Action Plan

Background: Lake Washington School District

 Total students enrolled in Elementary school in 2017-18 school year: 14,776 students
 Demographics:

2012-13 2017-18
White 63.7% 51.8%
Asian 18.8% 28.2%
Hispanic 9.6% 10.2%
Other 7.9% 9.7%
 There were 2,786 students in the ELL program which takes up 9.4% of the school district’s
population in the 2017-18 school year.
 As you can see, the white population is decreasing and there has been a significant increase in
the percentage of Asian youth in the school district. Faculty need to be trained and prepared to
be able to educate these students and help them to be successful.

Step 1: June (month 1)

 At the end of the school year I would like to create a cross-cultural leadership team that will
focus on creating a multicultural competent school. It would be volunteer based and would
hopefully consist of both teachers and parents to ensure the community is involved.
 The school will perform a cultural audit to determine if the school is properly supporting their
multicultural students. The audit will take place over the summer with the previous school year’s
demographics and information. The audit team will report back to the multicultural team so they
can prepare presentations for the beginning of the school year.
 Application deadline for becoming a student ambassador will be chosen. The multicultural team
will choose six 3rd and 4th graders to be student ambassadors for new classmates in the following
year.

Step 2: August (month 3)

 Multicultural team will meet to go over audit notes and determine what needs to change. For
example, if they find that the mission does not support all students, then that will be tweaked
with help from the principal and other necessary staff members.
 Multicultural team will present to faculty before school begins. They will explain what cultural
competence within a school is and why it is so important. Demographic statistics of the school
will be shown as well to emphasize the importance. Teachers will explore their own culture by
doing the insider/outsider assignment. This will give them one example of how to introduce
multicultural competency in the classroom. The multicultural team will prepare more examples
and provide some training on how to implement into the classroom.
 Student ambassadors will meet with new students and introduce them to the school via
orientation.
 The multicultural team will continue to meet monthly to discuss more areas of concerns and find
more resources for teachers.
Step 3: October (month 5)

 Multicultural professional development recap: Check in with teachers to see what they have
done to introduce multicultural curricula to their classroom. Multicultural Team will find
volunteers from the community who are from different cultures to share their insight with the
school faculty.
 Multicultural team will promote and run International Night sometime in October.

Step 4: December (month 7)

 Bring the cultural audit team back in to determine if changes are helping meet their
requirements. Discuss with multicultural team on any more changes that need to be done.
 If allowed, it would be very cool for the multicultural team to hold a festivities party where
people from all different cultures will come in and share information, food, and traditions with
their own holidays that they celebrate. Schools in Washington are no longer allowed to celebrate
any religious holiday in the classroom, but I think this would be an amazing learning experience
for students, faculty, and the community.

Step 5: March (month 10)

 Multicultural team will hold their final professional development meeting of the year with a
reflection period from the staff.

Step 6: May (month 12)

 Multicultural team will hold their last meeting by reflecting on their time and the progress they
have made throughout the year. They will be in charge of setting up the following year’s
multicultural team.