Culturally Proficient Learning Communities

Confronting Inequities Through Collaborative Curiosity

Close the achievement gap with equity-focused professional learning communities!

Integrating the four Tools of Cultural Proficiency with the PLC framework, this relevant guide offers school leaders, district administrators, and staff developers a collaborative approach to address bias and inequity. The authors discuss the impact of our history on cultural understanding and provide a wealth of practical strategies and tools for building equity-focused PLCs, including:

• Templates, protocols, activities, and rubrics for deconstructing inequity in student achievement
• Stories, tools, and thinking prompts to guide an inside-out transformation toward cultural proficiency
• An extended example of one school district’s journey