E-raamat: Exploring Cultural Competence in Professional Development Schools

This book explores how PDSs build cultural competence for pre-service teachers, classroom teachers, college faculty, and K-12 students. It addresses the opportunity gap in underserved communities, highlighting research-based practices and institutional changes that enhance student attainment and educator capacity for diverse learners.

This book examines the ways in which PDSs build cultural competence for various stakeholders including pre-service teachers, classroom teachers, school leaders, college faculty, and K-12 students. Given the increased national attention on the opportunity gap present in underserved marginalized communities across the country, the authors in this series identify a combination of research-based practices and institutional changes that increase student attainment and develop educators’ capacity to serve a range of diverse learners. We are certain the timeliness of the topic will provide educators with context for understanding the role PDSs play in the creation of culturally responsive schools.