Randall B. Lindsey & Kikanza Nuri-Robins 
Cultural Proficiency [PDF ebook] 
A Manual for School Leaders

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 

قائمة المحتويات

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

1. Cultural Proficiency

Cultural Proficiency: An Inside-Out Approach to Difference

The Four Tools

A Historical Context

Why Would I or My School Want to Engage?

Learning and Educating Effectively

Living in a Global Community

Participating in the Community

Culturally Proficient Leadership: Diversity “Is”

Resources for Developing Culturally Proficient Leaders

Read the Text First

Cultural Proficiency Books’ Essential Questions

Going Deeper: Reflection

Going Deeper: Dialogic Questions

2. A Cultural and Historical Context for Our Unfolding Democracy

An Inside-Out Approach

What It Takes

Culture Is . . .

What Happened to Race?

The Legacy of Segregation and Exclusion

A History of Caste in the United States

Labels for Historically Oppressed People

From Segregation to Cultural Proficiency

Culture and History Provide Perspective

Going Deeper: Reflection

Going Deeper: Dialogic Questions

3. Leadership for Today’s Schools

Our Journey With Culturally Proficient Leaders

Culturally Proficient Leadership: Exploring Deeply Held Values for Equity

Shared Vision

Long-Term, Systemic Change: Finding Leverage Points for Acti

Limitations of Local School Change Initiatives

Inside-Out Approach to Change: Why Leaders Ask Why?

Cultural Proficiency as a Frame for Change

Reflection

Culturally Proficient Leadership Is Transformative

Continuum as a Guide: Creating Initial Awareness Is Cultural Precompetence

Tools for Change

Formal and Nonformal Leaders

Reflection

Culturally Proficient Leaders Focus on Inequities

Going Deeper: Reflection

Going Deeper: Dialogic Questions

4. Framing Your Work With the Tools of Cultural Proficiency

The Important First Step: Inside-Out Change

Cultural Proficiency Conceptual Framework

The Four Tools of Cultural Proficiency

Going Deeper: Reflection

Going Deeper: Dialogic Questions

PART II. USING THE TOOLS OF CULTURAL PROFICIENCY

5. The Tool: Overcoming Barriers

Barriers to Cultural Proficiency

This Chapter Is for Everyone

Caveat: Systemic Oppression

Caveat: Privilege and Entitlement

Caveat: Unawareness of the Need to Adapt

Changing Educational Practices

Culturally Proficient Educators

Overcoming Resistance

Very Good News

Going Deeper: Reflection

Going Deeper: Dialogic Questions

6. The Tool: The Guiding Principles of Cultural Proficiency

Cultural Proficiency as an Expression of Values

Principle: Culture Is Ever Present

Principle: People Are Served in Varying Degrees by the Dominant Culture

Principle: People Have Group Identities and Personal Identities

Principle: Diversity Within Cultures Is Important

Principle: Each Group Has Unique Cultural Needs That Must Be Respected

Principle: The Family, as Defined by Each Culture, Is the Primary System of Support in the Education of Children

Principle: People Who Are Not a Part of the Dominant Culture Have to Be at Least Bicultural

Principle: Inherent in Cross-Cultural Interactions Are Social and Communication Dynamics That Must Be Acknowledged, Adjusted to, and Accepted

Principle: The School System Must Incorporate Cultural Knowledge Into Practice and Policymaking

Make It Count

Going Deeper: Reflection

Going Deeper: Dialogic Questions

7. The Tool: The Cultural Proficiency Continuum

Macro- and Microaggressions

The Continuum

Going Deeper: Reflection

Going Deeper: Dialogic Questions

8. The Tool: The Essential Elements

The Essential Elements of Cultural Proficiency

Finding Leverage for School Leadership

Going Deeper: Reflection

Going Deeper: Dialogic Questions

PART III. MAKING THE COMMITMENT TO CULTURAL PROFICIENCY

9. Commit to Action

So Where Do You Start?

