Culturally Proficient Leadership: The Personal Journey Begins Within

About Delores B. LindseyEloise K. TerrellRandall B. LindseyRaymond D. Terrell

Raymond Terrell EdD. retired as Associate Dean for Research and Diversity and member of he department of Educational Leadership at Miami University Oxford< Ohio. He previously worked at California State University Los Angeles where he served as Professor of Educational Administration and for five years he was the Dean of the School of Eduction. His journey in education began in a public school district where he taught English to junior and senior high students;. He also was a principal and an assistant superintend in the same district. Dr. Terrell is co-author on a number of books including Cultural Proficiency: and a A Manual for School Leaders Cultural Proficient Leadership. His books and numerous articles and lifes work have all focused  on issues of equity and inclusion Eloise Terrell is a life-long champion for social justice equity and inclusion. She lives in Cincinnati Ohio with her husband who is also a co-author on this edition of the book. She worked for 15 years in California as a banker holding a number of positions including Teller Teller Supervisor Assistant Branch Supervisor and Platform Supervisor. After returning to Cincinnati she rejoined the work force by obtaining a CDA (Child Development Associate Credential) and spent ten years supervising a progressive day care center. She has been active in voter registration efforts and managing election campaigns for candidates who held moral and ethical positions. Randall B. Lindsey is Emeritus Professor at California State University Los Angeles. He has served as a teacher an administrator executive director of a non-profit corporation as Interim Dean at California Lutheran University as Distinguished Educator in Residence at Pepperdine University and as Chair of the Education Department at the University of Redlands. All of Randys experiences have been in working with diverse populations and his area of study is the behavior of white people in multicultural settings. His Ph.D. is in Educational Leadership from Georgia State University his Master of Arts in Teaching is in History Education from the University of Illinois and his B.S. in Social Science Education is from Western Illinois University. He has served as a junior high school and high school teacher and as an administrator in charge of school desegregation efforts. At Cal State L.A. he served as Chair of the Division of Administration and Counseling and as Director of the Regional Assistance Centers for Educational Equity a regional race desegregation assistance center. With co-authors he has written several books and articles on applying the Cultural Proficiency Framework in various contexts. Email randallblindsey@gmail.com Website - CCPEP.org Twitter - @RBLindsey41 Dr. Delores B. Lindsey retired as Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at California State University San Marcos; however she has not retired from the education profession. Her primary focus is developing culturally proficient leaders. She helps educational leaders examine their organizations policies and practices and their individual beliefs and values about cross-cultural communication. Her message to her audiences focuses on viewing creating and managing socially just educational practices culturally proficient leadership practice and diversity as an asset to be nurtured. Her favorite reflective question is: Are we who we say we are? Delores and husband Randall her favorite Sage/Corwin author continue to co-write about the application of the four Tools of Cultural Proficiency. Her most recent publication which is on the Bestseller list from Corwin is Leading While Female A Culturally Proficient Response for Gender Equity with Trudy Arriaga and Stacie Stanley.