Spain, December 2016

Facilitated by Darlene Jovellanos

• each participant will have committed to some specific next steps to not just survive but thrive in their multicultural team context.
• each team will have committed to a few next steps to overcome the unique challenges of multicultural teaming.

1. Session 1 - Realities of Multicultural Teaming in SEND
2. Session 2 - Digging Deeper into Cultural Diversity
3. Session 3 - An Exercise in Building Team Awareness
4. Session 4 - Responding to Cultural Diversity
5. Session 5 - Planning for Progress as a Multicultural Team

• PowerPoint

• Erin Meyer's website
• Her Book “Culture Map”
• Take the assessment
• Ken Guenther's blog post on Culture Map
• Cultural Comparison of SEND Russia missionaries > sample graphic

• Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions
• His Country Comparison

• Sarah A Lanier's Hot/Cold Cultures
• Her Book "Foreign to Familiar"

• Lingenfelter's 12 paired Values
• His Book "Ministering Cross-Culturally"
• Questionnaire

• Intercultural Communication Video Case Studies
• Book - "Leading Multicultural Teams"

• Filipinos and Americans Working Together (Joy Lao)
• What We Learn From Working with North Americans > (Another perspective from Joy Lao)
• A documentary of what the world thinks of America - “The Listening Project”