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Patricia L. Guerra and Sarah W. Nelson

Patricia L. Guerra is an assistant professor in the Department of Education and Community Leadership at Texas State University-San Marcos and co-founder of Transforming Schools for a Multicultural Society (TRANSFORMS). You can contact her at pg16@txstate.edu.

Sarah W. Nelson is an assistant professor in the Department of Education and Community Leadership and associate director of the International Center for Educational Leadership and Social Change at Texas State University-San Marcos, and co-founder of Transforming Schools for a Multicultural Society (TRANSFORMS). You can contact her at swnelson@txstate.edu.


Cultural proficiency columns from JSD

• Cultural proficiency: The right facilitator can help teachers make meaningful change to their instructional practice, JSD, June 2011.
• Cultural proficiency: Inclusive spaces that support everybody can make all the difference for LGBT students, JSD, April 2011.
• Cultural proficiency: A colleague's challenge offers a chance to improve our work and extend its impact, JSD, February 2011.

• Cultural proficiency: Stay calm and detached, but be clear in response to racist remarks, JSD, December 2010.
• Cultural proficiency: What culturally responsive educators can do to prepare high school students, parents for college, JSD, October 2010.
• Cultural proficiency: Carefully planned campus visits encourage middle schoolers to feel college-bound, JSD, August 2010.
• Cultural proficiency: Eliminate inequities to transform the college prep process in elementary school, JSD, June 2010.
• Cultural proficiency: Use a systematic approach for deconstructing and reframing deficit thinking, JSD, April 2010.
• Cultural proficiency: Empowered parents partner with schools to meet student needs, JSD, February 2010.

• Cultural proficiency: Parents may need more support before becoming engaged in school, JSD, December 2009.
• Cultural proficiency: For diverse families, parent involvement takes on a new meaning, JSD, Fall 2009.
• Cultural proficiency: Love and compassion challenge taken-for-granted assumptions, JSD, Summer 2009.
• Cultural proficiency: Use films to get groups talking - and listening - to one another, JSD, Spring 2009.
• Cultural proficiency: Use conversation starters to remove barriers and develop relationships, JSD, Winter 2009.

• Cultural proficiency: Community events offer cultural learning opportunities, JSD, Fall 2008.
• Cultural proficiency: Use book studies to generate frank talk about beliefs and practices, JSD, Summer 2008.
• Cultural proficiency: 4-stage process changes individuals and entire schools, JSD, Spring 2008.
• Cultural proficiency: Begin by developing awareness and assessing readiness, JSD, Winter 2008.

• Cultural proficiency: The journey to cultural proficiency is a sizeable challenge, JSD, Fall 2007.
• Cultural proficiency: Assessment is the first step to creating a school that educates everybody, JSD, Summer 2007.