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Cultural Proficiency and Student Achievement: Education that is

MulticulturalSession 1 Face-to-Face

Cultural Proficiency and Student Achievement: Education that is

MulticulturalSession 1 Face-to-Face

Course OverviewCourse Overview

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Knowing the

LearnerWHO?

Social Development

Personal Development

Cognitive Development

Knowing the Curriculum & ContentWhat?

Knowing myself and my

influence on learners

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Vision of Exemplary Teaching for Student Learning

Knowing the PedagogyHow?

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Performance Outcomes for this Course

Performance Outcomes for this Course

The student will: Explore their own cultural experiences and identify

how they impact the learning environment of students. Develop sensitivity to cultural bias in instructional

materials and texts, in classroom patterns of thinking, in modes of communication, and in teaching/learning strategies.( cultural refers to diversity factors, including but not limited to race, national origin, ethnicity, gender,disability,sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and religion)

The student will: Explore their own cultural experiences and identify

how they impact the learning environment of students. Develop sensitivity to cultural bias in instructional

materials and texts, in classroom patterns of thinking, in modes of communication, and in teaching/learning strategies.( cultural refers to diversity factors, including but not limited to race, national origin, ethnicity, gender,disability,sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and religion)

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Outcomes ContinuedOutcomes Continued

Enhance the understanding of how the construction of knowledge, learning styles, and multiple intelligences impact teaching and learning

Articulate and model high expectations that result in achievement for all

Enhance their ability to differentiate instruction

Enhance the understanding of how the construction of knowledge, learning styles, and multiple intelligences impact teaching and learning

Articulate and model high expectations that result in achievement for all

Enhance their ability to differentiate instruction

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Lesson FormatLesson Format Lessons contain:

Quote and pictures of the week Readings

Located on-line In a link on the blog site for each session In a packet provided at the first class

Additional materials Are located on-line In a link in the session folder In a folder provided at the first class

Lessons contain: Quote and pictures of the week Readings

Located on-line In a link on the blog site for each session In a packet provided at the first class

Additional materials Are located on-line In a link in the session folder In a folder provided at the first class

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Lesson Format (page 2)Lesson Format (page 2)

Discussions Students will read and respond to the question

or comments made by other students Students are to include information from their

readings, resources, and personal experience Discussions are worth 2 points per week that a

discussion is assigned Read and respond once to the question posed to

each other.

Discussions Students will read and respond to the question

or comments made by other students Students are to include information from their

readings, resources, and personal experience Discussions are worth 2 points per week that a

discussion is assigned Read and respond once to the question posed to

each other.

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Lessons Format (page 3)Lessons Format (page 3) Assignments

There are a variety of assignments including, but not limited to: Surveys and self assessments Visual representations Short written assignments from one paragraph to one page in

length Lesson plans Contacting outside organizations Using current events Studying data Interviewing colleagues

Assignments are worth 5 points each

Assignments There are a variety of assignments including, but not

limited to: Surveys and self assessments Visual representations Short written assignments from one paragraph to one page in

length Lesson plans Contacting outside organizations Using current events Studying data Interviewing colleagues

Assignments are worth 5 points each

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Lessons Format ( page 4)Lessons Format ( page 4)

Journal Entry There are five journal entries that students will

have the opportunity to reflection upon that only the instructor will read.

This is a time to reflect upon yourself, using the readings, your own knowledge and experiences and to apply new learnings

Journal entries are worth 4 points each

Journal Entry There are five journal entries that students will

have the opportunity to reflection upon that only the instructor will read.

This is a time to reflect upon yourself, using the readings, your own knowledge and experiences and to apply new learnings

Journal entries are worth 4 points each

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Final AssignmentFinal Assignment

The final assignment is a portfolio/project/unit plan Students will be provided additional information during the

course and the face-to-face sessions The assignment centers around the five performance

outcomes of the course Students are to collect artifacts that show an understanding

of these outcomes or create a project that will benefit their school setting

Students will share their portfolio/projects/unit plans at the last class

Portfolios/projects/unit plans are worth 28 points

The final assignment is a portfolio/project/unit plan Students will be provided additional information during the

course and the face-to-face sessions The assignment centers around the five performance

outcomes of the course Students are to collect artifacts that show an understanding

of these outcomes or create a project that will benefit their school setting

Students will share their portfolio/projects/unit plans at the last class

Portfolios/projects/unit plans are worth 28 points

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Cultural Proficiency and Student Achievement : Education that is Multicultural

Cultural Proficiency and Student Achievement : Education that is Multicultural

Session 1Session 1

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Quote and Picture of the WeekQuote and Picture of the Week

“ Each one reach one;Each one teach one;What you do not knowYou must learn.When you have learned,Then you must teach.”

Author unknown- University of South Carolina Multicultural Student Affairs

“ Each one reach one;Each one teach one;What you do not knowYou must learn.When you have learned,Then you must teach.”

