The table below presents A Rubric
for Cultural Proficiency Professional Learning in Support of Common Core Standards that can be used to examine the school's and / or district's healthy / unhealthy and productive / unproductive values, language and behaviors placed along the Continuum.
An Implementation Template
for Cultural Proficiency Add this book to your professional library as a guide to providing all students with an inclusive and equitable education.
Not exact matches
Going digital may have addressed most of these issues but leveraging digital technology correctly can be the difference between proper language mastery that accounts
for cultural factors, and basic language
proficiency.
I will prove that «no excuses» is no match
for good ol' love, respect, and
cultural proficiency.
For example, it encourages staff and parents to undergo
cultural proficiency training and asks job candidates about ways they've dealt with different kinds of cultures and students.
George has also helped by drafting hiring questions related to the tools of
Cultural Proficiency, and he has developed
Cultural Proficiency workshops
for new teachers.
Her leadership task is to foster collective efficacy in her group, using the tools of
cultural proficiency,
for the period of time necessary
for that group to stand on its own feet in effectively pursuing and implementing educational equity in its school or institution.
Cultural Proficiency: A Manual
for School Leaders (3rd edition)(Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin).
Cultural proficiency: a manual
for school leaders / edition 3.
Based on my experience of working with the
cultural proficiency framework
for over a decade, I also recommend including students in the process.
For the last four years, George has served on his district's
Cultural Proficiency Committee.
George has presented about some form of
Cultural Proficiency for the Corwin
Cultural Proficiency Institute in Howard County, MD, at Lehigh University and at the University of Pennsylvania.
In chapter 1, author John Krownapple explores «the why» behind our need
for excellence with equity,
Cultural Proficiency, and culturally proficient facilitators of professional learning and organizational change.
Cultural Proficiency: Tools
for Secondary School Administrators.
After hearing that English language learners were feeling marginalized and unwelcome, he wondered if he should dedicate a staff meeting to discussing their experiences; provide
cultural proficiency training to the entire staff; or reach out to parents
for help.
Cultural proficiency: A manual
for school leaders.
The Office of Language and
Cultural Education will award the State Seal of Biliteracy to graduating seniors who completed an online application to be considered
for the Seal and who demonstrate
proficiency in English and a World Language according to the criteria listed by the Illinois State Board of Education: https://www.isbe.net/Documents/assessment-list.pdf.
She is pursuing her phD in Instructional Leadership
for Changing Populations at Notre Dame of Maryland University, where she also received her Masters degree and a certificate in Equity and
Cultural Proficiency.
Coordinated language events with outside agencies to ensure cross
cultural experience Key Highlights: • Steered 93 % of trainees to pass the Defense Language
Proficiency Test (DLPT) within the first take, surpassing the army average of less than 50 %
for 1st time pass.
Of course, a potential employer cares about more than just a laundry list of skill sets and
proficiencies; they want to make sure you're a strong
cultural fit
for the company and have the personality to succeed in that particular work environment as well.
Resources to support this process were highlighted in the workshop,
for example, Universities Australia has produced a National Best Practice Framework
for Indigenous
Cultural Competence in Australian Universities which states that universities should ensure that both students and staff have «knowledge and understanding of Indigenous Australian cultures, histories and contemporary realities and awareness of Indigenous protocols, combined with the
proficiency to engage and work effectively in contexts congruent to the expectations of Indigenous Australian Peoples.»
Linguistic competence is the capacity to convey information in a manner that is easily understood by children, families, and program staff from diverse backgrounds and abilities including persons of limited English
proficiency and low literacy skills (adapted from the National Center
for Cultural Competence)