MS+School+Profile+(Data+2)

School Profile- **Parent and Community Communication and Outreach (Data II) **
 * Lake Bluff Elementary/ Shorewood School District**

 __Parent and Community Communication and Outreach Rubric__ **Assessing Cultural Knowledge:** Cultural Competence **Valuing Diversity:** Cultural Competence **Managing the Dynamics of Difference:** Cultural Pre-competence **Adapting to Diversity**: Cultural Competence  **Institutionalizing**: Cultural Pre-competence

 Lake Bluff Elementary, overall, is slightly above average when it comes to cultural competency. After scoring the school based on the three interviews of the school personnel, Lake Bluff Elementary scored an average of Cultural Competence. I interviewed the special education teacher, the physical education teacher, and a 1st grade regular education teacher. The interviews really gave me a great insight into how involved all of the faculty and staff are with one another, and how much they involve the students. From the information I gathered, each of the interviewees agree that educating the students on diversity and each other’s differences is very important, and each of the school personnel had their own ways of promoting cultural awareness. A lot of what I learned from the interviews is that it starts with the children; the school faculty and staff promote cultural awareness within the school in hopes that it extends outward in the community.



1. What do you see as the main difference between the practices described on the right side of the rubric and the practices described on the left side of the rubric? · The main difference I see between the left and right side of the rubric is community involvement and neglect. The descriptions of cultural destructiveness, incapacity, and blindness are very negative and ignore any aspect of cultural diversity recognition. In general, I believe most schools and districts are at least on the cultural pre-competence stage, which is on the right side of the rubric. The right side of the rubric are what every school and school personnel should strive to achieve; helping to develop and promote cultural diversity awareness throughout the community and families

2. In using this rubric as a key to unlocking our unawareness and opening our minds to possibilities for educating students with whom we have not been successful, what possibilities do you see for educating all student demographic groups to high levels that you did not observe in your placement? · I think the possibilities are endless for educating all student demographic groups. You always hear the stories of the underprivileged boy or girl who somehow finds the motivation, inspiration, and courage to excel at whatever it is they shine at. It is our job to believe in all of our students to succeed and set expectations for them that are higher than anyone thought possible. It is possible for all to succeed; a lot of it depends on the choices and decisions we make in our lives.