This book responds to the urgent need for instructional practices that recognize student diversity and cultural backgrounds as valuable assets. As the United States continues to grapple with policies that promote culturally dominant ideologies, the opportunity gaps continue to widen for minoritized, marginalized, and otherized PK-12 students. This timely book provides a comprehensive developmental framework for implementing Culturally Responsive Instructional Supervision that fosters an educational environment that disrupts the culture of white supremacy, promotes a sense of belonging, and achieves culturally appropriate instructional outcomes for all learners. The authors show educators how to establish diverse and representative supervision teams that provide formative feedback and promote self-reflection. Schools can use this book to effectively observe, assess, and support teachers on their journey toward becoming culturally responsive practitioners. Book Features: Encourages instructional leaders to embrace their role as equity leaders and actively work to dismantle harmful educational practices. Offers strategies focused on the strengths and assets children bring to school every day, instead of the deficit-oriented perspectives reinforced by the accountability movement. Centers sociocultural identities as the key factor to providing feedback to teachers about culturally responsive practices, while maintaining rigorous expectations for student learning and academic outcomes. Includes foundations, practical approaches, and examples of praxis for the implementation of Culturally Responsive Instructional Supervision.
Dwayne Ray Cormier is CEO and founder of Culturally Responsive Solutions, LLC. Ian M. Mette is an associate professor at the University at Buffalo. Yanira Oliveras is an associate professor at The University of Texas at Tyler.
Contents Foreword ?Mark Anthony Gooden ?v Introduction: Delivering Equitable Outcomes Through Instructional Supervision ?1 Ian M. Mette, Dwayne Ray Cormier, and Yanira Oliveras 1. ?A Primer for Culturally Responsive Instructional Supervision ?11 Dwayne Ray Cormier, Ian M. Mette, and Yanira Oliveras 2. ?Confronting the Lack of Diversity in Supervision Frameworks ?31 A. Minor Baker, Ann Marie Cotman, and Patricia L. Guerra 3. ?Race-ing Instructional Supervision: Plantation Traditions and Instructional Supervision ?52 Noelle Arnold and Rhodesia McMillian 4. ?Toward a Praxis Orientation for Teacher Candidate Supervision ?79 Megan Lynch and Rebecca West Burns 5. ?Rethinking Teacher Evaluation as Professional Development for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy ?97 Helen M. Hazi 6. ?Using Cultural Knowledge to Develop Structures and Systems That Lead to Equitable and Emancipatory Outcomes ?112 Ian M. Mette, Dwayne Ray Cormier, and Yanira Oliveras 7. ?The Role of Equity Audits in Culturally Responsive School Leadership ?124 Bodunrin O. Banwo, Kashmeel D. McKoena, Coy Carter Jr., and Muhammad Khalifa 8. ?Culturally Responsive Instructional Supervision and Mindfulness: A Somatic, Embodied Practice ?149 Steve Haberlin 9. ?Using Classroom Observation and Schoolwide Supervision Data to Facilitate Culturally Responsive Conversations About Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging ?166 Sally J. Zepeda, Sevda Yildirim, and Salih Cevik 10. ?Building Bridges for Change: Culturally Responsive Instructional Supervision for Indigenous Students ?188 Hollie J. Mackey, Cailen M. O'Shea, and Sashay Schettler 11. ?Applying the Supervisory Behavior Continuum to Determine a Plan of Action and Support When Teaching Isn't Culturally Responsive ?201 Patricia Virella 12. ?Developing Supervisors' Critical Consciousness ?214 Shannon R. Waite 13. ?Black Women as Instructional Leaders: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives ?231 Terri N. Watson and Linda C. Tillman 14. ?Supervision Redux: Leaders With Teachers Activate Culturally Responsive Practices ?251 Lynda Tredway and Matt Militello 15. ?Supervision of Guerrilla Pedagogies ?273 Armen Alvarez and Mariela Rodriguez Afterword Geneva Gay ?287 Author Index ?290 Subject Index ?301 About the Editors and Contributors ?306
