We Can't Lead Where We Won't Go: An Educator's Guide to Equity

by Gary R. Howard

Overview

Bring the gold standard in equity-centered professional development to your school.

Gary R. Howard has secured his reputation as a powerful and effective voice in systemic equity reform. This guide is the cornerstone of a new set of professional development materials developed by Howard to address today’s educational inequities. It includes:

• Activities for educators to examine both their overt and hidden attitudes towards race, class, gender, sexual identity, and other dimensions of difference.
• Prompts for interacting with a companion set of insightful videos hosted by Howard.
• Seven Principles For Culturally Responsive Teaching that can be applied in any school.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781483352411
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/02/2014
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	10.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Gary R. Howard has more than 40 years of experience working with issues of civil rights, social justice, equity, education, and diversity, including 25 years as the Founder of the REACH Center for Multicultural Education. He is a key­note speaker, writer, and workshop leader who has traveled extensively throughout the United States and Australia. Mr. Howard completed his undergraduate work in Cultural Anthropology and Social Psychology at Yale University and did graduate work in ethics and social justice at Yale Divinity School. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at both Western Washington University and Seattle University.

Mr. Howard has provided extensive training in cultural competence and culturally responsive practice to schools, universities, social service agencies, and businesses throughout the United States and Australia. He is the author of numerous articles on race, justice, and multicultural issues and has developed collections of curriculum materials that are being used internationally. His landmark book, We Can’t Teach What We Don’t Know: White Teachers/Multiracial Schools (Second Edition, 2006), published by Columbia University, is considered a groundbreaking work examining issues of privilege, power, and the role of White leaders and educators in a multicultural society.

The central focus of Gary Howard’s current work, which is docu­mented in We Can’t Lead Where We Won’t Go: An Educator’s Guide to Equity, is leading intensive Equity Leadership Institutes that provide educational organizations with the internal capacity to deliver high quality professional development for social justice and sys­temic change. Mr. Howard is frequently asked to deliver keynote addresses at regional and national conferences. In these presentations he draws on a wide range of experiences and travel exploring diversity and social justice issues with leaders from many cultures around the world. Mr. Howard’s speeches employ rich imagery and stories drawn from his annual white water equity workshops on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.

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Table of Contents

Dedication
Manual Introduction
Orientation to the Professional Development Process
Inclusion, Equity, Excellence
Phases of the Work
Levels of Engagement
Phase One: Tone and Trust
Phase One Introduction
Working Agreements
Questions to Consider
Cultural Bingo
¿Quienes Somos?
Tone and Trust Assessment
Phase Two: Personal Culture and Personal Journey
Phase Two Introduction
Sharing Personal Culture
Culture Toss
Definition of Cultural Competence
I Am From Poems
Stages of Personal Growth
Personal Growth Project
Phase Three: From Social Dominance to Social Justice
Phase Three Introduction
We, the People
The Guessing Game
Definition and Dynamics of Social Dominance
From Social Dominance to Social Justice
Privilege and Power School Assessment
Focus on Race Conversation
Shifting the Emotional Paradigm
Phase Four: Classroom Implications and Applications
Phase Four Introduction
School Outcomes Assessment
Equity Environments that Work
The Seven Principles for Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT)
CRT Study Groups
CRT Action Research
Learning From and With Colleagues
CRT Peer Observation Process
Achievement Triangle
Phase Five: Systemic Transformation and Planning for Change
Phase Five Introduction
Dimensions of Growth
Stages of Institutional Growth
Catalysts for Transformation
Organizational Kudos and Challenges
Co-Responsibility Work Groups
Dealing with Resistance
Implementation Planning Guide
Ideas for Integrating and Sustaining the Work
Student Voices and Youth Equity Leadership
Sample Research and Evaluation Design and Outcomes
Suggested Readings from Gary Howard
As Diversity Grows, So Must We
Speaking of Difference: Reflections on the Possibility of Culturally Competent Conversations
Whites in Multicultural Education: Rethinking Our Role
How We Are White
School Improvement for All: Reflections on the Achievement Gap
Dispositions of Good Teaching
References

Editorial Reviews

"Gary Howard has once again brought clarity and humanity to the work of improving schools for students of all backgrounds, not just for the most privileged. Although the majority of school reform efforts are devised by those outside schools who know little about public education – policymakers, politicians, business people, and philanthropists – those who suffer the consequences of current toxic reforms are principals, teachers, and students. This book, focusing instead on inclusion, equity, and excellence, is a principled guide for creating a more hopeful and socially just vision, one school at a time."

Sonia Nieto

"Hats off to Gary Howard. He has written and organized in one much needed volume thoughtful tested activities for successful professional development for equity."

Carl A. Grant