Dr. Delores B. Lindsey retired as Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at California State University San Marcos; however, she has not retired from the education profession. Her primary focus is developing culturally proficient leaders. She helps educational leaders examine their organizations' policies and practices, and their individual beliefs and values about cross-cultural communication. Her message to her audiences focuses on viewing, creating, and managing socially just educational practices, culturally proficient leadership practice, and diversity as an asset to be nurtured. Her favorite reflective question is: Are we who we say we are? Delores and husband Randall, her favorite Sage/Corwin author, continue to co-write about the application of the four Tools of Cultural Proficiency. Her most recent publication, which is on the Bestseller list from Corwin, is Leading While Female, A Culturally Proficient Response for Gender Equity, with Trudy Arriaga and Stacie Stanley.

ForewordAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsPart I: Commitment to ALL!Chapter 1: What are Equity and Access Gaps? Why do They Persist?Chapter 2: Using the Tools of Cultural Proficiency and the Vision and Practices of Inclusive Education as a Conceptual FrameworkChapter 3: Barriers to Culturally Proficient Inclusive EducationChapter 4: Overcoming Barriers and Creating Opportunities for LearningPart II: How to Become Inclusive Using the Five Essential Elements of Cultural ProficiencyChapter 5: Assessing Cultural Knowledge Through Authentic and Differentiated StrategiesChapter 6: Valuing Diversity Through InclusivenessChapter 7: Managing the Dynamics of Diversity Through Collaboration, Creative Problem Solving and Conflict ManagementChapter 8: Adapting to Diversity Through Advocacy and Universal Design for LearningChapter 9: Institutionalizing Cultural ChangeChapter 10: Engaging in Action: When All Means AllResource A: Book Study GuideResource B: Cultural Proficiency and Inclusive Schooling Books' Essential QuestionsReferencesIndex

Create inclusive educational environments that benefit ALL learners! As schools become more diverse with students of differing abilities and needs, this self-reflective and action-oriented guide helps you create and support more inclusive schools and classrooms that intentionally educate all students. Using the Five Essential Elements of Cultural Proficiency as a roadmap, this book presents:• Students' learning differences as just that - differences rather than deficits• Strategies that show you how to break though the common barriers to culturally proficient and inclusive schooling• Assessments that gauge your awareness and show you how to best serve every student's needs