Redesigning curriculum through a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens
Redesigning curriculum through a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens (16 November 2021)
In schools throughout the nation and the world, what stories are being told, what perspectives are represented, and what voices are included are being reconsidered. It is a period full of new learning and deep debate. As our schools seek to best support all students in their communities, many are engaged in the ongoing and critical work of auditing and revising their curricula to ensure they are both diverse and inclusive. This webinar is a panel discussion with administrators and teachers from NEASC Accredited schools who are rethinking their curriculum through this diversity, equity, and inclusion lens.
Panelists
Edward Carson
Dean of Multicultural Education; Faculty Advisor, Black Latinx Association
Governor’s Academy, MA, USA
Dominique Dalais
Head of Physical & Health Education
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Lead at ACS International Schools
ACS Egham International School, UK
Jessica DellAquila
Social Studies Teacher
Jeremiah E. Burke High School, MA, USA
Julie Anne Levin
Director of Curriculum/Grants; Diversity Coordinator
Easthampton Public Schools, MA, USA
Resources
Learning for Justice frameworks
The Culturally Responsive Scorecard from New York University
Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy (2019, Dr. Gholdy E. Muhammad)
"Mirrors, Windows and Sliding Glass Doors" (video)
Rudine Sims Bishop uses "Mirrors, Windows and Sliding Glass Doors" as an analogy to discuss the importance of diversity in books and the authors who write them.
The Culturally Responsive Instruction Observation Protocol
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta Hammond (blog | book)
Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools by Glenn Singleton (course overview | book)
How to Be an Antiracist / Brave Books, Critical Conversations, Expanded Hearts (Padlet)
Inspired by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's book
Created by Laura Benson, Director of Curriculum and Professional Development, International Schools Services
Coalition of Schools Educating Boys
The mission of the Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color (COSEBOC) is to connect, inspire, support, and strengthen school leaders dedicated to the social, emotional, and academic development of boys and young men of color.
Black Appetite. White Food: Issues of Race, Voice, and Justice Within and Beyond the Classroom (2019, Jamila Lyiscott)
The Choices Program - Brown University
MAEC Equity Audit - offers districts, schools, and teachers a way to develop a more concrete understanding of what it means to practice equity, and reflect on whether current school policies, procedures and practices are equitable
Diversity Talks shifts mindsets - framework and assessment that evaluates the cultural competence of educators using four dimensions: power, empathy, relationships, and mindset (PERM)
Culturally Responsive Teaching Checklist (PDF) (from reimaginingmigration.org)
The UDL Guidelines (from CAST.org) - a tool used in the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn