Culturally Proficient Instruction: A Guide for People Who Teach / Edition 3

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

Overview

Are you doing all you can to improve teaching and learning?

Culturally proficient instruction is the result of an inside-out journey during which you explore your values and behaviors while evaluating practices of your workplace. In the newest version of their best-selling book, the authors invite you to reflect on how you engage with your students and your colleagues as a community of learners. The third edition includes:

• An updated discussion of standards-based education guidelines
• A conceptual framework for the tools of cultural proficiency
• New language for understanding the microaggressions of dominant cultures
• An integrated guide for use with study groups

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412988148
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/29/2011
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Kikanza Nuri-Robins helps people to close the gap between what they say they are and what they actually do. Whether she is in a corporate boardroom, the fireside room of a retreat center, or a convention center auditorium, Kikanza uses her skills and insights to help people and organizations that are in transition - or ought to be. She shares her observations and recommendations with clarity and candor, while gently encouraging them to face the difficult situations that challenge their skill sets and their values. She leads people to this growing edge with unswerving focus, an understanding heart, and laughter that rises from the seat of her soul.

Since 1978, Kikanza has worked as an organizational development consultant in a variety of settings includ-ing education, health care, criminal justice, and religion, focusing on leadership development, change management, and cultural proficiency. Her clients range from school districts, to university faculty, to government offices and non-profit organizations. The connecting thread is her passion for working with people who want to making a difference for others.

Kikanza studied at Occidental College, the University of Southern California, and the San Francisco Theological Seminary. She is the author of many articles and five books, including: Cultural Proficiency and Culturally Proficient Responses to the LGBT Communities. Kikanza lives in Los Angeles where she spends her discretionary time as a textile artist.

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.

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 - [e-mail]
Website - CCPEP.org
Twitter - @RBLindsey41

Raymond Terrell, EdD. retired as Associate Dean for Research and Diversity and member of he department of Educational Leadership at Miami University, Oxford

Table of Contents

Forewords
Introduction
About the Authors
How to Use This Book
Part I: An Introduction to Cultural Proficiency
1. What Is Cultural Proficiency?
2. The Case for Cultural Proficiency
3. Culturally Proficient Standards
Part II: The Tools of Cultural Proficiency
4. Guiding Principles
5. Barriers to Cultural Proficiency
6. The Cultural Proficiency Continuum
Part III: The Essential Elements
7. Assessing Your Culture
8. Valuing Diversity
9. Managing the Dynamics of Difference
10. Adapting to Diversity
11. Institutionalizing Cultural Knowledge
12. Your Action Plan
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

"It updates discussions of the tools of cultural proficiency and new language for understanding cultures and blends sociology lessons and insights with accounts of proficient instruction. A 'must' for any educators' collection. "

The Education Shelf - James A. Cox

"The authors provide an interactive model that uses the tools of cultural proficiency as a lens to not only look at our students, but also at ourselves. This self-reflection enables us to be more effective for all our students. "

Rick Mooradian

"This book provides tools, resources, and thought-provoking vignettes to illustrate what can transform our educational practice to meet the needs of all kids.

Kathleen Gavin

"It updates discussions of the tools of cultural proficiency and new language for understanding cultures and blends sociology lessons and insights with accounts of proficient instruction. A ′must′ for any educators′ collection."--James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief "The Education Shelf" (5/2/2012 12:00:00 AM)

"The authors provide an interactive model that uses the tools of cultural proficiency as a lens to not only look at our students, but also at ourselves. This self-reflection enables us to be more effective for all our students."--Rick Mooradian, Teacher (9/15/2011 12:00:00 AM)

"This book provides tools, resources, and thought-provoking vignettes to illustrate what can transform our educational practice to meet the needs of all kids."--Kathleen Gavin, Coordinator of Professional Development (9/15/2011 12:00:00 AM)

From the Publisher

"It updates discussions of the tools of cultural proficiency and new language for understanding cultures and blends sociology lessons and insights with accounts of proficient instruction. A 'must' for any educators' collection. "— James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief

The Education Shelf

Culturally Proficient Instruction makes a unique contribution to the field of human relations training and equity-based education. In addition to being serious, thoughtful, and provocative, this new work is very user friendly and practical.

Stephanie Graham

"Culturally Proficient Insruction provides teachers and trainers everywhere with inspiring as well as practical tools to help their students as well as themselves. "

Doug Kruschke

"Culturally Proficient Instruction doesn't happen by putting a diversity poster on the wall or saying, 'all kids can learn.' To change the culture and instruction at low-performing, diverse schools, educators must first look at themselves. This book, with a format that encourages and guides us through self reflection on the most important aspects of culture and diversity, is a lifeboat for those who really want to change the way we fail to educate all students. "

Katie Curry

Culturally Proficient Instruction has been invaluable in guiding my practice as a management consultant, trainer, mediator, and business owner. The principals, strategies, vignettes, and reflections are practical, accessible, and thought-provoking. This book is a rare find. "

Adena S. Wright

A must read book for educators at all levels! Culturally Proficient Instruction provides invaluable information and self-reflective interactive exercises for BOTH the private and public sectors in which teaching is part of EVERYONE’s job description.

