6 minutes

What these maps are not

Not race. Not a people. Not a pass on the toolkit.

What you’ll be able to do

Identify the practical implication of “What these maps are not” and apply it to one live DHS decision connected to Intercultural Competence without a Score.
Compare the responses to this question and explain your choice: How should the team use the concept?
Document a next step for What these maps are not: Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Keep related things distinct

Race and racial equity have their own titles. Intercultural maps can hide race as “culture.” Do not.
A competence framework is not a Somali fact sheet.
You can be “culturally aware” and still ship an English-only form. That is Minimization with a certificate.

Put this lesson to work

What you can change

You control whether what these maps are not changes a live DHS process connected to Intercultural Competence without a Score or remains information on a page.

What to watch for

The team completes the learning, keeps the same default, assigns no owner, and never checks who carries the burden.

Your next step

Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Try a situation

A team is discussing what these maps are not. Someone wants to use the concept to describe which employees or community members “get it” before a live work decision is examined.

How should the team use the concept?

Use it to identify who needs more development before they can participate.

Avoid the concept entirely because disagreement could be uncomfortable.

Use it to examine the process, name what the default misses, and choose one owned change.

Carry this forward

Not race. Not a people. Not a pass on the toolkit.
You control whether what these maps are not changes a live DHS process connected to Intercultural Competence without a Score or remains information on a page.
Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Completion is shown by a scenario decision and a saved one-minute commitment.

Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Your next step

What will you do differently this week after What these maps are not?

Apply this lesson to one live work object connected to Intercultural Competence without a Score.

Name the affected people, one process change, the owner, and a review date.

Use the right-door guide if a formal duty or accountable office may be involved.

Browse and download only. Course notes are not typed or saved on this page.

Mark this lesson complete

Participation and course completion in this program do not count toward DHS-required training credits unless management, a director, or DHS leadership expressly approves an exception.

6 minutes

What these maps are not

Not race. Not a people. Not a pass on the toolkit.

What you’ll be able to do

Identify the practical implication of “What these maps are not” and apply it to one live DHS decision connected to Intercultural Competence without a Score.
Compare the responses to this question and explain your choice: How should the team use the concept?
Document a next step for What these maps are not: Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Keep related things distinct

Race and racial equity have their own titles. Intercultural maps can hide race as “culture.” Do not.
A competence framework is not a Somali fact sheet.
You can be “culturally aware” and still ship an English-only form. That is Minimization with a certificate.

Put this lesson to work

What you can change

You control whether what these maps are not changes a live DHS process connected to Intercultural Competence without a Score or remains information on a page.

What to watch for

The team completes the learning, keeps the same default, assigns no owner, and never checks who carries the burden.

Your next step

Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Try a situation

A team is discussing what these maps are not. Someone wants to use the concept to describe which employees or community members “get it” before a live work decision is examined.

How should the team use the concept?

Use it to identify who needs more development before they can participate.

Avoid the concept entirely because disagreement could be uncomfortable.

Use it to examine the process, name what the default misses, and choose one owned change.

Carry this forward

Not race. Not a people. Not a pass on the toolkit.
You control whether what these maps are not changes a live DHS process connected to Intercultural Competence without a Score or remains information on a page.
Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Completion is shown by a scenario decision and a saved one-minute commitment.

Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Your next step

What will you do differently this week after What these maps are not?

Apply this lesson to one live work object connected to Intercultural Competence without a Score.

Name the affected people, one process change, the owner, and a review date.

Use the right-door guide if a formal duty or accountable office may be involved.

Browse and download only. Course notes are not typed or saved on this page.

Mark this lesson complete