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Welcome to Texas A&M University’s home site for A Community of Respect. This nationally recognized, award winning, cross-cultural communication program was developed to foster greater cultural competence in the workplace.

 

What is A Community of Respect?

It is a program designed to show you how your cultural values determine how you interpret the behaviors of others and how to effectively communicate with someone from another background. We offer two types of training: a train-the-trainer workshop and a cultural awareness seminar.

 

Who is A Community of Respect created for?

This training program is designed for in-house trainers, managers, consultants, staff developers and other intercultural practitioners who are responsible for presenting diversity training for improving cross-cultural communication in their workplaces. We offer the workshops twice a semester and once during the summer. The seminar is available for any organization that desires to learn how to recognize different cultural values and deal with them in a way that produces a positive work environment. The seminars are available by request.

 

Participants have found this program very successful in raising their awareness of communication differences between people from different cultural backgrounds.  In addition, the Community of Respect program has helped Texas A&M University and the surrounding community to become a more welcoming and inclusive environment for the international faculty, scholars, students, family members and visitors that live here. The Community of Respect program is not limited to American versus international interactions; it has also proved beneficial for those who want to learn about understanding intra-American cultural differences.

Our Train-The-Trainer Workshops

We invite you to join us in helping others in your profession or community to understand themselves and other cultures better by becoming A Community of Respect trainer in our Train-the-trainer program. A Community of Respect is designed to help trainers who train:

• City or corporate trainers to enhance their proficiency in intercultural communication

• Fire and police personnel to be able to respond quickly to emergencies

• HR managers to assist expatriates or foreign nationals in their company

• Health care professionals who supplement their care with cross-cultural understanding

• Educators and advisors who work with international students and scholars and their families

• Anyone interested in increasing their cultural competency

Why should you attend our two-day training program?

• This program will help you to deliver cross-cultural communications training to your staff in a way that is personal and provocative

• You will be armed with resource materials to assist you create a diversity program that brings about cultural self-awareness, improves communication skills across cultures and which fits their needs  (trainer’s manual, two textbooks, a participant manual, and bibliographies)

• You will have a right to use and print participant materials

• As a Community of Respect trainer, you will have a one year access to Zoomerang post-training evaluation surveys, additional educational materials, bi-monthly newsletter and free consultations

• As a Community of Respect trainer, you will have the opportunity to practice teaching a portion of the material learned and will have the benefit of constructive counseling to enhance your training

• You will receive a certificate

• The program includes breakfast and lunch on both days

Our Cultural Awareness Seminars

We are available to conduct training seminars at your workplace. Our seminars typically last 2-8 hours. The price of the seminar varies according to its length. Please contact us for more details. We have given our seminars to:

• Students

• Faculty and Teachers

• School Administrators

• Police and Fire Department

• City Workers

• Apartment Facility Employees

• Corporations

• Customer Service Employees

Why should you attend our seminar?

• Participants engage in cultural awareness activities that are enlightening, fun and non-threatening

• Participants come away with a deeper understanding of their own cultural values and how they influence their own assumptions and behaviors

• Participants will learn some tools and strategies for handling potential cultural misunderstandings

When can I attend a Community of Respect program?

• Click here... to register for one of our workshops

• Call to arrange a seminar at 979-862-6700