Exploring Cultural Competence in Professional Development Schools

JoAnne Ferrara, Manhattanville CollegeJanice L. Nath, University of Houston - DowntownRonald S. Beebe, University of Houston - Downtown.

• Introduction.Acknowledgment.Chapter 1. Organizational Cultural Competence in PDS Networks and Teacher Certification Programs; Teresa R. Fisher-Ari, Regina Speights, Mina Veazie, Haimanot Haile, Elizabeth Tennies, and Huan Ngo.Chapter 2. When Racial Equity Is Center: Enacting Culturally Responsive Teacher Preparation in PDS Settings; Morgan Faison and Janna Dresden.Chapter 3. Fostering a Diversity Perspective: Embedding Cultural Responsiveness Learning Throughout a Teacher Education Program; David S. Bender, Chrystine Mitchell, Sharon Pitterson-Ogaldez, and Jayné Park-Martí­nez.Chapter 4. Leveraging School—University Partnerships to Build Cultural Competence in Teacher Candidates; Drew Polly.Chapter 5. Preparing Teachers for Changing Classrooms: Assessing the Impact of an International Professional Development Schools Program; Pixita del Prado Hill, Nancy Chicola, and Tamara Hortsman-Riphahn.Chapter 6. Enhancing Culturally Relevant Teaching: The International Teacher-to-Teacher Exchange Program; Jeanne Tunks, Ricardo González-Carriedo, Lacey Rainey, and Sarah ReynoldsChapter 7. Measuring Changes in Teachers' Perceived and Actual Cultural Competence Using the Intercultural Developmental Inventory in the PDS Context; Stephanie Savick and Candice Logan-Washington.Chapter 8. Teaching Global Multicultural Competence and Citizenship; Stephanie Rein.Chapter 9. Common Professional Language: A Critical Piece for Communication and Research in Professional Development Schools; Joan Ickes, Janice Nath, Kelly O'Neal-Hixson, Ronald Beebe, and Jeff Lash.About the Editors.About the Contributors.