I am proud to be part of a multicultural school community that celebrates the fact that 47% of our students are students of color and their families hail from 35 different nations. Our international flag garden, which borders the campus, is representative of our community. It’s the landmark for which our school is best
Reflecting back on my organization and my time in Germany, I would have to say that multiculturalism, Diversity and Inclusion must be apart of an organizations culture. It was so much diversity amongst me in Germany that I learned to look further than my surroundings. I learned a little bit of intellectual information, but just
While in Germany, my classmates and I participated in Pride day festivities. It was interesting to see the many people dressed up, dancing, singing and just enjoying the day. Although, it was a Pride event, people were not necessarily apart of the LGBTQ community. This was a perfect example of how all types of people
My excursion day was at the Association for International Youth Work VIJ. They are a very small, but interesting organization. They provide resources for immigrants to find jobs and activities that they can engage into within the community. Their facility is very intimate with a room that can be divided into two for separate activities
In March, I became a Team lead. I had to account for twelve other individuals. I became the On the Job Trainer for any new person that joined the team. I had no idea what I had accepted. My work time, became dedicated to helping others and less about maintaining my own work. I was
I work for the Government and my organization does not deal with immigration or refugee matters. However, it does create activities that aim at giving back to the local community. They orchestrate a back to school drive, can food drive, Angel Tree, Reading Day, Valentine cards to distribute at the Veteran Hospital, etc. The organization
Living the dream and traveling the world. How quickly things change once we’ve returned to our home country and our responsibilities set in again. Time in Germany with the other students was an experience that I will never forget. We were able to conquer communication barriers to discuss topics that could impact the world at
While visiting One of German Realschule in Ludwigsburg, I was quite surprised by how much the German education system differs from the one in the US. Children in Germany essentially get assigned a certain career path, based on their scholarly inclinations. Hauptschule gets students prepared for vocational training, Realschule provides a broader general education, and
I’ve been doing a lot of reading recently. About Caring Leadership and Cultural Humility. And this has caused me to reflect. I’ve sat in many classes for countless hours examining and re-examining educational leadership, and more recently global leadership, during the course of my master’s program in educational leadership & policy studies. I’ve heard so
After getting about 100 hours of sleep and finally overcoming my jet lag, I started to collect my thoughts about our trip overseas. This is a little overwhelming as words cannot accurately describe all of the feelings and emotions that have built up in my head over this past two weeks. One prominent feeling that