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Using A Culturally Proficient Leadership Lens To Effectively Serve Refugee Students, Corinne Brion
Using A Culturally Proficient Leadership Lens To Effectively Serve Refugee Students, Corinne Brion
Educational Leadership Faculty Publications
This teaching case study takes place in an American middle school and tells the story of Dorah, a refugee student from the Republic of Congo who experienced severe trauma. At Lincoln Middle School, the principal and her teachers encounter difficulties serving their refugee students adequately because of their lack of cultural proficiency. This case aims to help leaders in diverse contexts understand how to embrace and advocate for different cultures, beliefs, and norms to increase the cultural wealth of their communities. To achieve this goal, I provide a cultural proficiency model and a trauma-invested framework.
The Use Of Culturally Proficient Professional Development To Enhance Learning Transfer, Corinne Brion
The Use Of Culturally Proficient Professional Development To Enhance Learning Transfer, Corinne Brion
Educational Leadership Faculty Publications
The National Staff Development Council recommends that principals devote 10% of the school budget and 25% of teacher time to professional development (PD). While PD requires time, it is crucial that the time be organized, carefully structured, and purposefully led to avoid the waste of human and financial resources. Despite the millions of dollars spent on professional development nationally, student learning outcomes continue to stagnate or dwindle, discipline issues continue to skyrocket, and teacher moral plummets. This may be due, in part, to leaders paying little attention to learning transfer. Culture plays a key role in one’s ability to learn …