A Culturally Proficient Response to LGBT Communities: A Guide for Educators

High impact strategies to improve student outcomes

Positive systemic change begins when school leaders elevate understanding and propel schools toward safe and diverse-friendly environments. To combat anti-gay discrimination, educators often use silence, policy, legislation and compliance. This brave book maintains that building safe and welcoming schools begins not only with effective and appropriate policy but also with inside-out analysis of one's own beliefs and values. Resulting cultural proficiencies boost empathy and improve learning environments. On this simple premise, readers will find:

• Inside-out growth through personal stories and case-studies
• Reflection through activities appropriate for individuals and teams
• Insight through current responses to bullying

Author: Randall B. Lindsey,Richard M. Diaz,Kikanza Nuri-Robins
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
Published: 06/20/2013
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781452241982

About the Author
Randall B. Lindsey is principal associate of The Robins Group. He is professor emeritus at California State University, Los Angeles, where he served as chair of the Division of Administration and Counseling in the School of Education. He has served as a junior and senior high school teacher of history and as an administrator of school desegregation and staff development programs. He has worked extensively with school districts as they plan for and experience changing populations.

Richard Diaz is the founding director of the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce′s Riordan Volunteer Leadership Development Program. Richard has provided leadership and vision to the Riordan program and has impacted thousands of young professionals and hundreds of nonprofit organizations in the past two decades.

Kikanza J. Nuri-Robins is an organizational development consultant. She has spent her career working with schools, churches, hospitals and not-for-profit organizations helping them to become healthy, productive, diverse and inclusive. She began her career teaching elementary school and secondary reading. She has taught social foundations for schools of education and has provided professional development in schools and districts throughout the United States.

Raymond D. Terrell, EdD, retired as Special Assistant to the Dean for Diversity Initiatives in the School of Education and Allied Professions at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He has served as a secondary English teacher, elementary school principal, professor of educational administration, Dean of the School of Education at California State University, Los Angeles. He has more than 40 years of professional experience with diversity and equity issues.

Delores B. Lindsey is Associate Professor of educational administration at California State University San Marcos in San Marcos, California. She is coauthor of four Corwin publications: Culturally Proficient Learning Communities: Confronting Inequities Through Collaborative Curiosity (2009), Culturally Proficient Instruction: A Guide for People Who Teach (2002, 2006), the multimedia kit by the same name, and Culturally Proficient Coaching: Supporting Educators to Create Equitable Schools (2007). Lindsey is a former middle grades and high school teacher, middle grades site administrator, and county office of education administrator. As a professor, she serves schools, districts, and county offices as a cognitive coach training associate, adaptive schools associate, and as a consultant to develop culturally proficient educators.

Complete CVs for Randy, Kikanza, Ray, and Delores are on file with the editorial team and available upon request. Richard Diaz′s complete CV is included in this proposal.