EDLD+5345+Cultural+Proficiency+Receptivity+Scale

Week 3 Assignment, Part 3: Cultural Proficiency Receptivity Scale For the next portion of this week’s assignment, complete the Cultural Proficiency Receptivity Scale presented below. For each item, bold the number to which your feelings on the issue correspond using the scale. 1. I believe that all children and youth learn successfully when informed and caring teachers assist them and make sufficient resources available to them. Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly Agree 2. I want to do whatever is necessary to ensure that the students for whom I am responsible are well-educated and successful learners. Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly Agree 3. I am committed to creating both an educational environment and learning experiences for our students that honor and respect who they are. Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly Agree 4. I am willing to ask myself uncomfortable questions about racism, cultural preferences, and insufficient learning conditions and resources that are obstacles to learning for many students. Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly Agree 5. I am willing to ask questions about racism, cultural preferences, and insufficient learning conditions and resources that may be uncomfortable for others in my school or district. Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly Agree 6. I believe that all students benefit from educational practices that engage them in learning about their cultural heritage and understanding their cultural background. Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly Agree 7. I believe that all students benefit from educational practices that provide them with hope, direction, and preparation for their future lives. Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly Agree <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">8. It is important to know how well our district serves the various cultural and ethnic communities represented in our schools, and it is also important to understand how well served they feel by the educational practices in our schools. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">9. It is important to know how the various cultural and ethnic communities represented in our schools view me as an educational leader and to understand how well my leadership serves their expectations. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly Agree <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">10. Our district and schools are successful only when all subgroups are improving academically and socially. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly Agree <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">11. Cultural discomfort and disagreements are normal occurrences in a diverse society such as ours and are parts of everyday interactions. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly Agree <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">12. I believe that lack of cultural understanding and historic distrust can result in cultural discomfort and disagreements. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">13. I believe we can learn about and implement diverse and improved instructional practices that will effectively serve all our students. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">14. I believe we can use disaggregated data to understand more precisely the achievement status of all students in our schools, and that we can use that information to identify and implement effective instructional practices for each of them. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly Agree <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">15. As a leader, it is important for me to be able to communicate across cultures and to facilitate communication among diverse cultural groups. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">In the space below, write a brief reflection on your responses to the survey. What do you feel your responses tell you about yourself and your preparedness as an aspiring administrator?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">I agree that we all need to be educated about our differences. Students as well need to understand that other students and adults have various differences in the areas of cultural, demographic, and historical backgrounds. We as educators must do what we can to learn about these differences as well work with students and adults with these differences. We can try to teach any of these students. I don’t feel they can all learn in the same manner though. Many have backgrounds that may prevent them from learning certain information; for instance, there may be a language barrier, a skill barrier, personal experiences that prevents this as well as emotional and physical boundaries. As an effective teacher, one must try to overcome these obstacles and do what they can to help these students. In conclusion, we must do all that we can to help all students and obtain assistance in the form of trainings or counselor/administrator help. ||