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Bring the gold standard in equity-centered professional development to your school.
Gary R. Howard has secured his reputation as a powerful and effective voice in systemic equity reform. His writings and seminars confronting the most difficult issues of race and privilege in modern education have transformed teacher mindsets and improved outcomes for diverse students in America and abroad.
This guide is the cornerstone of a new set of professional development materials developed by Howard to address today's educational inequities. Eschewing the punitive tone that often characterizes this dialogue in favor of a focus on the healing process, it includes:
Activities for educators to examine both their overt and hidden attitudes toward race, class, gender, sexual identity, and other dimensions of difference
Prompts for interacting with a companion set of insightful videos hosted by Howard
Techniques for peer observation that foster self-sustaining growth for every teacher
Seven Principles For Culturally Responsive Teaching that can be applied in any school
Over 9 hours of video footage of Gary Howard introducing and facilitating the program
As demographics continue to shift and educational inequities stubbornly persist, Howard's approach is critically needed in every school. By applying the tools and lessons of this guide, your school will become an example for others to follow.
"Gary Howard has once again brought clarity and humanity to the work of improving schools for students of all backgrounds, not just for the most privileged. Although the majority of school reform efforts are devised by those outside schools who know little about public education—policymakers, politicians, business people, and philanthropists—those who suffer the consequences of current toxic reforms are principals, teachers, and students. This book, focusing instead on inclusion, equity, and excellence, is a principled guide for creating a more hopeful and socially just vision, one school at a time."
—Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita
University of Massachusetts Amherst
"Hats off to Gary Howard. He has written and organized, in one much-needed volume, thoughtful tested activities for successful professional development centered on equity."
—Carl A. Grant, Professor of Education
University of Wisconsin Madison
Contents
Dedication
Manual Introduction
Orientation to the Professional Development Process
Inclusion, Equity, Excellence
Phases of the Work
Levels of Engagement
Phase One: Tone and Trust
Phase One Introduction
Working Agreements
Questions to Consider
Cultural Bingo
¿Quienes Somos?
Tone and Trust Assessment
Phase Two: Personal Culture and Personal Journey
Phase Two Introduction
Sharing Personal Culture
Culture Toss
Definition of Cultural Competence
I Am From Poems
Stages of Personal Growth
Personal Growth Project
Phase Three: From Social Dominance to Social Justice
Phase Three Introduction
We, the People
The Guessing Game
Definition and Dynamics of Social Dominance
From Social Dominance to Social Justice
Privilege and Power School Assessment
Focus on Race Conversation
Shifting the Emotional Paradigm
Phase Four: Classroom Implications and Applications
Phase Four Introduction
School Outcomes Assessment
Equity Environments that Work
The Seven Principles for Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT)
CRT Study Groups
CRT Action Research
Learning From and With Colleagues
CRT Peer Observation Process
Achievement Triangle
Phase Five: Systemic Transformation and Planning for Change
Phase Five Introduction
Dimensions of Growth
Stages of Institutional Growth
Catalysts for Transformation
Organizational Kudos and Challenges
Co-Responsibility Work Groups
Dealing with Resistance
Implementation Planning Guide
Ideas for Integrating and Sustaining the Work
Student Voices and Youth Equity Leadership
Sample Research and Evaluation Design and Outcomes
Suggested Readings from Gary Howard
As Diversity Grows, So Must We
Speaking of Difference: Reflections on the Possibility of Culturally Competent Conversations
Whites in Multicultural Education: Rethinking Our Role
How We Are White
School Improvement for All: Reflections on the Achievement Gap
Dispositions of Good Teaching
References
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