The groundbreaking guide to cultural proficiency in schools, updated to meet today's challenges The first edition of The Culturally Proficient School opened new dialogue about diversity and cultural dignity that had an immediate impact on educators, becoming the go-to resource for ideas about how to serve all students equitably. This second edition incorporates reader feedback and up-to-date research on closing access and achievement gaps, delivering a guide to cultural proficiency that is more relevant, accessible and effective than ever. New content includes: * Instructive vignettes that reflect contemporary truths about educational diversity and moral leadership * Emphasis on skills development, including the art and science of conversation * A conceptual framework that makes clear the first steps to take towards a more culturally proficient school The face of educational diversity is changing. Now more than ever, this book is the key to mastering the challenges and opportunities it presents. "In The Culturally Proficient School, the authors take the reader on a journey of personal reflection and capacity building. This authentic examination of our assumptions and practices creates a necessary, healthy tension to move from simply learning to changing our practices in schools. In a nutshell, an educational leader can take this book and create a learning community that aligns the work of adults around a commitment to creating a culturally proficient school that benefits each student." - Jeff Ronneberg, Superintendent Spring Lake Park Schools, MN
Students of color and those who are immigrants or LGBT face unprecedented levels of bullying and hate speech that pose significant obstacles to their readiness to learn. Such marginalized students can't help but be affected by rising tides of White Nationalism, Islamaphobia, anti Semitism, and similar expressions of intolerance. This book frames our current, post-election predicament in the greater context of historical change. Cultural Proficiency can help cut through the rancor and noise, become a rallying cry for action and, ultimately, provide school leaders with essential vocabulary and tools for acting on the promise of public schooling.
Moving Beyond Ethical Barriers Toward Profound School Change
Grounded in key research on organizational change, cultural proficiency, and ethics, this book calls on educators to facilitate personal and systemic change that translates into responsible actions in a multicultural society. Through authentic ethical dilemmas for reflection and discussion and richly detailed case studies based on actual school events, the authors provide readers with a deep understanding of cultural proficiency as an ethical and moralistic approach for profound organizational school change.
Equity expertise from premier educators The Best of Corwin series showcases key chapters from critically acclaimed Corwin publications for a powerful compilation of perspectives on important education issues and topics. The Best of Corwin: Equity features a variety of stellar authors who believe in making education accessible and successful for all students and ultimately creating a stronger democratic society. Offering a unique perspective on overcoming barriers to student achievement, these authors share academic research, creative ideas, and concrete, practical strategies. Key topics include: The tools of cultural proficiency Courageous conversations about race How to analyze data to uncover and eliminate inequities Equity audits Powerful classroom strategies Reflecting on practice This book is aimed at all educators, with particular emphasis on teachers and those who support teachers. Learn from the best as you strive to make our schools places of excellence where all students have the same opportunity to learn.
Professional development that increases educator effectiveness and student success! Learning Forward is a leader in understanding and advancing professional learning that leads to student success. This series explores Learning Forward's seven Standards for Professional Learning which outline the characteristics of effective professional learning that, collectively, advance teaching and learning. This volume gives teachers and administrators a detailed roadmap for implementing the Outcomes standard. Deepen you knowledge of this standard with: An original essay by Delores B. Lindsey and Randall B. Lindsey on using the lens of Cultural Proficiency to highlight the theme of educational equity that is embedded in the standard Practical tools that guide leaders in finding coherence between performance standards for educators and curriculum standards for students A powerful case study to illustrate how the standard was enacted across a major urban school district With this book, educators will reach new heights in professional growth and students will reap the benefits!
An Implementation Template for Cultural Proficiency
See how one school district made Cultural Proficiency real-and how you can too! In spite of Brown vs. Board of Education, true integration and corresponding equality of educational opportunity is still far from reality in American schools. Opening Doors tells the story of Ventura Unified School District's successful implementation of cultural proficiency, which opened long-closed doors for marginalized students and returned gains on every key success metric. Most importantly, it will empower you to do the same for your school or district. Resources include: A method for evaluating the impact of educational decisions on students' access to learning A clear three-year implementation plan for making your school culturally proficient A content-rich companion website that includes templates and forms for implementing the book's suggestions It is long past time to make cultural proficiency real by ensuring universally equal access to educational resources for all students. This book removes the remaining barriers to the achievement of this ideal. "This powerfully insightful and thought provoking book, takes us on a journey to culturally proficient actions." -Rosemary Papa, Professor Northern Arizona University "The book is full of compassion, conviction and hope-pure heart, pure corazon-in the quest to tackle inequality and the opportunity gap head on." -Gilberto Q. Conchas, Professor of Educational Policy and Social Context University of California, Irvine
An Equitable Approach to Race and Social Class in Our Schools
Using vignettes focused on engagement, leadership, implementation frameworks, and collaborative learning, the authors demonstrate how to uncover and remedy inequities.
A Culturally Proficient Guide to Family, School, and Community Engagement
Here at last is a resource that will open up access and reveal all-new ways to forge more culturally inclusive partnerships with families and communities.
Help your English learning students achieve academic success! U.S. demographics are quickly shifting, and it is more important than ever to reach and teach English learning students. Designed to empower educators to become agents of change in their classrooms, schools, and communities, this guide introduces the principles of Cultural Proficiency and how they can help improve educators' ability to effectively teach English language learners. This book features: Activities that build core Cultural Proficiency skills and promote personal transformation A chapter-by-chapter rubric for working effectively with English learning students A conversation-starting case story featuring the River View School District Strategies for using action research to improve the success of English learning students By focusing on Cultural Proficiency-and the underlying causes of EL achievement gaps-educators can uncover ways to break down academic barriers and use students' cultural background as educational assets.
