WORKSHOPS
Building Cultural Capacity Level 1: Cultural Competency Skills
Covers the following topics:
- Demographic Data Points Impacting the 21st Century
- Understanding the Nature and Dimensions of Diversity
- The Power of Cultural Beliefs
- Cultural Awareness Stretch
- Cultural Molders
- Cultural Membership Guide
- The Nature and Impact of Prejudice and Oppression
Building Cultural Capacity Level 2: Creating an Inclusive, Safe Work Environment
Covers the following topics:
- Working with Collective Cultures
- Examining and Teaching the Culture of the Workplace / School
- Improving Performance Outcomes Using Intercultural Skills
- Conducting a Cultural Audit of the Workplace / School Environment
Building Cultural Capacity Level 3: Developing a Culturally Skillful Work Team
Covers the following topics:
- Examining the Impact of Cultural Differences on the Work Team
- Helping Your Work Team to Become Culturally Skillful
- Using Intercultural Skills to Improve Client Outreach and Marketing
- The Culturally Skillful Leader and Manager
Culturally Skillful Leadership and Management
This interactive session involves discussions of intercultural skillfulness in the workplace beyond basic awareness. Designed for managers and supervisors, this session emphasizes the connections between diversity, change management, teamwork and leadership at both the personal and organizational levels. Participants will examine the concept of “intercultural-with-it-ness”, a hallmark characteristic for 21st century leaders.
Smooth Shifting: Intercultural Skills for Business Professionals
This course is eight 4-hour sessions designed to help professionals develop intercultural skills needed to work successfully with culturally diverse clients and co-workers. Topics include:
- Know All of Your market: The Culturally Competent Leader and Manager
- Building Self-Confidence & Motivating Your Staff
- Creating a Culturally Competent Work Team
- Recognizing and Removing Obstacles to Success
- Selling to Diverse Markets
- Presenting Your Case: Advocating for Change
- Goal Setting: Preparing for a Successful Future
Cultural Competency Skills for Professionals Working with Culturally Diverse Families
This workshop is designed to teach professionals basic intercultural competency skills that can be used to increase their effectiveness in working with culturally diverse families. Participants will learn how to identify cultural differences in their clientele and how these differences impact their work. They will learn strategies for including culturally diverse families in the development and successful implementation of treatment plan goals.
Successfully Engaging Culturally Diverse Students
This 4 day workshop covers the following topics:
- Intercultural Competency Skills for Educators
- Motivating Culturally Diverse Students
- The Interculturally Skillful Classroom
- Strategies to Support Academic Language Acquisition
- Outreach to Culturally Diverse Families
- The Culturally Skillful Educational Leader
Creating the Interculturally Skillful Classroom
This course is designed to teach educators how to apply intercultural competency skills in their classrooms. Participants explore how teachers can behave in interculturally skillful ways to improve student achievement and help students learn skills needed to become successful in school culture. Two major areas of focus are:
- Culturally Sensitive Inclusion and Differentiation
- Integrating Intercultural Competency Skills with the District Curriculum
Facilitator Certification Training for
Intercultural Leadership Skills for Teens
This 2-day workshop will provide you with:
- An overview of “Intercultural Leadership Skills for Teens,” including power point presentations, facilitator manual and participant workbook
- The skills and resources needed to teach “Intercultural Leadership Skills for Teens.”
- Lessons, activities, and strategies you can incorporate into your work with teens
- A chance to become part of a Network of Certified Facilitators
Developing a Culturally Skillful Workteam
Centering on intercultural competency skills for the workplace and the creation of a work environment where staff is comfortable and skillful in working with cultural differences, this workshop includes these topics:
- Current Demographic Projections
- Vision Setting and Keeping Staff on Task
- Intercultural Communication Skills
- Cultural Differences That Make a Difference When Working With Clients
- Team Building
- Culturally Skillful Team Leadership
Assessing Your Work Environment for Cultural Skillfulness
Workshop participants will learn how to conduct an assessment of their work environment to measure and ensure equity and respect for employees and clients from all cultural backgrounds. Workplace components to be assessed include:
- Organizational Vision
- Mission and Goals
- Policies and Procedures
- Marketing and Networking With All Communities
- Staff Development
- Recruiting, Hiring, and Promotions
- Performance Evaluation and Accountability
- Physical Work Environment
Cultural Competency Skills for Health Care Professionals
Addressing cultural competency skills that are necessary for health care providers, this workshop includes:
- A Review of the National Standards for Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Service in Health Care
- Cultural Health Beliefs and Practices
- Intercultural Communication Skills
- Assessing Important Cultural Factors During Client Intake & Screenings
- Creating a Culturally Inclusive Environment
- Educational Outreach in Culturally Diverse Communities
Customizing To Fit Your Needs
Rocky Mountain Intercultural Institute will be happy to design a workshop / training to fit your organization's specific needs. Please contact us about details concerning customizing your workshop.
