CULTURAL
ISSUES
Gilmara Johnson
OBJECTIVE

STANDARD II: TEACHERS ESTABLISH A
RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR A
DIVERSE POPULATION OF STUDENTS
Provide an environment in which each child has a positive,
nurturing relationship with caring adults
 Embrace diversity in the school community and in the
world
 Treat students as individuals
 Adapt their teaching for the benefit of students with special
needs
 Work collaboratively with the families and significant
adults in the lives of their students

CULTURAL PROFILE
Please complete the profile list with as many
cultural characteristics or descriptions as you
can.
Cultural group you identify with
 My culture’s view of time is
 My culture’s language is
 My culture celebrates the following holidays
 My culture uses the following gestures (please describe)
 My culture’s traditions are
 My culture’s costumes are
 My culture’s values are

WHICH STAGE OF
CULTURAL COMPETENCY ARE YOU?

Look at the handout that says “ Cultural
Competence Continuum”, identify your stage and
turn and talk to your right elbow partner.
HTTPS://GLOBALCOMPETENCY.WIKISPACES.COM/FILE/VIE
W/ICEBERG2CULTURE.GIF/121647553/711X517/ICEBER
G2CULTURE.GIF
BICS & CALPS – HANDOUT WITH THE CULTURAL ICEBERG
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REFLECTION TIME!
Find the small ziploc bag at your table.
 Take the questions out of it and discuss at least 3
of them with your team.

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AFFECTING
MULTICULTURAL CLASSES
Find the handout with this title and think about
an ESL student in your class.
 Look at the cultural points to learn more about
cultural differences and be prepared to share your
thoughts.

ETHNOCENTRISM
:
having or based on the idea that
your own group or culture is better
or more important than others
 characterized
by or based on the
attitude that one's own group is
superior
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnocentric
CULTURALLY PROFICIENT STRATEGIES

Find the packet that looks like this picture and
complete the blue chart with at least 5 strategies
that you plan to use with your class.
LOOK AT THE HANDOUT “ SCALE OF
MULTICULTURAL INCLUSIVENESS”.
AT WHAT LEVEL WOULD YOU SAY YOU ARE
NOW, AFTER WE HAVE HAD THIS
CONVERSATION?
http://cmssummerinstitute.org/si14/CompleteSchedule.php
June 17 from 12:40 PM to 2:10 PM
ELLevating your Cultural Competency
Gilmara Johnson
ELL Resource Teacher
gilmaram.johnson@cms.k12.nc.us
http://www.etailersdigest.com/greetings/saytha
nks.htm