Description

Culturally Proficient Coaching presents a well-researched approach grounded in the development of trust among people to counteract the imbalance and polarization that exist in today s political, social, economic, and cultural environments that directly impact educational environments. It aligns two frameworks (Cultural Proficiency and Cognitive Coaching), both of which are grounded in the idea that change is a personal, inside-out process. The 2nd Edition of this book extends and enhances conversations about accountability and assessment of educator s work focused on closing instructional and opportunity gaps in North American schools. Although such gaps have persisted for generations, our schools now face increasingly polarized debates and counter-productive patterns of behavior than previously existed. Cultural Proficiency is an inside-out process in which educators critically examine their own attitudes, beliefs, practices, and actions that potentially minimize their effectiveness with students who don t look them. They then focus on school-wide policies and practices that, similarly, marginalize underserved student groups —