Defining Cultural Competence for School Professionals
Cultural competence is essential for school professionals to engage effectively in diverse settings. It involves attitudes, knowledge, and skills that promote inclusivity and respect. Understanding community context, embracing diverse perspectives, and implementing culturally relevant practices are key components. It requires examining and adapting organizational structures and policies to ensure fair and effective work with all students and families. Cultural competence goes beyond good intentions and stereotypes, emphasizing the responsibility of professionals and institutions to create an inclusive learning environment.
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CENTER FOR STRENGTHENING THE TEACHING PROFESSION 253-752-2082 www.cstp-wa.org Defining Cultural Competence Culturally Responsive These materials funded by the Grousemont Foundation.
Defining Cultural Comptence Cultural Competence is a professional and organizational development model designed to promote reflective, inclusive and culturally relevant practices by school professionals and school systems. The Office of Equity and Civil Rights define Cultural Competence in two ways: For individual paraprofessionals, professional staff and volunteers: A set of attitudes, respect, awareness, knowledge and skills that enable effective work in cross-racial, cross-cultural and diverse contexts. For Organizations/Systems: A set of practices, skills, attitudes, policies and structures that operate together at the program, building and organizational level to enable fair and effective work in multicultural, multiracial, and diverse contexts. http://www.k12.wa.us/Equity/CulturalCompetence/default.aspx
Cultural Competence is: Knowing the community where the school is located Understanding all people have a unique world view Using curriculum that is respectful of and relevant to the cultures represented in its student body Being alert to the ways that culture affects who we are Placing the locus of responsibility on the professional and the institution Examining systems, structures, policies and practices for their impact on all students and families http://http://www.k12.wa.us/CISL/K-12/CulturalCompetence.aspx#cc
Cultural Competence is not: Good intentions Cultural celebrations at designated times of the year, in designated ways Kumbaya diversity A list of stereotypes about what people from a particular cultural group do Assumptions that all students from one culture operate in similar ways and have had similar experiences The responsibility of children, their parents or the community Color-blindness (treating everybody the same) Simple tolerance www.k12.wa.us/CISL/K-12/CulturalCompetence.aspx#cc
