According to the 2013 Open Doors Report, the number of international students at US colleges and universities increased by almost 10 percent from 2012. As colleges become more culturally diverse, it’s imperative for staff to enhance their understanding of intercultural competence to better serve and retain this important student demographic.

Join us for an online training that outlines intercultural competency essentials that every staff member should know. Building off lessons from Dr. Darla Deardorff’s books, The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Competence and Building Cultural Competence: Innovative Intercultural Training Activities and Models, you will learn important cultural considerations as well as how to facilitate a proper training plan for staff at your institution.

• Essentials: What Staff Need to Know
  • Exploration of foundations for intercultural competence training
  • Research-based framework for intercultural competence
  • Why are we doing this? Importance of intercultural competence training for staff
• Training: Developing Intercultural Competence in Staff
  • Getting started by clarifying goals
  • Aligning goals and activities
  • Examples of intercultural competence development
  • Lessons learned
• Wrap-up and Q&A

Registration is required for attendance.

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