EDUA 5666 Building Cultural Competency
BUILDING CULTURAL COMPETENCY TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
This course is designed to provide teachers with the tools necessary to understand how to teach with cultural competence, so that all students are actively supported in the classroom and can limit the risk of dropout for culturally diverse students. This course tackles the misconceptions about cultural competency and provides practical resources for building competency in educators. By learning more about other cultures, as well as the participant’s own culture, the course helps the participant develop best practices for handling culturally sensitive scenarios that can impact student learning.