Using Equity Audits in the Classroom to Reach and Teach All Students

This is the follow-up book to the Corwin “best seller” Using Equity Audits to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools. Whereas Using Equity Audits was written mainly for school leaders, this book, Equity Audits for Teachers: Creating Equitable and Excellent Classrooms, focuses on teacher and classroom practices. Although school leaders have found the Equity Audits book useful, they have requested more strategies for teachers. They want a companion book they can give teachers and use in teacher study groups. This book is important because in this time of changing demographics and increased diversity, many teachers find that the strategies they have used in the past are successful with only some of the students in their classes. They want and need strategies that will assist them in being successful with all their students. This book will provide teachers with new strategies and skills that will fit diverse needs. The book will also include a discussion of the history of equity auditing in education found in civil rights work, curriculum auditing, and state accountability systems. Kathryn Bell McKenzie is Associate Professor of Educational Administration and affiliated faculty member in Women and Gender Studies at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, Kathryn worked for over 25 years in public education as a classroom teacher, curriculum specialist, assistant principal, principal, and Deputy Director of the University of Texas/Austin Independent School District Leadership Academy. Maintaining her commitment to practice and practitioners, Kathryn consults and researches extensively in public schools. Her areas of research include Equity and Social Justice in Schools, School Leadership, and Qualitative Methodology. Kathryn is also Associate Editor for Educational Administration Quarterly and Regional Editor for the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. Kathryn has published extensively in the major journals in her field. She and her colleagues Dr. Linda Skrla and Dr. Jim Scheurich are the authors of the bestselling Corwin (2009) book, Using Equity Audits to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools. Foreword Acknowledgments About the Authors 1. Introduction A Brief Overview of Our Work on Equity Audits Previews of Chapters 2-9 Chapter Conclusion Section I. Conceptual and Historical Frameworks 2. Equitable and Excellent Teaching Equity Consciousness Preassessment Equity Consciousness Defined Research on Equity Consciousness Research on High-Quality Teaching Skills Chapter Conclusion Discussion Questions and Activities 3. Qualities of Equitable and Excellent Classrooms An Example of an Equitable and Excellent School: Tice Elementary Classroom Equity Assessment Chapter Conclusion Discussion Questions and Activities 4. Auditing for Equity and Excellence Equity Audits in International Settings Equity Audits in U.S. Education Refining Equity Audits Into a Usable Tool Chapter Conclusion Discussion Questions and Activities Section II. Equity Auditing in the Classroom 5. Auditing for Teaching and Learning Active Cognitive Engagement What Our Critics Might Say Zone of Self-Efficacy An Auditing Tool: Teaching and Learning Tours Chapter Conclusion Discussion Questions and Activities 6. Auditing for Discipline Research on Discipline Reasons for Discipline Disproportionality Auditing Tools for Examining Classroom Disciplinary Practices Chapter Conclusion Discussion Questions and Activities 7. Auditing for Parental Involvement What Research Says About Parental Involvement Classroom Parental Involvement Inventory Chapter Conclusion Discussion Questions and Activities 8. Auditing for Programmatic Equity Advanced Placement Gifted and Talented Programs Special Education Chapter Conclusion Discussion Questions and Activities 9. Conclusion References Index