{"product_id":"making-a-difference-9781475872262","title":"Making a Difference","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a contemporary sense, the United States education system has become a cultural and political battleground. The US has witnessed a surge in racially motivated violence, restrictions on women''s reproductive rights, and xenophobic policies. The most alarming development is the institutionalization of white supremacist ideologies that suppress the teaching of accurate histories of our racially stratified society. The US continues to grapple with social domination based on various sociocultural identities such as race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexual orientation, identity, ability, and other lived experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book aims to equip educators with a framework for providing instructional leadership that ensures culturally responsive instruction. Changing what is taught, how it is taught, and who it is intended for is one of the most effective ways of contributing to a more progressive, equitable, and inclusive society. This requires instructional leaders to become equity leaders who mitigate harmful educational practices from prepackaged curricula and teacher evaluation systems. Through an intentionally diverse team of educators, schools can observe, measure, and support teachers to become culturally responsive instructors through formative feedback structures. It is through the practice of culturally responsive instructional supervision that schools can transform from systems of oppression into systems of opportunity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroductionThe Instructional Leader as an Equity Leader\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo whom and what are we most accountable?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy leadership is crucial to the conversation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy we need culturally responsive instructional supervision now\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow developing empathy can make our communities better\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearning to stand up to hatred\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IAddressing the Feedback Loop Problem in US Schools\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2Shifting Feedback from Hierarchical to Helpful\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShifting away from plantation practices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReexamining the purpose of feedback about instruction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUtilizing ongoing conversations to cocreate knowledge and promote authentic accountability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeveraging relational trust to promote more inclusive instruction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3Liberating Ourselves from Prepackaged Systems \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy moving beyond the checklist is so important\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow templates prevent critical thinking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearning to create feedback practices that are immediately useful\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeveloping common language and assumptions about learning \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeeting policy requirements through pedagogies that lead to equitable outcomes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4Learning to Engage in a Community of Culturally Responsive Instructors (CCRI)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsidering the role of data in acts of educational resistance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy autonomy is at the heart of inclusive instruction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow critical colleagues can collaborate for co-liberation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSharing learning as a form of love across a school culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuestioning power structures to address systemic inequity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe challenges of moving forward with the work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IIDeveloping a Team of Inclusive Instructional Leaders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5Being Intentional about Representation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy representation matters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShifting away from racial and sexual contracts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOther sociocultural identities to consider\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetermining how ‘instructional success’ is measured\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe goal is not to maintain comfortableness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeing clear about steps for success\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6Working Together to Determine What Culturally Responsive Instructional Supervision Looks Like\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetermining goals for walkthroughs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat does equity data look like in a walkthrough?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow ongoing instructional reflections inform practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe process of examining walkthrough data\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing data to drive professional development efforts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7Establishing A Plan of Action When Instruction is Not Inclusive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefining what teaching looks like that lacks cultural responsiveness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetermining feedback and support structures to addresses problematic pedagogies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFurther developing reflective and inclusive instruction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeeing criticality as a tool for emancipation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeveloping the scaffolding for transformation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III Supporting Ongoing Growth and Development of Culturally Responsive Instruction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8Growth Starts with the Self\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing agency to address the purpose of education\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOwning content expertise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearning to address the needs of society over our own comfort\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKnowing pedagogical look-fors when reflecting on teaching\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9Learning to Grow with Critical Colleagues\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow critical colleagues help to better understand the self and others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTopics of discussion for critical colleague groups\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeing purposeful with discussions to drive difficult growth edges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing every group conversation as an opportunity to discuss equity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10Using Peer-Led Classroom Observations to Drive Equitable Outcomes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow peer walkthroughs can help calibrate building-wide expectations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing peer feedback to inform inquiry cycles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTransforming feedback to deconstruct systems of inequity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAllowing instructional improvement efforts to evolved over time for more equitable outcomes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusionSignaling a Shift in Where We Must Go\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResisting technorational approaches to improving instruction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing supervision to support a system of opportunity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHonoring ‘getting into good trouble’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA closing note to practitioner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default 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