Culturally Proficient Learning Communities

<br /><p><strong><em>Close the achievement gap with equity-focused professional learning communities!</em></strong></p><p>Integrating the four Tools of Cultural Proficiency with the PLC framework this relevant guide offers school leaders district administrators and staff developers a collaborative approach to address bias and inequity. The authors discuss the impact of our history on cultural understanding and provide a wealth of practical strategies and tools for building equity-focused PLCs including:</p><ul> <li>Templates protocols activities and rubrics for deconstructing inequity in student achievement</li> <li>Stories tools and thinking prompts to guide an inside-out transformation toward cultural proficiency</li> <li>An extended example of one school district’s journey</li></ul>