The culturally proficient school: an implementation guide for school leaders

• Main Author: Lindsey, Randall B. ; Roberts, Laraine M. ; Campbelljones, Franklin.
• Format: book
• Language: English
• Published: AGE Publications Inc 2020
• Subjects: Giáo dục ; Mỹ ; Multicultural education ; United States; 370 CUL 2005
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/84709
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

This book provides the practical strategies, tools, and resources school leaders need to fully implement cultural proficiency throughout the organization. Cultural Proficiency enables educators to value diversity, honour it with integrity, and preserve the cultural dignity of their students. Failing this places many of our students at risk of being excluded from the benefits and opportunities of being well educated. Culturally Proficient leaders embrace diversity and respond to it in ways that acknowledge and esteem cultural differences while simultaneously valuing and supporting similarities. Cultural Proficiency enables educators the knowledge and understanding of how to interact effectively with people in their environment who differ from them. Educators have a choice-they can either contribute to the academic achievement gap or challenge and change the conditions that support the inequities that created and perpetuate the gap.