Cultural Competence

Link to Oregon Department of Education Cultural Competency resources and Definition

This link will lead you to some of the work we have been doing in Oregon.

http://www.ode.state.or.us/opportunities/grants/saelp/resrcescultcomp.aspx

Jean

Why am I doing this?

In May of 2004, Jerry Diller and I found our book: "Cultural Competence: A Primer for Educators" available for review by potential adopters at a time when the State of Oregon was holding a statewide "Summit on Cultural Competence."

Since then interest in the book in Oregon and elsewhere has escalated. Oregon Senator Avel Gordly, on November 30, suggested that every teacher in the state should read this book and that someone should pursue funding to furnish those books! (Nike are you listening?)

Following the meeting someone asked me if I had any ideas of how to keep the momentum going. The next week, Chester Bateman at our new School of Education suggested I try a blog. Here is our experiment.

Here is a link on the book:

http://oregonstate.edu/education/misc/culturalprimer.html

And here is a link for a course on-line that uses the book as a text:

http://my.oregonstate.edu/webapps/login

(enter the course as a guest through "preview")

Have fun with the materials we have gathered in the webcourse and the book.

Jean