INSPIRE

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
12A, 8:30 – 9:30
Employing Cultural Competence to
Improve Your School
SCHOOL CLIMATE
This session will focus on developing and using cultural
competence and self-awareness to build strong
teams that will support the transformation of a school
environment into a learning organization. As a result,
leaders will develop a better understanding of how
to build and increase capacity of teachers and other
leaders to positively impact student achievement in
schools. Participants will have an opportunity to take
“scaled-down” research-based personality assessments.
Research has shown that assessments help leaders
learn more about their leadership and explore possible
preferences or predilections. While assessments can be
used to help leaders create a leadership development
plan, they can also provide structures for learning
more about team members in an engaging and nonthreatening
way. Assessments can also help leaders
identify individuals who might feel more comfortable at
particular tasks. Finally, assessments can help leaders
determine areas of growth and blind sides, especially
relative to marginalized learners.
DR. MARK GOODEN
gooden@austin.
utexas.edu
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