Making a Difference : Instructional Leadership That Drives Self-Reflection and Values the Expertise of Teachers - Dwayne Ray Cormier

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Making a Difference

Instructional Leadership That Drives Self-Reflection and Values the Expertise of Teachers

By: Dwayne Ray Cormier, Yanira Oliveras, Ian M. Mette

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Hardcover | 22 October 2023

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152 Pages

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In 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.

This 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.

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The book, Making a Difference, is a first for the field of educational supervision and its practices in schools. Authors Ian M. Mette, Dwayne Ray Cormier, and Yanira Oliveras unpack important foundations for leaders who care about equity in schools and the moral leadership needed to steer systems and their people to create fair practices built on trust, respect for diversity, and leveraging belonging as foundational to the success of teachers and their students. The many lessons offered will make a difference in the lives of those who populate schools.

The reader will walk away energized by the messages about the value of codified processes involved with conducting classroom observations and engaging in conversations to unpack bias for both leaders and peers alike. The lift necessary to create new paradigms about this important work will yield more equitable practices for leaders, and teachers--all working on behalf of educating children.

This is a book that I will consult often.

--Sally J. Zepeda, professor, Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy, Mary Frances Early College of Education, University of Georgia

This is a book that I will consult often.

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