Using Equity Audits in the Classroom to Reach and Teach All Students

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Kathryn B. McKenzie - Texas A&M University, College Station & California State University, Stanislaus - Professor Emerita
Linda E. Skrla - Texas A&M University, USA
Using Equity Audits in the Classroom to Reach and Teach All Students
July 2011 | 128 pages | Corwin
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Raise your equity awareness quotient

In this time of changing demographics and increased diversity, many teachers find that existing strategies to promote equity are only successful with some of the students in their classes. This book provides teachers with new strategies and tools that will work for all children, including those with diverse needs. The authors outline a wide range of methods to help teachers:

  • Assess their competency in teaching all students
  • Embrace self-reflection and be open to change
  • Evaluate and assess student achievement
  • Develop high-quality teaching skills and an equity consciousness that leads to success with all students

Every chapter of this easy-to-read and content-rich text contains a wealth of assessment tools and discussion tools that guide educators to greater equity and excellence. Teachers will find practical strategies for raising student achievement and closing the achievement gap.

Contents

Foreword

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

  • 1. Introduction
  • A Brief Overview of Our Work on Equity Audits
  • Previews of Chapters 2-9
  • Chapter Conclusion

Section I. Conceptual and Historical Frameworks

  • 2. Equitable and Excellent Teaching
  • Equity Consciousness Preassessment
  • Equity Consciousness Defined
  • Research on Equity Consciousness
  • Research on High-Quality Teaching Skills
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 3. Qualities of Equitable and Excellent Classrooms
  • An Example of an Equitable and Excellent School: Tice Elementary
  • Classroom Equity Assessment
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 4. Auditing for Equity and Excellence
  • Equity Audits in International Settings
  • Equity Audits in U.S. Education
  • Refining Equity Audits Into a Usable Tool
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities

Section II. Equity Auditing in the Classroom

  • 5. Auditing for Teaching and Learning
  • Active Cognitive Engagement
  • What Our Critics Might Say
  • Zone of Self-Efficacy
  • An Auditing Tool: Teaching and Learning Tours
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 6. Auditing for Discipline
  • Research on Discipline
  • Reasons for Discipline Disproportionality
  • Auditing Tools for Examining Classroom Disciplinary Practices
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 7. Auditing for Parental Involvement
  • What Research Says About Parental Involvement
  • Classroom Parental Involvement Inventory
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 8. Auditing for Programmatic Equity
  • Advanced Placement
  • Gifted and Talented Programs
  • Special Education
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 9. Conclusion

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

Description

Raise your equity awareness quotient

In this time of changing demographics and increased diversity, many teachers find that existing strategies to promote equity are only successful with some of the students in their classes. This book provides teachers with new strategies and tools that will work for all children, including those with diverse needs. The authors outline a wide range of methods to help teachers:

  • Assess their competency in teaching all students
  • Embrace self-reflection and be open to change
  • Evaluate and assess student achievement
  • Develop high-quality teaching skills and an equity consciousness that leads to success with all students

Every chapter of this easy-to-read and content-rich text contains a wealth of assessment tools and discussion tools that guide educators to greater equity and excellence. Teachers will find practical strategies for raising student achievement and closing the achievement gap.

Contents

Foreword

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

  • 1. Introduction
  • A Brief Overview of Our Work on Equity Audits
  • Previews of Chapters 2-9
  • Chapter Conclusion

Section I. Conceptual and Historical Frameworks

  • 2. Equitable and Excellent Teaching
  • Equity Consciousness Preassessment
  • Equity Consciousness Defined
  • Research on Equity Consciousness
  • Research on High-Quality Teaching Skills
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 3. Qualities of Equitable and Excellent Classrooms
  • An Example of an Equitable and Excellent School: Tice Elementary
  • Classroom Equity Assessment
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 4. Auditing for Equity and Excellence
  • Equity Audits in International Settings
  • Equity Audits in U.S. Education
  • Refining Equity Audits Into a Usable Tool
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities

Section II. Equity Auditing in the Classroom

  • 5. Auditing for Teaching and Learning
  • Active Cognitive Engagement
  • What Our Critics Might Say
  • Zone of Self-Efficacy
  • An Auditing Tool: Teaching and Learning Tours
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 6. Auditing for Discipline
  • Research on Discipline
  • Reasons for Discipline Disproportionality
  • Auditing Tools for Examining Classroom Disciplinary Practices
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 7. Auditing for Parental Involvement
  • What Research Says About Parental Involvement
  • Classroom Parental Involvement Inventory
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 8. Auditing for Programmatic Equity
  • Advanced Placement
  • Gifted and Talented Programs
  • Special Education
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 9. Conclusion

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

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Raise your equity awareness quotient

In this time of changing demographics and increased diversity, many teachers find that existing strategies to promote equity are only successful with some of the students in their classes. This book provides teachers with new strategies and tools that will work for all children, including those with diverse needs. The authors outline a wide range of methods to help teachers:

  • Assess their competency in teaching all students
  • Embrace self-reflection and be open to change
  • Evaluate and assess student achievement
  • Develop high-quality teaching skills and an equity consciousness that leads to success with all students

Every chapter of this easy-to-read and content-rich text contains a wealth of assessment tools and discussion tools that guide educators to greater equity and excellence. Teachers will find practical strategies for raising student achievement and closing the achievement gap.


Table Of Contents:

  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • 1. Introduction
  • A Brief Overview of Our Work on Equity Audits
  • Previews of Chapters 2-9
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Section I. Conceptual and Historical Frameworks
  • 2. Equitable and Excellent Teaching
  • Equity Consciousness Preassessment
  • Equity Consciousness Defined
  • Research on Equity Consciousness
  • Research on High-Quality Teaching Skills
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 3. Qualities of Equitable and Excellent Classrooms
  • An Example of an Equitable and Excellent School: Tice Elementary
  • Classroom Equity Assessment
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 4. Auditing for Equity and Excellence
  • Equity Audits in International Settings
  • Equity Audits in U.S. Education
  • Refining Equity Audits Into a Usable Tool
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • Section II. Equity Auditing in the Classroom
  • 5. Auditing for Teaching and Learning
  • Active Cognitive Engagement
  • What Our Critics Might Say
  • Zone of Self-Efficacy
  • An Auditing Tool: Teaching and Learning Tours
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 6. Auditing for Discipline
  • Research on Discipline
  • Reasons for Discipline Disproportionality
  • Auditing Tools for Examining Classroom Disciplinary Practices
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 7. Auditing for Parental Involvement
  • What Research Says About Parental Involvement
  • Classroom Parental Involvement Inventory
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 8. Auditing for Programmatic Equity
  • Advanced Placement
  • Gifted and Talented Programs
  • Special Education
  • Chapter Conclusion
  • Discussion Questions and Activities
  • 9. Conclusion
  • References
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

Equity is a main focus of the class.
Dr Leslie Locke, Educational Leadership and School Counseling, University of Southern Mississippi
“It is essential, but woefully insufficient, to desire excellence and equity. We need detailed, evidence-based, practical maps and guides. This powerful, useful book will chart our path beyond current inequities toward the assurance of quality teaching and learning for all.”
Joseph F. Johnson, Jr., Executive Director, National Center for Urban School Transformation
"Equity audits are critical to improving the services we provide in today's diverse classroom. It is crucial that teachers and administrators see the inequities in the system and establish the protocols necessary to level the field."
Maria J. Carrillo, Science Teacher, Health and Science High School, Beaverton, OR

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