Navigating DEI in Schools

Read the article "Navigating DEI in Schools: Five Crucial Considerations":

https://www.ascd.org/blogs/navigating-dei-in-schools-five-crucial-considerations

Building an environment where all students feel like they belong requires a systemwide commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• What current barriers do you face to building a systemwide commitment to DEI?
• How do bias and privilege show up in your school's academic counseling systems, disciplinary procedures, and impact curriculum, instruction, and grading?
• One of the five crucial considerations listed in the article is to Implement Specific Coaching for Equity. To what extent can you work (or are you already working) an equity focus into your coaching?

Harvard Graduate School of Education professors Candice Bocala and RoLesia Holman wrote, “Coaches need to know when (and how) to utilize both technical fixes and adaptive solutions.”

Peruse the resources from the Harvard Graduate School of Education RIDES project on coaching for equity.

Pick an equity issue and plan a coaching cycle using the RIDES improvement cycle, specifically the six key steps in the cycle graphic (also included below). Watch the videos and peruse the slide decks also provided by RIDES related to the equity issue you have selected for additional resources.