Culturally Proficient Practice

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