1. Summit on School Climate and Culture
Culturally Proficient Educational Practice: Barriers and Guiding Principles
Summit on School Climate and Culture
Randall Lindsey
August 8 & 9, 2016
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2. Learning Agreements Tech check – use appropriately, Hand signals,
Be 100% present,
Participate to seek and understand,
Learn about self and others and
Enjoy the day!
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3. Intended Outcomes
Participants to view Cultural Proficiency as a shared priority;
Participants to experience Cultural Proficiency as personal and professional work;
Participants know how Guiding Principles support Overcoming Barriers to Culturally Proficient practice in addressing access and achievement gap issues; and
Participants to use Tools of Cultural Proficiency to build professional capital for changing conversations.
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4. In Appreciation
Terry Cross
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5. Our ‘Community of Practice’
Raymond Terrell, Kikanza Nuri, Delores B. Lindsey,
Randall B. Lindsey, Brenda CampbellJones,
Franklin CampbellJones, Laraine Roberts,
Richard S. Martinez, Stephanie Graham,
R. Chris Westphal, Jr., Cynthia Jew, Linda Jungwirth,
Jarvis Pahl, Keith Myatt, Michelle Karns, Diana Stephens, Carmella Franco, Maria Ott, Darline Robles,
Reyes Quezada, Richard Diaz, Karen Kearney,
Delia Estrada, Trudy Arriaga, Lewis Bundy,
Tracey DuEst, Ian Jones, John Krownapple, and
Fernando Rodriguez-Valls.
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6. Cultural Proficiency Framework Uses Four Unique Tools
The Barriers
Caveats that assist in responding effectively to resistance to change
The Guiding Principles
Underlying values of the approach
The Continuum
Language for describing both healthy and non-productive policies, practices and individual behaviors
The Essential Elements
Five behavioral standards for measuring, and planning for growth toward cultural proficiency
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7. Cultural Proficiency An inside-out approach that is about...
Being aware of how we - as individuals and as schools - work with others
Being aware of how we respond to those different from us
Visible and not so visible differences
Preparing to live in a world of differences
Is a worldview, a mindset; it is the manner in which we lead our lives
Can NOT be mandated, but can be nurtured
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8. Cultural Proficiency functions as…
A lens, through which to view your work
The manner in which we lead our lives.
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9. Questions that Guide Our Work
What barriers to student learning exist within the district, our schools, and us?
What are your, your school’s, and the board’s core values that support equitable learning outcomes for students?
What examples do you have for unhealthy and healthy language, behaviors, policies and practices used by you and your board and school colleagues?
What standards do you, district/school use to ensure equitable learning outcomes for students?
To what extent are you satisfied with student learning outcomes in your school and in your board?
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10. Tool #1 – Overcoming Barriers to Cultural Proficiency
The barriers to cultural proficiency are systemic privilege, oppression, and resistance to change
The presumption of entitlement
Systems of oppression
Unawareness of the need to adapt
Resistance to change
Watch and/or wallet; Left hand -; right hand;
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11. Privilege & Entitlement
5 Minutes with
Jackson Katz
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13. Tool # 2: Guiding Principles
Recognize that culture is a predominant force in life
Understand that people are served in varying degrees by the dominant culture
Acknowledge group identities
View diversity within cultures as being important
Respect unique cultural needs
The Guiding Principles are the core values, the foundation upon which the approach is built
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14. Guiding Principles, con’t
Embrace the best of both worlds as enhancing the capacity of all
View the family, as defined by the culture, to be the primary system of support in the education of children
Lead school systems to recognize that marginalized groups have to be at least bicultural
‘Community-centric’ vs ‘School-centric’
Understand that schools must recognize and adjust to effects of historical oppression – (e.g., over representation in special education and under representation in gifted/talented programs)
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15. Guiding Principles: Focus on Assets Deepening Learning
Organize into trios to read article:
Focus on Assets; Overcome Barriers
Divide the 9 Guiding Principles among the
3 participants
Take 8 minutes to read your portion of the essay and to locate 2-3 Most Important Points.
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16. Focus on Assets . . .
Then, individually share a MIP– the most important point, or key idea from the reading
As a group, discuss themes or commonalities or differences that emerge from your reading.
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17. Systemic Tension – Conceptual Framework
The Barriers are the demonstration of beliefs held by people who explicitly or implicitly resist change and foster a sense of privilege and entitlement that inform Destructiveness, Incapacity & Blindness
The Guiding Principles are explicit or implicit demonstrations of core values and beliefs held by people, the foundation upon which the approach is built, that inform Precompetence, Competence & Proficiency
This slide may be a pictorial representation of where we are in our schools. – Amen!!
NCLB is the most recent effort to close achievement disparities.
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18. failed attempts at being you:
Other Cultures
The world in which you were born
is just one model of reality.
Other cultures are not
failed attempts at being you:
They are unique manifestations
of the human spirit
Wade Davis, Anthropologist
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19. What It Will take to be Culturally Proficient
Focus on moral purpose of the work.
Develop and manage support structures and practices.
Invite, require, and value multiple perspectives.
Focus on student achievement and results.
Develop a critical mass of educator leaders.
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20. Randy – randallblindsey@gmail.com
Contact Info
Randy –
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