Equitable Classrooms

We are excited to bring you this month's edition of our newsletter, "Equitable Classrooms!" These newsletters are dedicated to sharing and celebrating teaching practices that foster uplifting all students within our classrooms, and school buildings within the Rye Neck school district.

Our monthly newsletter is dedicated towards a commitment to celebrate, explore, and amplify the richness that diversity brings to our Rye Neck community.

We invite your feedback and suggestions to make this a valuable resource for your classroom!

Best,

Tara Goldberg & Meegan Lawlor

RN Coordinators

Families are a great way to learn more about each other's identities. This kindergarten class learned about Ramadan and made decorative lanterns when their classmate's mom visited as a special guest.

This video reminds us of some instructional moves that encourage all students to share their thinking and ensure that their voices are present. These suggestions also gain better insights into a student's learning process.

Arab American Heritage Month (April): A time to celebrate the history, culture, and contributions of Arab Americans Resources from, PBS

Autism Awareness Month: April is also Autism Awareness Month, and the first day of the month is World Autism Awareness Day. Resources from, The Autism Helper

National Volunteer Month: April is also National Volunteer Month, and National Volunteer Week is April 18-22. Resources from, Kids That Do Good

This year, we have created a collection of tools that can help you on your inclusive practices journey, Feel free to examine the links in this "workshop" slide. Throughout the year, we will add resources to this slide. When you come across resources you think may help others, please forward them to one of us so we can add them.

ADL Education

Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility

Learning for Justice

NYSED DEI Resources

RN Inclusive Practices "Workshop"

We welcome feedback to help make this publication as resourceful and inspiring as possible, and tailored to your interests. We invite you to reach out to us if you have resources to share and/or questions to ask. 😊

Uplifting All RN Website

RN Inclusive Practices "Workshop" RN Inclusive Practices "Workshop"

Tara Goldberg: tgoldberg@ryeneck.org

Meegan Lawlor: mlawlor@ryeneck.org