Cultural Proficiency Continuum Q-Sort: Reacting to interactions that take place within Majority-Minority U.S. PreK-12 Schools

Directions: In the upcoming activity, you will engage with 30 vignettes situated in five categories that illustrate culturally proficient interactions that have taken place in U.S. public schools. Your task is to assign a level of reaction using numbers 1 - 6 to each vignette within each category. Specifically, you are to assign the number 6 to the vignette that evokes the highest level of reaction from you, 5 to the vignette that evokes the next highest level of reaction from you, and so on until you have assigned the number 1 to the vignette that evokes the least level of reaction from you.

Note: There are no correct or wrong ways to react to vignettes; your level of reaction (negative or positive) is unique to you. If you need to see the directions after beginning the Q-Sort, click the info in the upper right-hand corner.

*Enter your level of reaction to each vignette using numbers 1 - 6 in the text box below; use each number only once. Click on the word "Attitude" and respond to the prompt.

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*Enter your level of reaction to each vignette using numbers 1 - 6 in the text box below; use each number only once. Click on the word "Empathy" and respond to the prompt.

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*Enter your level of reaction to each vignette using numbers 1 - 6 in the text box below; use each number only once. Click on the word "Policy" and respond to the prompt.

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*Enter your level of reaction to each vignette using numbers 1 - 6 in the text box below; use each number only once. Click on the word "Professionalism" and respond to the prompt.

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*Enter your level of reaction to each vignette using numbers 1 - 6 in the text box below; use each number only once. Click on the word "Teaching Practice" and respond to the prompt.

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Cultural Proficiency Continuum Q-Sort: Unpacking your Reactions

Directions: Each bolded number represents an opportunity for you to unpack your reaction to the vignette and the corresponding culturally proficient interaction. Above each column is a link to the definition for each culturally proficient interaction; review the definitions before unpacking your reactions. After, begin unpacking your reactions by clicking each of the items highlighted yellow. You can also click other bolded items not highlighted yellow if you wish to unpack additional vignettes.

Cultural Destructiveness Cultural Incapacity Cultural Blindness Cultural Pre-Competence Cultural Competence Cultural Proficiency
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Cultural Proficiency Continuum Q-Sort: Additional Inquires and Reflections

Directions: Read and respond to each question below.

1. What are your overall impressions of this activity?

Explain

2. Were there any challenges that came up while completing this activity?

Explain

3. Were there any feelings that came up while completing this activity?

Explain

4. Has this activity (i.e., reacting to and unpacking vignettes) increased your awareness of the different types of culturally proficient interactions and how they affect students from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds?

Explain

5. After engaging with the activity (i.e., reacting to and unpacking vignettes), where would you place yourself on the Cultural Proficiency Continuum?

Cultural Destructiveness
Cultural Incapacity
Cultural Blindness
Cultural Pre-Competence
Cultural Competence
Cultural Proficiency

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