Creating a Home in Schools

Francisco A. Rios, professor, and A Longoria, assistant professor, are both at Woodring College of Education, Western Washington University.

• Contents (Tentative)Series Foreword James A. Banks Preface: This Political Moment—A House in Disarray? Acknowledgments Introduction Who We Are and Where We Stand The Framework Chapter Overviews A Note About Terminology Getting the Most From This Text 1. The Community: Mapping the Contours of the Profession An (All-Too) Brief History of Education for Students of Color Segregation, Desegregation, and Integration: An Extended Example Schooling and Diversity in the Contemporary Era Concluding Reflections 2. The House: Finding Your Theoretical/Ideological Foundations Understanding Theories of Minoritized Student Performance in Schools Critical Theories of Schooling for Diverse Children and Youth Concluding Reflections 3. The Entryway: Representing Through Multicultural and Culturally Centering Education Multicultural Education: Our Historical Roots Defining Multicultural Education Culturally Centering Education as Multicultural Education Teachers of Color: Exploring Your Own Principles of Practice Concluding Reflections 4. The Living Room: Sustaining Identities Through Teaching and Learning Diversity in the Teaching Profession: On Identity Identity-Sustaining Pedagogies Concluding Reflections 5. The Kitchen (and the Closet): Getting Real About Schooling Finding Nuances Between Public and Private Spaces The Challenges of Being a BITOC The Closet: Opening Ourselves and Being Vulnerable . . . out of Necessity Preprofessional Advice for Preservice BITOCs Pursuing Your First Teaching Position Concluding Reflections 6. The Patio: Re/energizing Yourself in Community Cautionary Tales: From Damage Narratives to Desire Narratives Engaging in Meaningful and Critical Reflection and Self-Reflexivity Sustaining Ourselves Through Self-Care Building Allies Recognizing and Embracing Joy On Chisme Teacher Education Programs Have a Role, Too Concluding Reflections 7. The Rooftop: Visioning and Action Planning for Sustainable Futures Bringing It All Together Envisioning Futurities Theories of Change Career Development: A Purposeful Trajectory Activist Teacher Leaders Action Planning Telling Your Story On Hope Our Unfinishedness Concluding Reflections PostScript (PS) Appendix A: The Toolshed Appendix B: A Note to White Readers Appendix C: Other Goals for Culturally Centering Education Appendix D: An Action-Planning Worksheet: Crafting Your Story Notes References Index About the Authors

“As we read Creating A Home In Schools: Sustaining Identities for Black, Indigenous and Teachers of Color, we found it to be a powerful catalyst for conversation reflecting on the need for this resource as we journeyed through our time as classroom teachers. … In many ways, we wished we had the discussions nurtured in this book at the beginning of our own teacher-preparation journey.”—Teachers College Record