Sentences with phrase «equity lens»

Develop the language and equity lens in which to view current school community contexts to assess, plan, and advocate for change.

Our approach is to support teachers to meet the needs of all children through student - focused coaching, ongoing curriculum training and data analysis that uses a racial equity lens.

And board policy can plan an important part of reducing those gaps by providing the district with a «race equity lens» for bring about desired change.

Under Nancy's leadership, Oregon advanced the development and implementation of its unique equity lens to highlight the need to effectively serve all students and eliminate educational disparities across the state.

This year's awards represent a «a wide range of artistic practices and demographics,» according to the statement, which also quotes Travis Laughlin, the Mitchell Foundation's senior director of programs, as echoing important concepts of the City of San Antonio's new equity lens budget process.

The organizations receiving racial equity grants developed plans to use a racial equity lens in implementing our state's Early Learning Plan, specifically aligned to our state's Racial Equity Theory of -LSB-.....]

Additional steps will include grounding the city's teacher leadership and new principal mentoring programs in a racial equity lens, developing a new Social Studies Scope and Sequence and Passport to Social Studies curriculum, and using the keynote address at the citywide principal's conference this spring to focus on the subject of culturally responsive teaching.

The chancellor said it was important to have an «equity lens» to serve disadvantaged students and vowed «we're going to have resources» to serve them when they're integrated in schools with higher - performing students.

Apply your equity lens.

In 2011, education agencies adopted an «equity lens,» a public policy statement explicitly...

We collected tools that next generation educators have used to develop an equity lens in professional learning, organizational growth, school culture, and next gen learning design.

Join teacher leaders from across the state to work as catalysts to bring the equity lens to the forefront of systems and structures in our educational organizations.

This means being able to articulate why traditional practices need to be examined through an equity lens and also why educators must unlearn old habits at the same time that they are learning new ways ones.

On one hand, I decried No Child Left Behind's narrow focus on scores; on the other hand, I saw that I could use the tests to help me design improvements in teaching and learning through an equity lens.

Our goal was to deepen these collaborative conversations and push ourselves to examine our instructional design and delivery through an equity lens.

We focus on teaching with an equity lens, learning about culturally and linguistically responsive teaching practices that will support all students and allow them to succeed.

Data - based inquiry with an equity lens is at the heart of our work, with a particular focus on the challenges that most impact curriculum design, instruction, and assessment.

We are applying our equity lens and advocacy to the immediate challenges of the budget and superintendent transition, as well as to the long - term funding and affordability ones.

I knew the equity sessions at LEI had a powerful impact on our team, so I was also excited to explore how having the equity lens front of mind might impact how our teacher leaders speak about the standards, their instructional practice, and our students» learning.

KM: Elena Aguilar wrote in Education Week, «Coaching with an equity lens means that we pay attention to the social and historic forces which create and maintain systems in which children are treated differently based on who they are.»

Therefore, during the contextual analysis, IDRA assesses teachers» science self - efficacy for diverse students using the equity lens to ensure that all teachers are prepared in attitudes, knowledge and practice so that «no learner is denied the fair and equitable benefit of a quality, sound educational experience afforded to all other students regardless of race, gender, national origin, economic level and handicap» (Scott, 2009).

Every dimension of instructional leadership work must be viewed through an equity lens to help ensure the academic success of all students.

We provide technical assistance and professional development to help you build school and district leaders» capacity to examine policies and practices with an equity lens and to use evidence - based practices to eliminate disparities in student achievement.

The use of the coaching cycle, equity lens and a focus on developing and strengthening teacher capacity have become anchors in my «toolbox» and enable me to promote and support instructional shifts.

«He is someone who relentlessly combs data through an equity lens,» says Zimmer.

To truly address inequities, school and district leaders must lead systemic change, which requires looking at systems and structures across an entire school or district, from curriculum to human resources, with an equity lens and with a particular focus on race.

The process of consciously leading, coaching, and teaching for equity will assist schools to develop an equity lens and take on an equity stance.

We were able to lead with an equity lens and work with our boards to make some lasting changes thanks to the credibility we developed over the years.

From an equity lens, though, acceleration is problematic because it magnifies the gaps that existed when students arrived on that first day of Kindergarten.

The following questions must be posed and answered before an organization can say that it has employed an equity lens to serve all students regardless of their differing characteristics:

With a blend of humor, sensitivity, and professional insight, she uses her passion and first - hand experience to help individuals develop and use an equity lens for decision - making related to student achievement.

For this reason, it's important for educators to think of SEL classroom strategies through an equity lens and adapt them accordingly.

Viewed against an equity lens, it's pretty d*mn good too.

During that time, she was instrumental in developing a grantmaking strategy, streamlining the Arts Commission's grants program, implementing an online grants management system, creating the Artistic Legacy grants program, and leading a team in executing over 200 grants annually, all through an equity lens.

As a participant in the Equity Cohort, we created an NWEI Equity Task Force (comprised of staff and board members), completed and internal equity assessment, and made a commitment to use an «equity lens» when creating new programs.

«When we actually look through an equity lens, it means that we have to prioritize those at the margins, and make sure that they also have access,» said Rio Contreras, Active Transportation Project Coordinator with MCM.

Organized by the Better Bike Share Partnership, the two - day program will cover a range of topics related to bike share and equity, including payment and pricing, marketing with an equity lens, and workforce development and community partnerships.

Working within a community health setting, I am especially keen to see an equity lens applied to Medicare item numbers and rebates, taking into account social complexity and providing funding for the required level of support and intervention required.

The theory of change helps ensure the state Early Learning Plan is implemented with a racial equity lens, so that every child and family benefits.

Thrive carries out all its work with a racial equity lens, helping to make sure policies, practices and behaviors provide opportunities for all children and families.

Operationalize the state's racial equity theory of change to assure that decisions are being made about the state's early childhood system through a racial equity lens and strengthen linkages with the state's tribal leaders and communities.