FOUNDER OF CULTURAL PRACTICES THAT ARE RELEVANT CONSULTING FIRM & CULTURAL PRACTICES THAT ARE RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Andreal Davis
A ndreal Davis is a wife, mother, grandmother, daugh- ter, sister, cousin, aunt, friend and the former Statewide Culturally Responsive Practices Coordinator in Wisconsin. She is also CEO and Founder of Cultural Practices that are Relevant Consulting Firm whose signature event is the annual Black History Education Conference. She received a Bachelor of Science De- gree in Elementary Education in 1986 and a Master of Science De- gree in Curriculum and Instruction in 1995 from the University of Wis- consin-Madison. She also holds a certificate in Educational Admin - istration from Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin. Convinced
of the importance of family and community in a child’s education, Andreal has been instrumental in forming family-school-community relationships ever since she be- gan her teaching in 1986. She has served in various capacities in the public education arena including but not limited to an Elementary Educator, Title I Reading Instruc- tor, Parent Involvement Coordina- tor, Instructional Resource Teacher for Cultural Relevance, Assistant Director of Equity and Family In- volvement and the nation’s first Di - rector of African American Student Achievement with the Madison Metropolitan School District in Madison, Wisconsin. She was for-
merly co-director, along with her husband Arlington, of the African American Ethnic Academy, an ac- ademic and cultural enrichment program that convened on Satur- day mornings. As a product of the research she did while serving as co-director at the African American Ethnic Academy she was propelled by her own three sons and count- less other under-served children across the country and devoted her life’s work to researching best practices and models around Cul- turally Responsive Practices that speak to the unique identities and world views of these children. Re- flecting on her own educational ex- periences as a child and those she
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