Culturally Responsive Instructional Supervision: Leadership for Equitable and Emancipatory Outcomes

This book responds to the urgent need for instructional practices that recognize student diversity and cultural backgrounds as valuable assets. As the United States continues to grapple with policies that promote culturally dominant ideologies, the opportunity gaps continue to widen for minoritized, marginalized, and otherized PK-12 students. This timely book provides a comprehensive developmental framework for implementing Culturally Responsive Instructional Supervision that fosters an educational environment that disrupts the culture of white supremacy, promotes a sense of belonging, and achieves culturally appropriate instructional outcomes for all learners. The authors show educators how to establish diverse and representative supervision teams that provide formative feedback and promote self-reflection. Schools can use this book to effectively observe, assess, and support teachers on their journey toward becoming culturally responsive practitioners.

Book Features:

• Encourages instructional leaders to embrace their role as equity leaders and actively work to dismantle harmful educational practices.
• Offers strategies focused on the strengths and assets children bring to school every day, instead of the deficit-oriented perspectives reinforced by the accountability movement.
• Centers sociocultural identities as the key factor to providing feedback to teachers about culturally responsive practices, while maintaining rigorous expectations for student learning and academic outcomes.
• Includes foundations, practical approaches, and examples of praxis for the implementation of Culturally Responsive Instructional Supervision.

Dwayne Ray Cormier is CEO and founder of Culturally Responsive Solutions, LLC. Ian M. Mette is an associate professor at the University at Buffalo. Yanira Oliveras is an associate professor at The University of Texas at Tyler.