The continuum provides language for describing both healthy and counterproductive policies, practices, and individual behaviors. The tools of cultural proficiency outlined in this book have provided the. Cultural competence is the ability to successfully teach students who come from a culture or cultures other than our own. Cultural competence continuum characteristics adapted from terry l. View, going deeper, the cultural proficiency continuum and privilege have become embedded in our. Using the attached handout cultural competence continuum, have the audience. Identify at least three methods for increasing your cultural competence. We all have a culture that shapes us personally and professionally. The cultural competence continuum after completing this lesson you will be able to. In which attitudes, policies and practices that are destructive to cultures and consequently to the individuals within the culture are exhibited. In this section, we discuss cultural competence so first let us break down the definitions of cultural and competence cultural implies the integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thought, communication, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups. Stages and levels of cultural competency development stages of cultural competency cultural knowledge cultural awareness cultural sensitivity cultural competency cultural competency evolves over time through the process of attaining cultural knowledge, becoming aware of when cultural mores, values, beliefs and practices are being demonstrated, sensitivity to these behaviors is.
Initial levels of awareness after which a personorganization. Through selfassessment, the continuum can help to measure attitudes and beliefs in order to recognize both healthy and unhealthy cultural actions. Cultural competence is the ability to successfully teach students who come from a culture or. Lindsey, robins, and terrell, 2003 can be used to assess where individual members and the board as a whole are on the continuum of cultural awareness and competence.
Cultural competency books meet your next favorite book. Cultural competence is the willingness and ability of a system to value the importance of culture in the delivery of services to all segments of the population. Behaviors and practices on the right side of the continuumprecompetence, competence, proficiencyspecifically those regarded as culturally competent and. Cultural proficiency continuum cultural competence training. The cultural proficiency continuum provides language to describe unhealthy and healthy values and behaviors of persons and policies and practices of organizations. Our cultural proficiency continuum provides a language for understanding ones true awareness of the cultures and identities of each student.
Additionally, crosscultural competence is the ability to think, feel, and act in ways that acknowledge, respect, and build on ethnic, socio cultural, and linguistic diversity. Describe the six points on the cultural competence continuum. The essential elements are behavioral standards for planning and measuring growth toward cultural proficiency. The continuum cultural destructiveness cultural incapacity cultural blindness cultural precompetence cultural competence cultural proficiency seeking to eliminate the cultures of others in all aspects of the school and in relationship to the community served trivializing and stereotyping other cultures. Competence implies the capacity to function effectively. Cultural precompetence being aware of what one doesnt know about working in diverse settings. The cultural proficiency continuum and essential elements of cultural competence are the visible tools of cultural proficiency and are represented by what we. Promoting educators cultural competence to better serve. Stages and levels of cultural competency development. Reading books or watching movies that explore different cultures.
Read it, be refreshed, and thanks for all you do in your classroom to work towards closing the achievement gap. There are five basic cultural competence skill areas. Attitudes, policies, and practices destructive to other cultures. Place examples of organizational practices, media, service practices, or social norms on the cultural continuum. The cultural proficiency continuum below adapted from cultural proficiency, a manual for school leaders, 2nd ed. Here are the cultural competence 9 compiled and combined from various definitions, by no means a complete or definitive list, but intended to be a starting point for your own thinking and planning. Sage books the tools of cultural proficiency sage knowledge. Educators become culturally competent over time, but researchers suggest some places to start. The cultural competence continuum performance manager. What are the parts of the cultural competence continuum in order.
Cultural competence represents the policies and practices of an organization, or the values and behaviors of an individual, which enable that agency or person to interact effectively in a culturally diverse environment. Organizations are aware of the importance of integrating services that are congruent with diverse. Cultural destructiveness cultural incapacity culturally blindness cultural precompetence cultural competence cultural proficiency. Describe the importance of being able to assess levels of cultural competence. You can use this continuum to guide a discussion among your group members. It entails developing certain personal and interpersonal awareness and sensitivities, understanding certain bodies of cultural knowledge, and mastering a set of skills that, taken together, underlie effective crosscultural teaching and culturally responsive teaching. Cultural competence is reflected in the way an organization treats its employees, its clients, and its community. Exhibit 12, the continuum of cultural competence improving. The barriers are obstacles that impede the process of developing cultural proficiency. Understanding the cultural competence continuum nccc. Cultural competence continuum university of california.
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