Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Certification Application

Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Certification Application Background Information

What is Cultural Intelligence? Cultural Intelligence (CQ) is a globally-recognized way of assessing and improving one’s effectiveness for culturally diverse situations. It is rooted in rigorous, academic research conducted by scholars around the world. Leading organizations in business, education, government, and healthcare are adopting CQ as a key component of personal development and competitive advance. Learn more at: www.culturalq.com

Why CQ at UW-Whitewater? The Chancellor’s Office, the Center for Global Education, and the Division of Student Affairs are teaming up to introduce CQ to students, faculty and staff. Our goal is to enable us all to better understand our own cultural intelligence and its importance with respect to creating an inclusive and welcoming campus environment, to promoting cross-cultural adaptability and decision-making, and to enhancing one’s learning and job performance.

How can I become certified to utilize CQ assessments to help others improve their cultural intelligence? The Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Center will conduct a 1.5-day, interactive certification program for 15 UW-W staff and faculty on the Whitewater campus from January 12-13, 2017. The cost of training will be covered by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (a $2,095 value). Please note: we are unable to provide stipends to participants; coffee and breakfast snacks will be provided both days, as well as lunch on the 12 th.

What is the purpose of the CQ Level 1 Certification training program? 1. To introduce participants to the Cultural Intelligence research and its relevance to UWW’s mission and vision; 2. To increase participants’ awareness of their own CQ strengths and weaknesses; 3. To equip participants to effectively facilitate CQ development among faculty, staff, and/or students, and to administer and de-brief CQ assessments; and 4. To interact about how the CQ material can be integrated with existing UW-W programs, curriculum, faculty training and staff professional development.

Participants will take the CQ Multi-Rater Assessment prior to the training to enhance their personal awareness and ability to use the assessments and training with others. During the workshop, participants will receive their personalized feedback reports along with additional materials to support their understanding and application of CQ in their work at UW-Whitewater.

How can I become certified during UW-Whitewater’s first on-campus CQ Certification Program? These first 15 faculty and staff selected to be certified in CQ will commit to utilizing the CQ framework and assessment tool with a specific cohort of UW-Whitewater students, staff or faculty during the 2017 calendar year. These 15 individuals also will commit to becoming an in-house team of CQ Facilitators who share best practices and work together to introduce CQ to campus peers who could benefit from becoming certified and utilizing CQ with the cohorts with whom they interact. For this reason we are seeking applicants from all colleges and divisions on campus.

To submit an application for the Certification Program, please answer the questions on the flip side, scan and email to Candace Chenoweth at: [email protected]

Thanks for your interest! Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Certification Application

If you are interested in becoming certified in Cultural Intelligence in order to utilize the framework with a campus cohort, please answer the following questions in the space provided. Training will take place January 12, 2017 (9:00 am – 4:45 pm) and January 13, 9:00 am - 12:15. Participants must attend the entire training in order to become certified. Twenty individuals from across campus will be selected.

Name (printed): ______Email: ______Campus Ext: ______

1. CQ is one way of assessing and improving one’s effectiveness in culturally diverse situations (thinking of diversity in a broad sense to include: diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies). What experience, if any, do you have working with diverse populations?

2. Certification training equips participants to effectively facilitate CQ development and to administer and de- brief CQ assessments. Please describe in some detail the campus cohort(s) with whom you would commit to utilizing the CQ framework.

3. Please describe the benefits you hope your cohort would receive from being introduced to the CQ framework.

4. Informed by the LEAP charge to “make excellence inclusive,” the Chancellor’s Office, Center for Global Education and Division of Student Affairs hopes that CQ will be one way to address issues of diversity and improve campus culture. Please discuss how you would sustain CQ utilization with your target population(s) in coming years.

5. Certified Trainers will be asked to sit on a CQ Implementation Advisory Committee for two (2) years (2017- 19). We envision meeting twice a semester and asking team members to do a small amount of work to advance CQ implementation. Do you have time to commit to participating in this activity? _____ Yes _____ No

6. The Certification runs for 1.5 days. Are you able to commit to the full training? _____ Yes _____ No Please scan your application and email to: Candace Chenoweth, [email protected], by November 21, 2016. Selections will be made by December 1, 2016.