1. Leadership for today’s schools By Elva Arellano Elva Arellano Elizabeth Lopez Elizabeth Lopez

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

3. What is Cultural Proficiency?

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

5. Become aware of cultural norms http://www.youtube.com/v/8tHbZyuK_7I

6. Cultural Blindness is … Blindness or ignorance of cultural differences. Blindness or ignorance of cultural differences.

7. Cultural Blindness is… The belief that culture makes no difference in the way a person acts or reacts. The belief that culture makes no difference in the way a person acts or reacts.

8. Cultural Blindness… Fosters the assumptions that what works with members of one group will work with the members of all other cultures. Fosters the assumptions that what works with members of one group will work with the members of all other cultures.

9. Cultural Proficient Leaders Make a Difference

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

11. What are some characteristics of culturally proficient leaders?

12. A Transformational Leader… Has a vision Has a vision Invigorates Invigorates Is passionate Is passionate Supports diversity Supports diversity Cares about you and wants you to succeed. Cares about you and wants you to succeed.

13. Transformational Leadership http://www.youtube.com/v/pDmTAAnt7OI

14. Formal and Nonformal Leaders

15. Collaborative Leaders Set goals Set goals Create a common vision Create a common vision Learning and collaborating with others Learning and collaborating with others Focusing on standards, instructional practices, and student learning Focusing on standards, instructional practices, and student learning

16. Cultural Proficient Leaders Help the school’s faculty and staff assess its culture … Help the school’s faculty and staff assess its culture … Develop strategies for resolving conflict effectively… Develop strategies for resolving conflict effectively… Shape the school’s formal and nonformal curricula… Shape the school’s formal and nonformal curricula…

17. Believe in Me, Do You Believe? http://www.youtube.com/v/HAMLOnSNwz A http://www.youtube.com/v/HAMLOnSNwz A