Kaycee Hale

The Cultural Proficiency team provides yet another important tool for instructors. The vignettes enable us to ‘walk with’ others on this lonely and bumpy road to proficiency, while the reflections, prompts, and activities invite us to ‘go deeper’ in self-examination. "

Glenn E. Singleton

Culturally Proficient Instruction can help us train ourselves, our schools, our corporations, and our country to work with our diversity rather than against it. And it doesn’t just tell us to, it tells us how.

Franz Metcalf

Culturally Proficient Instruction is a book for all of us who have ever wondered what it would take to make school a place where all students flourish. A must-read for all who wish to harness the power of difference. "

Patricia Maritnez-Miller

"Excellent materials written in layman’s terminology. As a cultural competency educator, I am ecstatic to finally have a toll to help my organization to become culturally proficient. "

Angeline Mc Gill King

"Culturally Proficient Instruction, Second Edition, enables educators to act on the proposition that all children can learn, and suggests knowable ways by which to achieve that goal. This book gives a context and voice to the notion that culturally proficient instructors add value and dignity to children's lives, and a dimension of professionalism to their artistry as teachers and leaders. "

From the Afterword by Rudolph F. Crew

The interactive format and real-life examples are perfect for training and developing culturally sensitive, effective teachers. This book will have a profound effect on not only the participants but also on those who provide the leadership.

Mary H. Lewis

The poignant stories in this book will seep into the critical consciousness of readers and guide them to transform their teaching practices to be culturally proficient. "

Susan Taira

I wish I’d had this helpful, practical book when I became a trainer and facilitator some 15 years ago. It would have saved me a lot of time, energy, and frustration! Culturally Proficient Instruction should be an essential text in every trainer’s library today.

B. J. Gallagher Hateley

"Culturally Proficient Instruction, Second Edition, provides a nonthreatening framework for educators to investigate their personal and collective beliefs and practices. It serves as an excellent tool to guide and promote an open discussion and examination of the diversity challenges facing our schools and communities. "

From the Foreword by Philip C. Mc Cullum

I found the book to be very informative, a straightforward read, and easy to understand. It definitely enhanced my knowledge.

Roxie Moore Williams

This book elicits discussions, descriptions, questioning, and responses that enable educators to move out of cultural destructiveness. "

Sharon Rogers

"This is one of the best books I have read about instruction—period. The authors invite those who teach to look deeply inside themselves to engage in reflection, to enhance relationships, and to improve their practices in ways that enable all students to learn at high levels. "

Gale Hulme

Culturally Proficient Instruction is an engaging and informative resource for both beginning and experienced teachers grappling with educational issues in this diverse society. It will inspire you to reach and teach all of your students.

Brenda Lakin

The creative use of vignettes throughout this book provides readers with rich descriptions and real-life situations that bring the cultural proficiency continuum to life. This book is a must read for every instructor in our nation’s classrooms and workplaces.

Eliseo Davalos

"Our entire management team has used Cultural Proficiency as a mind set for school improvement. In attempting to support schools who serve a large number of students of color focus on serving all students equitably, Cultural Proficiency has been a critical asset for our teams. Responding to the issues of race, culture, poverty, language, and disabilities is complex, overwhelming, and often an emotional task in many schools. The Cultural Proficiency Tools provide those of us involved in serving these schools a guide that helps lower anxiety, do what is right and just, and respond respectfully to the schools and their communities."

Linda Mac Donell

"Faculties interested in addressing cultural diversity and differences can use this volume as a study text. "

Curriculum Connections

"Our entire management team has used Cultural Proficiency as a mind set for school improvement. In attempting to support schools who serve a large number of students of color focus on serving all students equitably, Cultural Proficiency has been a critical asset for our teams. Responding to the issues of race, culture, poverty, language, and disabilities is complex, overwhelming, and often an emotional task in many schools. The Cultural Proficiency Tools provide those of us involved in serving these schools a guide that helps lower anxiety, do what is right and just, and respond respectfully to the schools and their communities."

Linda MacDonell

"Culturally Proficient Instruction, Second Edition, provides a nonthreatening framework for educators to investigate their personal and collective beliefs and practices. It serves as an excellent tool to guide and promote an open discussion and examination of the diversity challenges facing our schools and communities."

From the Foreword by Philip C. McCullum

"Excellent materials written in layman’s terminology. As a cultural competency educator, I am ecstatic to finally have a toll to help my organization to become culturally proficient."

Angeline McGill King