br strong Are you doing all you can to improve teaching and learning? strong Culturally proficient instruction is the result of an inside-out journey during which you explore your values and behaviors while evaluating practices of your workplace. In the newest version of their best-selling book, the authors invite you to reflect on how you engage with your students and your colleagues as a community of learners. The third edition includes: ul li An updated discussion of standards-based education guidelines li li A conceptual framework for the tools of cultural proficiency li li New language for understanding the microaggressions of domin ..

strong What do you do when you're the one who doesn't fit in? br strong br "Fish Out of Water" are those who don't fit in the mainstream culture, often due to sexual orientation, gender identity, ableness, income level, or ethnicity. This book focuses on adaptation strategies for Fish Out of Water, as well as those who work with them. Included are: ul li Tools of code-switching--an important survival mechanism for managing the dynamics of difference li li Compelling portraits of those who have learned to survive and thrive in schools and other organizations li li Strategies for working with children who are targeted because they are different ..