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Equity in Schools: Moving Toward Deep Levels of Change

Equity in Schools: Moving Toward Deep Levels of Change. JoEtta Gonzales, Director The Equity Alliance at ASU February 15, 2011. Why Shift Toward Culturally Responsive Policy & Practice?. Explanations for Achievement Disparities. Au, 1998. From a Deficit Model to an Appreciative Model.

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Equity in Schools: Moving Toward Deep Levels of Change

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  1. Equity in Schools:Moving Toward Deep Levels of Change JoEtta Gonzales, Director The Equity Alliance at ASU February 15, 2011

  2. Why Shift Toward Culturally Responsive Policy & Practice?

  3. Explanations for Achievement Disparities Au, 1998

  4. From a Deficit Model to an Appreciative Model

  5. Socio-Historical Context

  6. How do the Professional Learning opportunities that your district supports advance educational equity?

  7. What do we know about change?

  8. The Equity Alliance at ASU’s Framework for Approaching and Assessing Systemic Change

  9. Educational Equity: District Level Equitable Resource Development & Distribution • The ways new teachers get assigned to schools, grade levels and/or content areas • How buildings and grounds are renewed across the district • How class sizes are distributed • The ways in which schools get equipped with furniture and technology

  10. Educational Equity: District Level Shared Governance and Leadership for Equity • Local school councils • Team and committee structures • Building Leadership Teams • Decision making • Shared Vision • Continuous ImprovementCycles

  11. Educational Equity: District Level Culture of Renewal & Improvement • How reform initiatives are selected • Your district’s process for choosing professional learning topics and activities • The opportunities your district provides for mentoring or coaching • How often and how the district develops and reviews an improvement plan

  12. Educational Equity: District Level District/Community Participation and Partnerships • The ways your district connects with families in your community • What community centers and houses of worship your district collaborates with around after-school programs • How the district ensures that family/community events are distributed by day of week and time of day

  13. Educational Equity: District Level Design and Use of Time and Space • How schools’ appearances differ • How school schedules and calendars maximize learning time • Where students’ classrooms are located • The structures supported for Professional Learning

  14. Educational Equity: District Level Inquiry for Equity in Education • The forms of inquiry used to think about student data • Other forms of data that drive dialogue and decision making • How educators are engaged in researching their own and others’ practice • The cycles for continuous improvement

  15. Systemic change is enacted through…

  16. People

  17. Practices

  18. Policy…

  19. 1. Analyze Current Data The Process We Use

  20. Dialogue Groups

  21. Culturally Responsive Leadership Certification Training

  22. Resources to Guide Professional Learning

  23. Ready to Use and Customize - Professional Learning Modules

  24. Tools for Learning

  25. Equity exists, in part, to the degree that all students feel they belong, are included, and are empowered.

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