Culturally Proficient Inquiry

Randall B. Lindsey is Emeritus Professor at California State University, Los Angeles. He has served as a teacher, an administrator, executive director of a non-profit corporation, as Interim Dean at California Lutheran University, as Distinguished Educator in Residence at Pepperdine University, and as Chair of the Education Department at the University of Redlands. All of Randy’s experiences have been in working with diverse populations and his area of study is the behavior of white people in multicultural settings. His Ph.D. is in Educational Leadership from Georgia State University, his Master of Arts in Teaching is in History Education from the University of Illinois, and his B.S. in Social Science Education is from Western Illinois University. He has served as a junior high school and high school teacher and as an administrator in charge of school desegregation efforts. At Cal State, L.A. he served as Chair of the Division of Administration and Counseling and as Director of the Regional Assistance Centers for Educational Equity, a regional race desegregation assistance center. With co-authors he has written several books and articles on applying the Cultural Proficiency Framework in various contexts.Email – randallblindsey@gmail.comWebsite - CCPEP.orgTwitter - @RBLindsey41 Cynthia L. Jew, Ph.D. is a professor at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA. Dr. Jew teaches in the Counselor Education program focusing on Field Experiences and School Systems as she prepares School Counselors.  She is co-author of Culturally Proficient Inquiry: A Lens for Identifying and Examining Education Gaps (Corwin, 2008) and Culturally Proficient schools: All means All. (Corwin 2017) She also serves as a consultant to the Santa Clarita Valley International Charter schools focusing on the areas of Student Support and Inclusiveness.  She is a Licensed Psychologist and Certified School Psychologist.  She has two daughters, Kiera and Jordyn, who is Deaf and wears Cochlear Implants.

"Provides the information and tools needed to create powerful learning communities in which the academic and co-curricular needs and the well-being of all students are addressed through purposeful inquiry and culturally proficient practices. This text is a must-read for educational leader preparation programs and for all educational leaders who want to make a difference."

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsPart I. Creating Culturally Proficient Schools1. The Unfolding of the Democracy as a Moral Imperative2. The Tools of Cultural ProficiencyPart II. Knowing the Demographics of Your School3. NAEP Data Show the Way, With Limitations4. The Peer Group Model: Achievement and Access Data5. Planning the Cultural Proficiency Inquiry6. Rubrics as Keys to the Cultural Proficiency InquiryPart III. The ABC Case Study School and Your School7. Data Set #1: Finding Meaning in Achievement Data8. Data Set #2: Finding Meaning in Student Access Data9. Data Set #2 (Extended): Finding Meaning in Access Data Unique to Secondary Schools10. Data Set #3: Profiles of Educator Conversations About Your Students11. Advocacy for Social JusticeAppendixReferencesIndex