Cultural Proficiency

A Manual for School Leaders

Randall B. Lindsey, Kikanza Nuri-Robins, Raymond D. Terrell, Delores B. Lindsey

• Publisher: Corwin
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9781506390543
• eBook ISBN:
  9781506390567
• Edition: 4
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Multicultural Education

This is a book for everyone who teaches. Whether you are responsible for your organization's training and development, you are providing basic education in an elementary school, or you are creating workshops for professional development, this book will help you manage the dynamics of difference necessary to create an environment where all students can learn. Use this book as a workbook for small groups, or as a guide for improving the cultural competence of your teaching. "This book is a riveting and unparalleled resource for all educational merchants of hope....The insights, learning strategies, and professional development structures in this edition illuminate a path for all leaders to successfully commit to the journey of being equity champions!"
--Dr. Erick E. Witherspoon, National Director of Equity Professional Development Services
Generation Ready "There is no greater honor than to have one's professional work become the inspiration for a new way of thinking, and transformative literature and action that change the world for schools and the children and youth they serve. I am grateful that the ideas have been so skillfully brought to scale by these authors."
--Dr. Terry L. Cross, MSW, Founder and Senior Advisor
National Indian Child Welfare Association

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Acknowledgements
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface to the Fourth Edition
• Foreword to the Third Edition
• Foreword to the Second Edition
• Foreword to the First Edition
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Part I Understanding Cultural Proficiency
• Chapter 1 Cultural Proficiency
• Chapter 2 A Cultural and Historical Context for Our Unfolding Democracy
• Chapter 3 Leadership for Today’s Schools1
• Chapter 4 Framing Your Work With the Tools of Cultural Proficiency
• Part II Using the Tools of Cultural Proficiency
• Chapter 5 The Tool: Overcoming Barriers
• Chapter 6 The Tool: The Guiding Principles of Cultural Proficiency
• Chapter 7 The Tool: The Cultural Proficiency Continuum
• Chapter 8 The Tool: The Essential Elements
• Part III Making the Commitment to Cultural Proficiency
• Chapter 9 Commit to Action
• Chapter 101 A Note to Those Preparing School Leaders
• Resources
• Introduction to Learning Strategies
• Resource A Understanding Diversity
• Resource B Getting to Know Myself
• Resource C Getting to Know Your Colleagues and Your Organization
• Resource D Understanding Power and Privilege
• Resource E Going Deeper With the Principles
• Resource F Going Deeper With the Continuum
• Resource G Going Deeper With the Essential Elements
• Resource H Book Study Guide Cultural Proficiency: A Manual for School Leaders, 4th ed.
• Resource I Cultural Proficiency Books’ Essential Questions
• Resource Guide
• References
• Index
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