Workshop Agenda
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Workshop Agenda
I. Introduction
• Program Overview: Rationale, Objectives and Outcomes
• Presenter’s Background Information
• Ground Rules
II. Demographic Trends
• Demographic Changes Across the US and PA
• Berks County & Reading School District
• Outcome Measures for Main Demographic Groups
III. Cultural Value Orientations
• What is Culture? Surface Level Vs. Deep Level Culture
• Culturally-Based Communication and Learning Styles
• An Economical Cultural Framework
• Bicultural Orientation Model - Manifestations of “Acculturation” Process
• Building Bridges of Understanding - You are the Bridge
IV. Multicultural Competence Tools
• What is Cultural Proficiency
• The Cultural Proficiency Toolkit:
Guiding Principles
The Cultural Proficiency Continuum
The Essential Elements of Cultural Proficiency
Barriers to Cultural Proficiency
Attributes of Culturally Competent Educational Leaders
V. Social Justice & Educational Leadership
• Principles of Social Justice
• Student Retention Strategies
• Turning Cultural Handicaps into Powerful Assets: Reading High’s CLEP Program
VI. Wrap-up & Program Evaluation
Next Steps: Goals for the Future & Expectations
Questions and Answers
Resources
Workshop Evaluation
I. Introduction
• Program Overview: Rationale, Objectives and Outcomes
• Presenter’s Background Information
• Ground Rules
II. Demographic Trends
• Demographic Changes Across the US and PA
• Berks County & Reading School District
• Outcome Measures for Main Demographic Groups
III. Cultural Value Orientations
• What is Culture? Surface Level Vs. Deep Level Culture
• Culturally-Based Communication and Learning Styles
• An Economical Cultural Framework
• Bicultural Orientation Model - Manifestations of “Acculturation” Process
• Building Bridges of Understanding - You are the Bridge
IV. Multicultural Competence Tools
• What is Cultural Proficiency
• The Cultural Proficiency Toolkit:
Guiding Principles
The Cultural Proficiency Continuum
The Essential Elements of Cultural Proficiency
Barriers to Cultural Proficiency
Attributes of Culturally Competent Educational Leaders
V. Social Justice & Educational Leadership
• Principles of Social Justice
• Student Retention Strategies
• Turning Cultural Handicaps into Powerful Assets: Reading High’s CLEP Program
VI. Wrap-up & Program Evaluation
Next Steps: Goals for the Future & Expectations
Questions and Answers
Resources
Workshop Evaluation
You are the Bridge!
| Edward T. Hall defines culture as: ...man's medium; there is not one aspect of human life that is not touched and altered by culture. This means personality, how people express themselves (including shows of emotion), the way they think, how they move, how problems are solved, how their cities are planned and laid out, how transportation systems function and are organized, as well as how economic and government systems are put together and function. It is the least studied aspects of culture that influence behavior in the deepest and most subtle ways. (Hall, 1976, p. 14). |