Author unknown- University of South Carolina Multicultural Student Affairs

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ReadingsReadings HCPSS www.hcpss.org . Click onto About US and then to

Plans and Reports. Then click onto Bridge to Excellence 5 Year Plan. View the materials listed in this section.

COMAR Regulations ( Education that is Multicultural and Public School Standards) http://www.maec.org/md/multied/regs.html

Hanley, J.H. ( 1999) Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg, National Educational Service, Reaching Today’s Youth Volume 3 No. 2 pages 9-12http://www.cyc-net.org/reference/refs-culturalcompetence.html

This is also located on the blog for Session One

HCPSS www.hcpss.org . Click onto About US and then to Plans and Reports. Then click onto Bridge to Excellence 5 Year Plan. View the materials listed in this section.

COMAR Regulations ( Education that is Multicultural and Public School Standards) http://www.maec.org/md/multied/regs.html

Hanley, J.H. ( 1999) Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg, National Educational Service, Reaching Today’s Youth Volume 3 No. 2 pages 9-12http://www.cyc-net.org/reference/refs-culturalcompetence.html

This is also located on the blog for Session One

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Optional ReadingsOptional Readings

McIntosh, P. ( 1988) Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

This is a link for Session One on the blog.

McIntosh, P. ( 1988) Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

This is a link for Session One on the blog.

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AssignmentsAssignments

Journal Write a one page reflection on why you feel it

is important for educators to become culturally proficient. Send this to your instructor as a WORD attachment. Be sure that your WORD document has the appendix .doc and not .docx

Journal Write a one page reflection on why you feel it

is important for educators to become culturally proficient. Send this to your instructor as a WORD attachment. Be sure that your WORD document has the appendix .doc and not .docx

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Assignment (page 2)Assignment (page 2) Participate in the discussion at least once during this week.

Include information from your readings and personal experiences.

and Complete the Assessing Multicultural Education

Questionnaire. Summarize the three areas on the questionnaire. For non-classroom based staff, think about the adult audiences to whom you present.This is located in a link for Session One. Send the reflection on the questionnaire to your instructor.

ORUsing the iceberg model, identify and reflect on key aspects of

you own cultural identity and create either a visual or written representation of your “ cultural self”. Comment on aspects of your “deep” and surface culture as it relates to your personal and professional situation.

Participate in the discussion at least once during this week. Include information from your readings and personal experiences.

and Complete the Assessing Multicultural Education

Questionnaire. Summarize the three areas on the questionnaire. For non-classroom based staff, think about the adult audiences to whom you present.This is located in a link for Session One. Send the reflection on the questionnaire to your instructor.

ORUsing the iceberg model, identify and reflect on key aspects of

you own cultural identity and create either a visual or written representation of your “ cultural self”. Comment on aspects of your “deep” and surface culture as it relates to your personal and professional situation.

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Additional ResourcesAdditional Resources

No Child Left Behind information may be located at

http://www.ed.gov/print/nclb/overview/intro/execsumm.html

No Child Left Behind information may be located at

http://www.ed.gov/print/nclb/overview/intro/execsumm.html

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“ Culture is not an exotic notion studied by a select group of anthropologists in the South Seas. It is a mold in which we are all cast, and it controls our daily lives in many nsuspecting ways…

Culture hides much more than it reveals, and strangely enough what it hides, it hides most effectively from its own participants.”

Edward T. Hall

“ Culture is not an exotic notion studied by a select group of anthropologists in the South Seas. It is a mold in which we are all cast, and it controls our daily lives in many nsuspecting ways…

Culture hides much more than it reveals, and strangely enough what it hides, it hides most effectively from its own participants.”

Edward T. Hall

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Culture refers to diversity factors, including but not limited to race, national origin, ethnicity,gender,disability,sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and religion.

A Definition of CultureA Definition of Culture

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What is culture?The Iceberg Theory

Surface CultureFoodClothingLanguagePhysical Features

Deep Culture

ValuesBeliefsAttitudesAssumptionsPerceptionsCommunication Styles

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SURFACE CULTURE

FOLK CULTURE

FOLK CULTURE

DEEP CULTURE

folk dancing- games- cooking- dress

fine arts-literature

drama-classical music-popular music

Notions of modesty – conception of beauty – ideals governing

childraising – rules of descent cosmology – relationship to animals

patterns of superior/subordinate relationships – definition of sin -

courtship practices – conception of justice – incentives to work –

notions of leadership – tempo of work – patterns of group decision

making – conception of cleanliness – attitudes toward the

dependent – theory of disease approaches to problem solving –

conception of status mobility – eye behavior roles In relationship to

status by age, sex, class, occupation, kinship, and so forth –

conversational patterns in various social contexts – conception of

past and future definition of insanity – nature of friendship –

ordering of time – conception of “self” patterns of visual perception

preference for competition or cooperation – body language – social

interaction rate – notions of adolescence – notions about logic and

validity – patterns of handling emotions – facial expressions –

arrangement of physical space . . . AND MUCH, MUCH MORE . . .

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Cultural Psychology Cultural Psychology

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Questions and AssignmentsQuestions and Assignments