Intercultural Competence

The Initiative

Description

• We are seeking funding to support training and for faculty, staff, students and families to build intercultural competence to better meet the unique needs of a multi-national student body.

Main Components

• Diversity Week with "SocialCentric"
• Training for teachers and students
• Outreach to feeder schools

The Need

Justification

• 2017 WASC/CAIS recommendation: Increase multicultural competence
• To better prepare our students to participate in an increasingly globalized world
• To increase a sense of empathy and social awareness
• Bridge gap between our domestic and international students

The Budget

Year 1 Budget

• Speaker Fees: $7000
• Marketing and Supplies: $1500
• Hospitality: $500
• Faculty Stipends: $5000
• TOTAL: $14,000

Continuing Annual Budget

• Annual stipend for moderators: $2000
• Honorarium for add'l faculty: $2000
• Supplies: $1000
• TOTAL: $5000

The Metrics

On-campus Component

• Semi-annual reports send to funders
• logging training/meeting time
• surveys of changing perceptions

Outreach Component

• Tracking participant numbers
• Surveys of changing perceptions

NSBECS Alignment

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• 2.5 Faculty use the lenses of Scripture and the Catholic intellectual tradition in all subjects to help students think critically and ethically about the world around them.
• 2.7 The theory and practice of the Church’s social teachings are essential elements of the curriculum.

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• 9.2 Guidance services, wellness programs, behavior management programs, and ancillary services provide the necessary support for students to successfully complete the school program
• 9.3 Co-curricular and extra-curricular activities provide opportunities outside the classroom for students to further identify and develop their gifts and talents and to enhance their creative, aesthetic, social/emotional, physical, and spiritual capabilities.