Create inclusive educational environments that benefit ALL learners! As schools become more diverse with students of differing abilities and needs, this self-reflective and action-oriented guide helps you create and support more inclusive schools and classrooms that intentionally educate all students. Using the Five Essential Elements of Cultural Proficiency as a roadmap, this book presents: • Students’ learning differences as just that – differences rather than deficits • Strategies that show you how to break though the common barriers to culturally proficient and inclusive schooling • Assessments that gauge your awareness and show you how to best serve every student’s needs
Understanding. Self. in. Diverse. Settings. The word reflection brings a mirror to mind. When, we hold up a mirror, we examine images in detail. Without it we could have a distorted view or no view at all. —Jane Fraser, 1988 ...
The third edition features a case study to show cultural proficiency in practice and: An updated discussion of standards-based education guidelines A conceptual framework for the tools of cultural proficiency New language for understanding ...
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Integrating the four Tools of Cultural Proficiency with the PLC framework, this relevant guide offers school leaders, district administrators, and staff developers a collaborative approach to address bias and inequity.
This powerful third edition offers fresh approaches, a revised organization, and new activities that enable leaders to engage in effective interactions with students, educators, and the communities they serve.
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The groundbreaking guide to cultural proficiency in schools, updated to meet today’s challenges This fully updated second edition of The Culturally Proficient School—likely the most influential book yet on improving the learning ...
The book is designed to support school leaders in developing policies and fostering practices that respond to the educational and social needs of all students"--