Creating Investigators

of CultureEquipping our kids with the skills to

collaborate across differences so that they thrive in the new global reality.

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Why is Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Competency

are important to Our Students Future Success?

This country is undergoing a dramatic demographic change

For Americans aged 70+ there are 5.5 white people for every person of

color

For those aged 40> there are less than 2 for every person of color

Children 5 and under - 1:1

Ratio of Caucasians to People of Color in Successive Age Groups

Changing

Demographics

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(Age) Barack Obama Mitt Romney

18-29(19%) 60% 37%

30-44 (27%) 52% 45%

45-64 (38%) 47% 51%

65 & Older (16%) 44% 56%

Creating

Culture

Investigators

Global Cultural Context

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Developing the

Skills to

Collaborate

New Language New Norms

New Lenses

New Skills

William Taylor’s

Reflective Competence

model

Unconscious

Incompetence“I don’t’ know,

I don’t know”

Conscious

Incompetence“I know

I don’t know”

Conscious

Competence“I know what I know”

Unconscious

Competence“What I know becomes

2nd nature”

Reflective

Competence

naive

discovery

discouragement

learning & effort

practice

2nd nature“intuition”

self-study

peer review

Changing Knowledge

Ignorance

Complacency

Unconscious Errors

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“Victory” Kids

Creating investigators of culture with the skills to

collaborate across differences so they thrive in the

new global reality.

Globe w/ hands

The New Global

Reality

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