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Skilled Dialogue

Link: http://www.urbanschools.org/pdf/OP_skilled_dialogue_letter.pdf?v_document_name=Skilled%20Dialogue%20online%20reader

When we interact with students, whether to assess or to instruct, we are in dialogue with them; that is, we are transmitting and exchanging meaning across the boundaries of their identities and our own. Skilled Dialogue© is a relational approach to communication and interactions that stems from the evidence-based premise that three qualities characterize cultural competence: respect, reciprocity, and responsiveness. When integrated, the qualities and skills generate a framework of guidelines and strategic questions that help ensure culturally competent assessment and instruction of culturally and linguistically diverse students. This On Point first describes Skilled Dialogue’s qualities and skills. Readers are then introduced to the guidelines and strategic questions.
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This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NIUSI: Professional Effort: Family Participation in Teaching & Learning
• Network/channel: NIUSI: Professional Effort: Group Practice & Professional Development
• Network/channel: NIUSI: Professional Effort: Learning Assessment

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