Product Description
Get the solution to the equity equation: cultural insight plus coaching!
Multicultural classrooms require a multifaceted approach to creating inclusive, learning-rich environments that empower all students. To meet this growing need, Culturally Proficient Coaching provides educators with a simple, yet comprehensive, new framework: a powerful fusion of the field-tested and respected Cognitive CoachingSM and Cultural Proficiency models. Through a unique approach, the best-selling authors add a new dimension to the concept of Cultural Proficiency, which is based on valuing, respecting, and honoring diverse backgrounds and ethnicities while looking deeply at one's own beliefs.
This straightforward guide integrates the Five Essential Elements of Cultural Proficiency with the Five States of Mind of Cognitive CoachingSMto arm educators with the tools necessary to close the achievement gap. It offers a practical strategy for being mindfully attuned to—and leveraging—cultural diversity to optimize student learning.
To boost educators' cultural confidence and consciousness, while honing their coaching skills, this interactive resource features:
- Action-planning worksheets
- Reflective questions
- Coaching maps and conversation vignettes
- Real-life examples through a composite case story
Teachers, coaches, counselors, staff developers, and administrators will gain inspiration and indispensable insights to break down cultural barriers through enlightened coaching.
Key Features:
- Combines the Cultural Proficiency Framework with the Cognitive Coaching States of Mind
- Endorsed by Cognitive Coaching guru Robert Garmston
- Interactive resource with reflections, centering questions, action plan worksheets, and much more
- Based on the authors dozens of years of experience working with schools, districts, and communities to implement Cultural Proficiency
