Using Equity Audits in the Classroom to Reach

Raise your equity awareness quotient In this time of changing demographics and increased diversity, many teachers find that existing strategies to promote social justice 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. This book offers a wide range of methods to help teachers: Assess their competency in teaching all students Develop high-quality teaching skills and an equity consciousness that leads to success with all students Evaluate assess student achievement Create an environment that fosters self-reflection and change

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
About the Authors	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
A Brief Overview of Our Work on Equity Audits	p. 4
Previews of Chapters 2-9	p. 5
Chapter Conclusion	p. 7
Conceptual and Historical Frameworks	p. 9
Equitable and Excellent Teaching	p. 11
Equity Consciousness Preassessment	p. 12
Equity Consciousness Defined	p. 12
Research on Equity Consciousness	p. 13
Research on High-Quality Teaching Skills	p. 16
Chapter Conclusion	p. 18
Discussion Questions and Activities	p. 18
Qualities of Equitable and Excellent Classrooms	p. 21
An Example of an Equitable and Excellent
School: Tice Elementary	p. 21
Classroom Equity Assessment	p. 23
Chapter Conclusion	p. 24
Discussion Questions and Activities	p. 25
Auditing for Equity and Excellence	p. 29
Equity Audits in International Settings	p. 29
Equity Audits in U.S. Education	p. 30
Refining Equity Audits Into a Usable Tool	p. 34
Using Equity Audits in the Classroom to Reach and Teach All Students
Chapter Conclusion	p. 36
Discussion Questions and Activities	p. 37
Equity Auditing in the Classroom	p. 39
Auditing for Teaching and Learning	p. 41
Active Cognitive Engagement	p. 43
What Our Critics Might Say	p. 45
Zone of Self-Efficacy	p. 47
An Auditing Tool: Teaching and Learning Tours	p. 50
Chapter Conclusion	p. 53
Discussion Questions and Activities	p. 54
Auditing for Discipline	p. 57
Research on Discipline	p. 58
Reasons for Discipline Disproportionality	p. 60
Auditing Tools for Examining Classroom
Disciplinary Practices	p. 61
Chapter Conclusion	p. 63
Discussion Questions and Activities	p. 63
Auditing for Parental Involvement	p. 69
What Research Says About Parental Involvement	p. 69
Classroom Parental Involvement Inventory	p. 75
Chapter Conclusion	p. 77
Discussion Questions and Activities	p. 77
Auditing for Programmatic Equity	p. 79
Advanced Placement	p. 80
Gifted and Talented Programs	p. 85
Special Education	p. 87
Chapter Conclusion	p. 92
Discussion Questions and Activities	p. 93
Conclusion	p. 97
References	p. 99
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