Transcript DIVERSITY AWARENESS by Robert Robinson ILT, Barnes Education Center

DIVERSITY
AWARENESS
by Robert Robinson
ILT, Barnes Education Center
Norms
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Paradigm Shifting
Practice Non-Judgmental Listening
Safe Environment/confidentiality
Address comments to the group
No easy answers or checklists
Assume Good Will
Be Professional
What People Notice
Jane Elsea: The 4 Minute Sell
Skin Color
Gender
Age
Appearance
Facial Expressions
Eye Contact
Movement
Personal Space
What is Diversity?
• Differences and
Similarities
• Brought to or developed in
the workplace
• Includes everyone in the
Organization
• Includes each potential
student and staff member
Practice NON-JUDGEMENTAL
LISTENING
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Quiet Hands
Quiet Feet
Quiet, focused EYES
NO non-verbal cueing while listening
ONE WORD AND STORIES
• Tell someone about the first time you felt
different.
• What is one word to describe it?
LEARNING POINT?
• Everyone has a story to tell
• Everyone has felt different
• What we remember from 30 years ago that
made a lasting impression,
• Students are experiencing and living NOW.
• What lesson will they remember from us 30
years from now?
Primary & Secondary
Dimensions of Diversity
Work
Background
Geographic
Location
Income
Sexual
Orientation
Gender
Parental
Status
Age
Marital Status
Physical
Qualities
Race
Ethnicity
Education
Religious
Beliefs
Loden & Rosener, Workforce America/1991
Military
Experience
Secondary
Primary
What is Managing Diversity?
A managerial process for creating a school
environment that allows each and every
member to contribute their fullest, in pursuit
of organizational objectives such as…..
Objectives
• No Child Left Behind
• Freedom from Harassment
• Freedom from bullying and adult bullying
• Title I
• Title II
• Other?
Primary & Secondary
Dimensions of Diversity
Work
Background
Geographic
Location
Income
Sexual
Orientation
Gender
Parental
Status
Age
Marital Status
Physical
Qualities
Race
Ethnicity
Education
Religious
Beliefs
Loden & Rosener, Workforce America/1991
Military
Experience
Secondary
Primary
What is a 3rd dimension of
Diversity?
• Systems Diversity:
– School climate
– Work environment
– Leadership style
Human Diversity –
Characterized by physical
differences, personal preferences,
or life experiences,
e.g. sex, race, and age
Cultural Diversity –
Characterized by beliefs,
values, and
personal characteristics,
e.g. cross-cultural
relationship/communication,
workstyle, and ethics/values
Systems Diversity –
Characterized by the
organizational structure and
management systems, e.g.
teamwork, empowerment, school
climate, and
employee work ethic
4 Questions...
• What diversity do I see?
• How am I managing it?
• What is it costing me?
• What is it costing my
students?
Diversity
• Means welcoming all people to the workplace
without regard to factors unrelated to job
performance
• Welcoming all students to the school without
regard to factors unrelated to class and behavioral
performance
• It includes all the human characteristics that make
us unique and valuable as individuals
• It includes everyone and excludes no one
STAGES OF CHANGE
Long
SOCIETAL
GROUP
TIME
KNOWLEDGE
Short
Low
DIFFICULTY
High
Which students do you welcome?
Red Yellow Black White
Gay
Straight
Male
Female
Cute
Ugly
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What is your hot button?
Gay Straight PUNK FREAK
GOSSIP
Male Female NORMAL
WEIRD
Cute
Ugly Quiet Funny
Silly
Red Yellow Black White Brown
How do you manage and resolve
issues surrounding diversity?
handout
Closing Thought
• “O’ Great Spirit, teach me to never judge a
man until I have walked a mile in his
moccasins.” -Navajo Prayer
• Closing video
Primary & Secondary
Dimensions of Diversity
Work
Background
Geographic
Location
Income
Sexual
Orientation
Gender
Parental
Status
Age
Marital Status
Physical
Qualities
Race
Ethnicity
Education
Religious
Beliefs
Loden & Rosener, Workforce America/1991
Military
Experience
Secondary
Primary
STAGES OF CHANGE
Long
SOCIETAL
GROUP
TIME
KNOWLEDGE
Short
Low
DIFFICULTY
High
Shift in Mind-Set
Mind-set
Skills &
Competencies
Performance
Results
Mind-set
Behaviors
Results
Cultural transformation is reflected in
organizational mind-set and behaviors.
Robinson’s client list
(Robinson has delivered workshops to the following.)
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Merck, Inc.
IBM
Dow
Kellogg
US Postal Service
Monsanto/Solutia
AT& T
Lucent Technologies
Innovations International
21st Century Consulting
• SAPA: Student Assistance
Professionals Association
• Cobb County School
System
• Kennesaw State
University
• SAEE Southeastern
Association for
Employment in Education
• Southern Association for
Colleges and Schools
Diversity Websites
and Resources*
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http://www.innovint.com/index.htm
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http://www.innovint.com/consultants/robert_robinson.asp
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http://www.store-innovint.com/
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http://www.21cc.cc/
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Here is a good website on "R.D. Laing's Bi-lateral spiral":
http://physinfo.ulb.ac.be/cit_courseware/research/theories1.htm
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http://www.thiederman.com/
5 Theaters of the Mind: The Brain’s Natural Learning System.
The source is Barbara K. Givens, 2002, Teaching to the Brain’s Natural Learning Systems, ASCD. 1800-933-2723.
*Other sources are cited as footnotes in each slide.