The increasingly diverse nature of today's schools and the need to increase the achievement of all students, no matter their background, requires 21st century teachers to develop critical cultural competence. Looking at data is not enough. We have to know who our students are! This book shows you how to provide professional development that deepens teachers' cultural understanding. Developing Critical Cultural Competencehelps educators translate new knowledge into action with activities that focus on the three inseparable insights required for developing teachers's critical cultural competency: understanding themselves; understanding their students; and understanding their students' families and communities. In addition to the activities are reflection questions, group discussion questions, online extensions for facilitators, and a sample professional develoment plan. A companion website provides reproducilble resource lists and handouts as well as examples that can serve as models for some of the activities.

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