{"product_id":"9781416631361-leading-your-school-toward-equ","title":"Leading Your School Toward Equity","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Practical Framework for Walking the Talk. A four-step process for effective equity practices in schools, with an array of professional development activities, leadership tips, and downloadable tools. The book presents a four-step process for taking equity work beyond talk and into effective action. \u003cstrong\u003eA four-step process for effective equity practices in schools, with an array of professional development activities, leadership tips, and downloadable tools.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecent years have brought new calls to dismantle discriminatory policies and practices in U.S. schools. But adopting an equity focus doesn't guarantee the desired results. There's a risk that \u003cem\u003edoing equity\u003c\/em\u003e will be toothless—surface level and designed more to avoid tension and blame than to build a better educational system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLeading Your School Toward Equity\u003c\/em\u003e, veteran educator Dwayne Chism shows district, school, and teacher leaders a four-step process for taking equity work beyond talk and into effective action. You'll learn concrete ways to: \u003cstrong\u003eDefine and clarify equity.\u003c\/strong\u003e Guide even reluctant staff to a consensus understanding of what equity is, why it's necessary, and what it will look like.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCreate productive discomfort.\u003c\/strong\u003e Use intentional dialogue to lead staff to a place where they can talk frankly about privilege, bias, racial inequality, and how these affect students' experience of schooling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuild efficacy.\u003c\/strong\u003e Help staff develop higher levels of individual and shared professional efficacy—the number one factor influencing equitable educational outcomes—and create an empowered group of educational equity allies united for results.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNormalize action.\u003c\/strong\u003e Support the day-to-day use of an \u003cem\u003eequity lens\u003c\/em\u003e, a mindset that empowers all teachers to counteract stereotypes and rectify conditions that negatively affect students of color.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo make this complicated work a little easier, Chism provides an array of assessments, coaching guides, and activities to use with staff. If you're committed to creating a true equity-driven culture, if you're ready for courageous leadership, this book is for you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40868373823585,"sku":"9781416631361","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/f535d27e950856b68f51fe9dd486cded.png?v=1686796692","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781416631361-leading-your-school-toward-equ","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}