leadership for today’s schools

Leadership for today’s Leadership for today’s schoolsschools

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Elva Arellano Elva Arellano Elizabeth LopezElizabeth Lopez

Do you believe that you Do you believe that you could be a leader who could be a leader who promotes cultural promotes cultural proficiency?proficiency?

What is Cultural What is Cultural Proficiency?Proficiency?

Cultural ProficiencyCultural Proficiency

• Cultural Proficiency is an Cultural Proficiency is an approach that helps approach that helps organizations to respond in organizations to respond in healthy ways to diversity. healthy ways to diversity.

Become aware of cultural Become aware of cultural normsnorms

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Cultural Blindness is …Cultural Blindness is …

• Blindness or ignorance of Blindness or ignorance of cultural differences.cultural differences.

Cultural Blindness is…Cultural Blindness is…

• The belief that culture makes no The belief that culture makes no difference in the way a person difference in the way a person acts or reacts.acts or reacts.

Cultural Blindness…Cultural Blindness…

• Fosters the assumptions that what Fosters the assumptions that what works with members of one group works with members of one group will work with the members of all will work with the members of all other cultures.other cultures.

Cultural Proficient Cultural Proficient Leaders Make a Leaders Make a DifferenceDifference

Do you believe you could Do you believe you could be a leader who makes a be a leader who makes a difference?difference?

What are some What are some characteristics of culturally characteristics of culturally proficient leaders?proficient leaders?

A Transformational A Transformational Leader…Leader…

• Has a visionHas a vision

• InvigoratesInvigorates

• Is passionateIs passionate

• Supports diversitySupports diversity

• Cares about you and wants you to Cares about you and wants you to succeed.succeed.

Transformational Transformational LeadershipLeadership

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Formal and Nonformal Formal and Nonformal LeadersLeaders

Collaborative Collaborative LeadersLeaders

• Set goalsSet goals

• Create a common visionCreate a common vision

• Learning and collaborating with Learning and collaborating with othersothers

• Focusing on standards, Focusing on standards, instructional practices, and instructional practices, and student learningstudent learning

Cultural Proficient Cultural Proficient LeadersLeaders• Help the school’s faculty and Help the school’s faculty and

staff assess its culture …staff assess its culture …

• Develop strategies for resolving Develop strategies for resolving conflict effectively…conflict effectively…

• Shape the school’s formal and Shape the school’s formal and nonformal curricula…nonformal curricula…

Believe in Me, Do You Believe in Me, Do You Believe?Believe?

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