This series was developed for faculty in programs funded by the Division of Research, Training, and Education of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Maternal and Child Health Bureau.  The goal is to increase the capacity of these programs to incorporate principles and practices of cultural and linguistic competence into all aspects of their leadership training.  The Curricula Enhancement Series centers on four key areas: (a) cultural awareness; (b) cultural self-assessment; (c) process of inquiry (communicating in a cultural environment); and (c) public health in a multicultural environment.  (The National Center for Cultural Competence is located at the Georgetown ...

This publication takes a critical look at the relationships among human development, culture, cognition, and language through a multicultural lens.  It invites professional developers, teacher educators, and teachers to examine their beliefs, perceptions, behaviors, and educational practices with respect to diversity in education.  This resource includes two volumes and a presenter’s manual which is designed to serve as a companion to the two professional development volumes.  The purpose of the manual is to support the presenter in preparing for and conducting classes or workshops. The manual contains activities and suggested homework assignments, organized by the volume ...

The IRIS Center has developed nine modules on accommodations for instruction and assessment.  The modules address (a) access to the general education curriculum for students with disabilities; (b) accommodations for students with visual impairments (c) accommodations for high-stakes testing; (d) connecting standards-based curriculum the with design of instruction to ensure that students meet content standards; (e) culturally responsive teaching; (f) prefererral procedures to reduce inappropriate referrals to special education; (g) how to apply the principles of Universal Design for Learning -- and more. Case studies, activities, and InfoBriefs on accommodations are also available.   ...

The American Indian Education KnowledgeBase is an online resource to aid education professionals in their efforts to serve American Indian students and close the achievement gap American Indian students have faced in public, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and other schools.  Contents cover (a) Foundations and Current Status of American Indian Education; (b) American Indian Cultures; (c) Understanding Your School and Community; and (d) Utilize Culturally Responsive Teaching Methodologies.  Each includes sets of learning activities and tasks for educators and others.  (Located at the University of Oklahoma, the Mid-Continent Comprehensive Center is a regional technical assistance center ...

This resource draws together in one place the research and practical knowledge about cultural competencies that teachers need in order to work with students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.  For those with expertise in designing professional development, it provides information that they can adapt to their setting and, importantly, a guiding vision for culturally competent teaching in today's schools.  The paper is designed for higher education, State, and district-level educators and professional developers who are preparing teachers to work with students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.  It outlines three sets of teacher cultural competencies ...

This module was developed by the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN). This resource is a 508 compliant presentation featuring searchable presentation captioning and video, navigation points, and synchronized, downloadable accompanying materials. In this module, the user learns how to communicate across cultures and instruct across learning styles. The module also discusses ways to identify signs of abuse and neglect. The instructor has the user complete exercises in order to better understand the material.

This module was developed by the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN). This resource is a 508 compliant presentation featuring searchable presentation captioning and video, navigation points, and synchronized, downloadable accompanying materials. This unit focuses on building positive staff relationships, professional ethics and behavior, cross-cultural competency and communications, and understanding and working with different learning and communicating styles in light of an awareness of one's own preferences. The instructor has the user complete exercises in order to better understand the material.

This presentation is part of the NEA Visiting Scholars Series. Patricia Gandara and Gary Orfield, co-directors of the UCLA Civil Rights Project, present their research on education and Latino students. They discuss demographic changes that will lead to an increasingly pluralistic society and how policy and practice actually and potentially affect the successful implementation of education that trains all students to work in the pluralistic society of today and tomorrow. This resource is a 508 compliant presentation featuring searchable presentation captioning and video, navigation points, and synchronized, downloadable accompanying materials.

This presentation is part of the NEA Visiting Scholars Series. Dr. Carol Lee of Northwestern University presents her research on creating robust learning environments, including an analysis on what learning in school is, means, and requires. She discusses how to help students persist in learning and develop deep understanding of the material. The presentation includes videos of Lee's classroom work. This resource is a 508 compliant presentation featuring searchable presentation captioning and video, navigation points, and synchronized, downloadable accompanying materials.

LeadScape offers thirteen professional development packages to support school leaders as they develop inclusive teaching and learning environments.  Some are single learning modules, while several are composed of a set of academies.   Current topics are (a) Inclusive Education for Equity; (b) Building Leadership Teams; (c) Mining Data; (d) Inclusive Schools; (e) Universal Design for Learning; (f) Co-Teaching; (g) Assessment; (h) Collaborative Leadership Teams; (i) Collection and Use of Evidence Teams; (j) Understanding Culture and Cultural Responsiveness; (k) Culturally Responsive Literacy; (l) Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Practice; and (m) Culturally Responsive Response ...