Welcome to Cultural Stars:
To begin, you will need to complete the survey below to develop an understanding of your personal level of cultural proficiency. This is found in SHINE. Then, you will continue on to GUIDE where you will assess your initial level of personal and organizational cultural proficiency. Now you are ready to follow the STARS to discover various areas where cultural proficiency is essential in education. Each letter of STARS is connected to a different topic in the menu bar above. Return at the end of your discovery to review and evaluate what you have learned by revisiting GUIDE and REFLECT. |
SHINEDo this cultural self-assessment for yourself and your school community.
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guideRead the descriptors for each step on the cultural proficiency continuum. Determine where you are now. Then, revisit this page after you have had time to process the information and perspectives presented in each module and recheck your status.
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reflectPost-assessment: redo the guide section and then discuss and reflect on the questions below on Google+ Community :
--What changes do I see in myself regarding how I view those of different language, age, socio-economic, or religious backgrounds? --What new knowledge has been most helpful in alleviating any discomfort I might have had towards those in one of these groups? --Which strategies am I most ready to implement right away? --How can we institutionalize or cement the new information we have learned as a school community? |