Our vision is to provide and support educators with an equity-based professional learning framework that ensures high quality teaching and learning experiences exist for all learners.

The Center for Culturally Proficient Educational Practice (CCPEP) is located in North County San Diego, CA as a collaborative partnership among the Southern California Professional Development Federation, California State University San Marcos, and Co-Founders, Delores and Randall Lindsey.

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The purpose of CCPEP is:

  • To provide opportunities for individuals as well as team members from school districts and related agencies to learn the Tools of Cultural Proficiency and how to apply them to personal practice and to examine schools’ and districts’ policies and practices

  • To prepare and support district Trainers for Culturally Proficient Practices for developing professional capital to sustain growth throughout the district

  • To develop a network of Trainers and a community of practice dedicated to access and equity and access for all students

Upcoming Events

  • Mon
    28
    Jul
    2025
    Wed
    30
    Jul
    2025
    9:00 am

    Join this three-day Transformative Leadership and Equity Institute to collaborate with educational and equity leaders on promoting an inclusive, high-quality educational environment during challenging times.

  • Wed
    24
    Sep
    2025
    Wed
    28
    Jan
    2026

    Understand the 4 Tools of Cultural Proficiency as a response to educational and equity gaps, analyze site-based data to apply Cultural Proficiency to inform practice using the 5 Essential Elements, and engage in trainer-of-trainer model to build capacity of Cultu [read more…]

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Punctuating her talk with shared breathwork guided by research with the Mixteco/ Indígena Community on locally practiced traditional indigenous medicine, Dr. Lorri Santamaría encourages us to breathe for those who can disproportionately “breathe” no longer. [read more...]

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Improving Student Achievement Through the Creation of Relationships

In 60 pages, author Dome impressively personalizes CRT in ways that make complex social, legal and political concepts real. Real in ways that are inescapable. [read more...]