Cultural Proficiency: A Manual for School Leaders / Edition 4

ISBN-13:	9781506390543
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/10/2018
Edition description:	Fourth Edition
Pages:	360
Sales rank:	146,903
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.00(d)

Because change is an ongoing and personal process, this book helps school leaders recognize their own barriers to cultural proficiency and take steps to effectively describe, plan for, and respond to issues that arise in diverse environments.This powerful third edition of Cultural Proficiency offers fresh approaches, a revised organization of the content, and new activities that enable leaders to engage in effective interactions with students, educators, and the communities they serve. Randall B. Lindsey, Kikanza Nuri Robins, and Raymond D. Terrell meticulously provide information gathered from their experiences working with schools, educational agencies, and organizations across the United States and Canada and show how school leaders canGain a personal understanding of what cultural proficiency means in practiceUse collaborative activities to effect change in a schoolLead a learning community toward becoming a culturally proficient organizationWith updated and expanded vignettes, this resource provides a unique, field-tested plan for addressing diversity and ensuring that schools are places of learning that value students of all backgrounds.