You Are Here

Action Through Transformative Collaborative Inquiry

Design the Inquiry

Going Deeper: Reflection

Going Deeper: Dialogic Questions

10. A Note to Those Preparing School Leaders

Preamble

Introduction

Historical Overview

Legacy in Part

Transformative Leadership Is Inclusive Leadership

Systemic Leadership and Tools of Cultural Proficiency

Achievement Gaps, Disproportionality, and Our Preparation Programs

Call to Action

References

Resources

Introduction to Learning Strategies

Do Your Own Work

Believe It

Be Able to Work Without the Script

Set the Tone

Take Time to Process

Use Small Groups

Work in Teams

Develop Your Own Style

Be Prepared for Trouble

Have Fun

Resource A: Understanding Diversity

Learning Strategy 1: Telling Your Stories

Learning Strategy 2: Diversity in Your Life

Learning Strategy 3: Stand Up

Learning Strategy 4: Line Up

Resource B: Getting to Know Myself

Learning Strategy 1: Journaling

Learning Strategy 2: Diversity Lifeline

Learning Strategy 3: Name Five Things

Learning Strategy 4: Who Are You?

Learning Strategy 5: Who Am I?

Learning Strategy 6: Cultural Portrait

Learning Strategy 7: Identities

Learning Strategy 8: Group Stereotypes

Learning Strategy 9: The Process of Personal Change

Learning Strategy 10: Seven Dynamics of Change

Learning Strategy 11: Paradigms

Learning Strategy 12: Strength Bombardment

Resource C: Getting to Know Your Colleagues and Your Organization

Learning Strategy 1: Introductory Grid

Learning Strategy 2: Cultural Perceptions

Learning Strategy 3: What’s in a Name?

Learning Strategy 4: Totems or Crests

Learning Strategy 5: Family Portrait

Learning Strategy 6: Group Stereotypes

Learning Strategy 7: Circle of History

Learning Strategy 8: Storytelling

Learning Strategy 9: Voices That Resonate

Learning Strategy 10: Needs Assessment

Resource D: Understanding Power and Privilege

Learning Strategy 1: Barriers to Cultural Proficiency

Learning Strategy 2: Describe a Culturally Incompetent Organization

Learning Strategy 3: A Survey of Privilege and Entitlement

Learning Strategy 4: Listening and Hearing

Learning Strategy 5: Seven-Minute Day

Resource E: Going Deeper With the Principles

Learning Strategy 1: Guiding Principles Discussion Starters

Learning Strategy 2: Family Values

Learning Strategy 3: My Work Values

Learning Strategy 4: Examining Your Organizational Values

Resource F: Going Deeper With the Continuum

Learning Strategy 1: Cultural Proficiency Continuum

Learning Strategy 2: Exploring Behaviors Along the Continuum

Resource G: Going Deeper With the Essential Elements

Learning Strategy 1: Using the Essential Elements

Learning Strategy 2: Essential Elements of Culturally Proficient Leaders

Learning Strategy 3: Cultural Competence Self-Assessment

Resource H: Book Study Guide

Resource I: Cultural Proficiency Books’ Essential Questions

Suggested Foundational Readings

References

Index

عن المؤلف

Dr. Delores B. Lindsey retired as Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at California State University San Marcos; however, she has not retired from the education profession. Her primary focus is developing culturally proficient leaders. She helps educational leaders examine their organizations’ policies and practices, and their individual beliefs and values about cross-cultural communication. Her message to her audiences focuses on viewing, creating, and managing socially just educational practices, culturally proficient leadership practice, and diversity as an asset to be nurtured. Her favorite reflective question is: Are we who we say we are? Delores and husband Randall, her favorite Sage/Corwin author, continue to co-write about the application of the four Tools of Cultural Proficiency. Her most recent publication, which is on the Bestseller list from Corwin, is Leading While Female, A Culturally Proficient Response for Gender Equity, with Trudy Arriaga and Stacie Stanley.