Teacher Excellence Day 2016– Theme: Cultural Competency

• Our Faith calls us to open our hearts and our arms to all families. We want to call attention to the connections between our Catholic faith, the mission of Catholic schools, and ethnic and cultural diversity.

• Our Strategic Plan - Goal 3: An Accessible and Welcoming Community, Action 3 states, “Increasing Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion to Build Intercultural Communities…the OCS will develop programs with targets that will increase accessibility to Catholic schools for diverse ethnic, racial, and immigrant populations…” To recognize this goal, it is important that we provide our teachers with opportunities to deepen awareness and understanding of biases and beliefs that may or may not contribute to a welcoming community.

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Kristin Dixon