MGT-605-RS-Cultural Competency Assessment 1

Cultural Competency

Cultural Competency Self-Assessment
This resource was adapted from “Cultural Competency Self-Assessment Checklist,” from the Refugee Assistance Program Workers website (rapworkers.com). This cultural competency self-assessment will allow you to identify your assets and weaknesses as a leader. By doing so, you will be able to gain insight into how you can improve your own self-leadership skills. Read each entry in the categories of Awareness, Knowledge, Skills, Physical Environment, Materials, and Resources and Values and Attitudes. For each entry (row), place a number “1” in the column that corresponds with your selection (Never, Sometimes/Occasionally, Fairly Often/Pretty Well, and Always/Very Well). You will only have one selection per entry (row). The Excel spreadsheet will tally up your results and provide you with a total for each category. This self-assessment is not a test and will not have a right or wrong answer. The self-assessment should only be used as a tool to help you identify areas of strength and areas that might need further development.
Categories	Descriptions	Never	Sometimes/ Occassionally	Fairly Often/ Pretty Well	Always/ Very Well
Awareness
Value diversity	My perspective on human differences is that they are positive and should be celebrated.
Know myself	I have a clear and positive viewpoint of my own ethnic, racial, and cultural identity.
Share my culture	I have clear awareness and undestanding of the need to be prepared to share my own culture if I desire to learn more about others.
Be aware of discomfort	I am aware of personal discomfort when I engage ethnicities, language, sexual orientation, religious, or races outside of my own.
Check my assumptions	I am intentionally aware of assumptions I hold true about people from cultures outside of my own.
Check my stereotypes	I have personal strategies to counteract harmful stereotypes that arise.
Reflect on how my culture informs my judgment	I acknowledge awareness of my cultural perspective and its influence on my judgment as to what is “normal,” appropriate, or “superior” values, behaviors, and communication styles.
Accept ambiguity	I can experience anxiety when placed in cross-cultural situations.
Be curious	I intentionally place myself in situations and places where I can create relationships and learn about differences.
Awareness Totals		0	0	0	0
Categories	Descriptions	Never	Sometimes/ Occassionally	Fairly Often/ Pretty Well	Always/ Very Well
Knowledge
Gain from my mistakes	I am aware that I will make mistakes. I will also choose to learn from them.
Assess the limits of my knowledge	I am aware of limited knowledge of certain cultural groups; however, I am committed to creating opportunities to increase this knowledge.
Acknowledge the importance of difference	I am aware that differences in ethnicity, race, and culture are vital parts of an individual’s identity.
Understand the influence of cultures	I am aware that cultures can change over time and that an individual’s attachments to cultures can vary from person to person.
Commit to lifelong cultural learning	I am commited to being a lifelong learner of cultural competencies and cultural changes.
Know my limitations	I am aware of potential gaps in my knowledge and choose to develop and increase my capacity for personal assessment in those areas.
Intercultural and intracultural differences	I am aware that intercultural and intracultural differences exist, and I am committed to increasing my awareness response to these differences.
Point of referene to assess appropriate behavior	I acknowledge an awareness to culture. All individuals have their own “culture” and I have my own. I choose to regard other points of view, not just my own as a point of reference to assess appropriate and inappropriate behaviors.
Knowledge Totals		0	0	0	0
Categories	Descriptions	Never	Sometimes/ Occassionally	Fairly Often/ Pretty Well	Always/ Very Well
Skills
Situational adaptability	I look for opportunities to respectfully engage and interact with others who are different than me.
Cross-cultural communication aptitude	I am adept at changing my style of communication to communicate effectively with those whose views and method of communicating is different than mine.
Pursue opportunities to broaden crosscultural skills	I look for ways and individuals to challenge me to enhance my cross-cultural skills.
Diversity engagement	I actively look for ways to get involved in initiatives that increase understanding among members of diverse groups.
Cross-cultural respect	My behaviors tell others that I respect the cultures and beliefs of others.
Relational adaptability	I am adept in relationship building and can easily build relationships with those who are different than me.
Awareness of within-group differences	I understand within-group differences and that the behavior of one individual is not generalizable to the entire cultural group.
Skills Totals		0	0	0	0
Categories	Descriptions	Never	Sometimes/ Occassionally	Fairly Often/ Pretty Well	Always/ Very Well
Physical Environment, Materials, and Resources
Workshpace awareness	I include décor in my workspace that is representative of the culture and ethnic backgrounds of my internal and external customers.
Multimedia resource awareness	The multimedia resources that I use in my work reflect the culture and ethnic backgrounds of my internal and external customers.
Verbal communication awareness	In instances in which I interact with internal and external customers whose English proficiency is limited, I keep in mind that the ability to effectively communicate in English is in no way representative of their ability to effectively communicate in their primary language.
Written communication awareness	When possible, I make sure that all written communication is provided in the primary language of internal and external customers.
Physical Environment, Materials, and Resources Totals		0	0	0	0
Categories	Descriptions	Never	Sometimes/ Occassionally	Fairly Often/ Pretty Well	Always/ Very Well
Values and Attitudes
Personal values awareness	I make it a point to not impose my values that are in contrast to those from other cultures or ethnic groups.
Observational awareness	When I observe others engaging in behaviors that reflect prejudice, bias, and are culturally insensitive, I intercede.
Value acceptance	I accept others even when their values differ from mine.
Diversity skills advancement	I seek to improve myself through professional development and training to enhance my knowledge and skills in supporting and serving diverse groups.
Values and Attitudes Totals		0	0	0	0

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