Culturally proficient practice : supporting educators of English learning students / Reyes L. Quezada, Delores B. Lindsey, Randall B. Lindsey ; foreword by Donald Macedo.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index.

Foreword by Donaldo Macedo; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction; Part I. The Context and Tools for Educating English Learning Students; 1. Setting the Context; Getting Centered; Going Deeper; 2. The Tools of Cultural Proficiency; Getting Centered; Going Deeper; 3. Educators' Rubric for Support of English Learning Students and Their Communities: Changing the Conversation; Getting Centered; Going Deeper; Part II. River View School District: A Context for Educating Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students; 4. Assessing Cultural Knowledge: You, Your School, and Your Community; Getting Centered; Assessing Cultural Knowledge; Using the Rubric: Assessing and Developing Your Cultural Knowledge About Self, School, and Community; River View Case Story; Professional Learning for General Educators Who Teach English Learning Students; Going Deeper; 6. Managing the Dynamics of Difference: You, Your School, and Your Community; Getting Centered; Managing the Dynamics of Difference for Me, My School, and My Community; Using the Rubric: Managing the Dynamics of Difference for Self, School, and Community; River View Case Story: The Middle School in Conflict; River View Case Story: The Clash of the Coteachers; Professional Learning Through Inquiry Helps Manage the Dynamics of Differences; Going Deeper; 7. Adapting to Diversity: You, Your School, and Your Community; Getting Centered; Adapting to Diversity for Me, My School, and My Community 101 Mindfulness; Using the Rubric: Adapting to the Diversity of Your School and Community; River View Case Story: Confronting Barriers to a Community in Transition; River View Case Story: Parents as Change Partners; Professional Learning for General Educators Who Teach English Learning Students; Going Deeper; 8. Institutionalizing Cultural Knowledge: You, Your School, and Your Community; Getting Centered; Institutionalizing Cultural Knowledge for Me, My School, and My Community; Using the Rubric: Institutionalizing Cultural Knowledge About Your School and Community; River View Case Story: Benchmarking Along the Way; Professional Learning for General Educators Who Teach English Learning Students; Going Deeper; Part III. Next Steps; 9. Guiding Your Own Research That Leads to Action; Getting Started; Action Research: A Model for Improvement of Practice for You, Your School, and the Community Served by Your School; Educators as Practitioner Researchers in Support of English Learning Students; Action Research Through a Culturally Proficient Practitioner Researcher Lens; Action Research Cycle Rubric for Culturally Proficient Practitioner Researchers; Action Research Getting Started Protocol; Closing Thoughts; Questions for Reflection; Resource A. Professional Learning Activity -- Assessing Cultural Knowledge; Resource B. Professional Learning Activity -- Valuing Diversity; Resource C. Professional Learning Activity -- Managing the Dynamics of Difference; Resource D. Professional Learning Activity -- Adapting to Diversity; Resource E. Professional Learning Activity -- Institutionalizing Cultural Knowledge; Resource F. Recommended Books on Instructional Strategies; Matrix: How to Use Cultural Proficiency Books; References; Index.

Help your English learning students achieve academic success!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 Distr.

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