency
Honoring the differences among cultures, viewing diversity as a benefit, and interacting knowledgeably and respectfully among a variety of cultural groups.
Lindsey, R., Roberts, L.N., & CampbellJones, F. (2005). The Culturally Proficient School An Implementation Guide for school Leaders, Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc.
The Essential Five Elements:
The Essential Five Elements:
Five behavioral standards for measuring, and planning for growth toward cultural competency are:
1. Assessing Culture: Name the Differences
2. Valuing Diversity: Claim the Differences
3. Managing the Dynamics of Differences: Reframe the Conflicts Caused by Differences
4. Adapting to Diversity: Change to Make a Difference
5. Institutionalizing Cultural Knowledge: Train About Differences
Multi-cultural GreetingsMulti-cultural Greetings
GroupnessGroupnessAge
Birth Order
Conflict Management Style
Decision Making
Ethnicity
Gender
Geographic area
Height
IQ
Kinesthetic Learning Style
Language
Mannerisms
Nationality
Principles/Practices
Race
Recreation
Sexual Orientation
Significant Life Events
Technological Skills
Socio-economic Class
Identity MoleculesIdentity Molecules
Silent BeatsSilent Beats
RelationshipsRelationships
Let’s Get RealLet’s Get Real
“F” Card“F” Card
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY CAREFULLY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF MANY YEARS OF EXPERTS.
The Power of TeachersThe Power of Teachers
The Power of Bus DriversThe Power of Bus Drivers
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element on the bus.
It’s my personal approach that creates the climate.
It’s my daily mood that makes the weather.
As a bus driver, I posses a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous.
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.
I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or deescalated and a child humanized or dehumanized.
Rephased by Haim Ginott
Cultural Proficiency Cultural Proficiency
Dana Smith
Solutions VII, Inc.
Diversity Consultant
Anita Richardson
Professional Learning Director
Henry County Schools