Leading Your School Toward Equity

<p><strong>A four-step process for effective equity practices in schools with an array of professional development activities leadership tips and downloadable tools.</strong><p>Recent years have brought new calls to dismantle discriminatory policies and practices in U.S. schools. But adopting an equity focus doesn't guarantee the desired results. There's a risk that <em>doing equity</em> will be toothless--surface level and designed more to avoid tension and blame than to build a better educational system.<br><em>In Leading Your School Toward Equity</em> veteran educator Dwayne Chism shows district school and teacher leaders a four-step process for taking equity work beyond talk and into effective action. You'll learn concrete ways to<p>* <strong>Define and clarify equity.</strong> Guide even reluctant staff to a consensus understanding of what equity is why it's necessary and what it will look like.<br>* <strong>Create productive discomfort.</strong> Use intentional dialogue to lead staff to a place where they can talk frankly about privilege bias racial inequality and how these affect students' experience of schooling.<br>* <strong>Build efficacy.</strong> Help staff develop higher levels of individual and shared professional efficacy--the number one factor influencing equitable educational outcomes--and create an empowered group of educational equity allies united for results.<br>* <strong>Normalize action.</strong> Support the day-to-day use of an <em>equity lens</em> a mindset that empowers all teachers to counteract stereotypes and rectify conditions that negatively affect students of color.<p>To make this complicated work a little easier Chism provides an array of assessments coaching guides and activities to use with staff. If you're committed to creating a true equity-driven culture if you're ready for courageous leadership this book is for you.</p>