SHB5443 Unit 9 Assignment/ Personal Plan of Action · For this assignment, research best practices to improve cultural awareness and diversity. You must use a minimum of two peer-reviewed journal articles and the textbook. You may use additional resources if you wish. Use these readings to select best practices and create a personal plan of action. Address the following headings in your plan: · Increase Cultural Awareness: Analyze research from dominant and minority perspectives to select best practices for increasing cultural awareness and diversity. · Improve Self-Awareness: Propose techniques supported by research to improve self-awareness by confronting personal assumptions, biases, and fears. · Build Relationships: Describe how you will build relationships with others from diverse populations. · Advocacy Approach: Propose an advocacy approach for working with a diverse population. · Feasibility: Analyze the feasibility of an advocacy approach to use when working with a diverse population. · Promote Cultural Sensitivity: Propose strategies supported by research to promote cultural sensitivity with fellow colleagues and co-workers. Please review the Personal Plan of Action Scoring Guide to see how this assignment will be graded. Assignment Requirements · Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. · APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA current edition style and formatting. · Number of resources: Minimum of 2 peer-reviewed resources in addition to the course text. · Length of paper: 4–5 typed double-spaced pages, not including required cover sheet and reference page. No abstract required. · Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point. · Personal Plan of Action Scoring Guide · Due Date: End of Unit 9. Percentage of Course Grade: 30%. Personal Plan of Action Scoring Guide Grading Rubric Criteria Non-performance Basic Proficient Distinguished Analyze research from dominant and minority perspectives to select best practices for increasing cultural awareness and diversity. 14% Does not analyze research from dominant and minority perspectives to select best practices with increasing cultural awareness and diversity. Analyzes research to select practices with increasing cultural awareness and diversity, but does not analyze how the research has included culturally diverse perspectives. Analyzes research from dominant and minority perspectives to select best practices with increasing cultural awareness and diversity. Analyzes research from dominant and minority perspectives to select best practices for increasing cultural awareness and diversity. Research is up to date and from within the past 5 years. Propose techniques supported by research to improve self-awareness by confronting personal assumptions, biases, and fears. 14% Does not propose techniques supported by research to improve self-awareness by confronting personal assumptions,.