Facilitated by

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Essential ElementsOfCultural Proficiency

• Facilitated by
• Delores B. Lindsey
• Cal State San Marcos

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Purposes

• Deepen our understanding of the power and
  potential that the Essential Elements hold as
  standards for transformation
• Identify culturally proficient individual
  behaviors and organizational practices to address
  issues that arise from diversity.

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Take aways

• Rubrics for assessing progress
• Reflections
• Next steps for purposeful actions

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In appreciation of the gifts from

• Terry Cross

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We

• Raymond Terrell
• Kikanza Nuri Robins
• Randall B. Lindsey
• Delores B. Lindsey
• Brenda CampbellJones
• Franklin CampbellJones
• Laraine Roberts

• Richard S. Martinez
• Stephanie Graham
• R. Chris Westphal, Jr.
• Cynthia Jew
• John Krownapple
• Linda Jungwirth
• Jarvis Pahl

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Essential Elements

• The Essential Elements are the standards for
  culturally proficient values and behaviors for
  individuals, as well as policies and practices
  for organizations.

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The Cultural Proficiency tools

•   The Barriers
• Caveats that assist in responding effectively to
  resistance to change
• The Guiding Principles
• Underlying values of the approach
• The Continuum
• Language for describing both healthy and
  non-productive policies, practices and individual
  behaviors
•  The Essential Elements
• Behavioral standards for measuring, and planning
  for, growth toward cultural proficiency

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Essential Elements

• Assess cultural knowledge
• Value diversity
• Manage the dynamics of difference
• Adapt to diversity
• Institutionalize cultural knowledge

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ASSESS YOUR OWN CULTURE

• Describe your own culture (Where folks lived,
  languages spoken, work, foods, religion, and
  education)
• Describe the cultural norms of your organization
  (Department, School, University)
• How might your culture and the culture of your
  organization affect those with different
  cultures?

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VALUE FOR DIVERSITY

• Recognize difference as diversity rather than an
  inappropriate response to the environment
• Accept that each culture finds some values and
  behaviors more important than others
• Seek opportunities to encourage and celebrate the
  presence of a variety of cultures in all
  activities

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MANAGE THE DYNAMICS OF DIFFERENCE

• Learn effective strategies for resolving
  conflicts, particularly among people whose
  cultural backgrounds and values are different
• Understand the effects that historic distrust has
  on present day interactions
• Realize that you may misjudge others action
  based on learned expectationsrecognize your own
  prejudices and stereotypes

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ADAPT TO DIVERSITY

• Change the way things are done to acknowledge the
  differences that are present in staff, students
  and community
• Develop skills in cross cultural communications
• Examine curricular materials and pedagogy to
  ensure that cultural differences are equitably
  addressed

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INSTITUTIONALIZE CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE

• Institutionalize cultural interventions for
  conflicts and confusion caused by the dynamics of
  difference
• Teach the origins of prejudices and stereotypes
• Incorporate cultural knowledge into the
  mainstream of the organization
• Integrate information and skills into your staff
  development and education processes that enable
  all to interact effectively in a variety of
  intercultural situations

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Table talks

• In what ways do the Essential Elements as
  standards inform your understanding of cultural
  proficiency?

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Roles and Behaviors

• Specific responsibilities and behaviors expected
  of individuals according to the positions/roles
  that they hold in the organization determine how
  they can most effectively address the Essential
  Elements.
• See handout for examples of roles.

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Parents Community

• Assess Culture
• Share with school personnel their perceptions of
  the schools culture and practice

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Parents Community

• Value Diversity
• Elect board members who represent cultures that
  are present in the community

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Parents Community

• Manage the Dynamics of Difference
• Discern and point out to school personnel the
  nature and source of conflict when it occurs

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What is your role?

• Examine the Roles rubric.
• What might be the implications of these behaviors
  within your current role and those of your
  organization?

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Change and Leverage Points

• 4 table groups
• Examine Table 6.1 handout
• 5 Essential Elements (left side)
• 4 leverage points

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Professional Learning Rubric

• Examine the rubric.
• What do you notice that is consistent with your
  current context and role(s)?

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A closer look

• Examine the rubric handout and jot down comments
  or questions.
• With table partners discuss the rubric, comments,
  and questions.
• What are the groups ah-has from the
  conversations?

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What might be?

• Use handout rubric to individually fill in the
  boxes.
• Pair share describe and discuss
• Four squared continue to describe and discuss
  the rubric as a frame for your conversations

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Reflections and table talks . . .

• In what ways might your knowledge of the
  Essential Elements support your current work?