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 corazón—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
Inhoudsopgave
Dedication
Acknowledgment
Publisher′s Acknowledgments
Foreword
About the Authors
Prologue
Chapter 1 – What Frames Us, Defines Us
Getting Centered
Going Deeper
Chapter 2 – Culturally Proficient Leadership Fosters Transformative Change
Getting Centered
Going Deeper
Chapter 3 – Change Begins with Core Value and Belief Statements
Getting Centered
Going Deeper
Activity 3.1 – Can You Believe?
Activity 3.2 – Walking Forward Part I
Chapter 4 – Yes, We Actually Live Our Values
Getting Centered
Going Deeper
Activity 4.1 – Walking Forward Part II
Activity 4.2 – I Am Activity
Chapter 5 – Continuous Learning Involves Deconstructing our Learning
Getting Centered
Going Deeper
Activity 5.1 – The Power of Us
Activity 5.2 – Opening Doors for Students – Do Our Actions Reflect Our Values? Part 1
Activity 5.3 – Opening Doors for Students – To What Extent are We Escorting Students Through the Doors? Part 2
Activity 5.4 – Data that Demonstrates Areas of Need
Activity 5.5 – Book Club
Epilogue
Resources
Resource A – Book Study Guide
Resource B – Cultural Proficiency Books’ Essential Questions
Resource C – 3-Year Implementation Journey
Resource D – A Cultural Proficiency Implementation Model
References
Over de auteur
Randall B. Lindsey is Emeritus Professor at California State University, Los Angeles. He has served as a teacher, an administrator, executive director of a non-profit corporation, as Interim Dean at California Lutheran University, as Distinguished Educator in Residence at Pepperdine University, and as Chair of the Education Department at the University of Redlands. All of Randy’s experiences have been in working with diverse populations and his area of study is the behavior of white people in multicultural settings. His Ph.D. is in Educational Leadership from Georgia State University, his Master of Arts in Teaching is in History Education from the University of Illinois, and his B.S. in Social Science Education is from Western Illinois University. He has served as a junior high school and high school teacher and as an administrator in charge of school desegregation efforts. At Cal State, L.A. he served as Chair of the Division of Administration and Counseling and as Director of the Regional Assistance Centers for Educational Equity, a regional race desegregation assistance center. With co-authors he has written several books and articles on applying the Cultural Proficiency Framework in various contexts.Email – [email protected] Website – CCPEP.org Twitter – @RBLindsey41
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