Please pass this guidance for Cultural Competency Training for all education professionals. Our schools and communities need to foster respect for all students/people regardless of gender, socioeconomic status, race, etc.  

I am a retired Virginia public school teacher and I continue to volunteer in the schools. This guidance and cultural competency training is needed, and can provide a structure for teachers that is more valuable than our often vague understandings of cultural differences, providing teachers with concrete tools for use in the classroom.