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ICASE Culturally Responsive and Equitable Support Dashboard

NOVICE

GROWING

PRACTICED

EXPERIENCED

Personal

I am just beginning my equity journey,  interested in short, practical steps. I would like to become an ally but, I don’t know where to start.

Professional

I have rarely or never incorporated equity work in my instructional/SEL practices, but I want to learn more!

Personal

I have some experience in equity, and I am interested in advancing my understanding in this work. I know what it means to be an ally, but I am not yet one.

Professional

I incorporate equity work somewhat in my instructional/SEL practices.

Personal

I have been on the equity journey for a while. I am an active reader on equitable practices and a participant in the work. I am an ally to colleagues

Professional

I incorporate equity work in every layer of my classroom environment: behavioral and instructional.

Personal

I have progressed through each of the previous categories. I  lead professional development, am an active reader on equitable practices, support others in the implementation of this work and am taking action in my community in the area of equity.

Professional

I incorporate equity work in every layer of my classroom environment, including families and community.  In addition,  I support other staff members in this area.

Steps I Can Take...

Steps I Can Take...

Steps I Can Take...

Steps I Can Take...

Personal
  • Consider and reflect on my personal identity.

  • Create an identity map. What do you notice about yourself and how does this impact the work you do with students?

  • What implications did it give you personally? Professionally?

  • Begin to read a book focused on Equity.

  • Suggested books to read: 

Waking Up White
    • Begin to journal your journey  (Youtube Videos):

    Blind Spots:  Challenging Assumptions

    Halo, Horns, and Confirmation Bias


    Professional

    • Provide opportunities for community and discussion in the classroom.
    • Consider ways that you develop community with your students.
    Ask yourself the following:
    • What books are students reading?
    • Evaluate your classroom library, think about the implications of the books your students see and whose represented.
    • Do they have a voice in what they read, where they sit, how they interact with each other?
    Use and allow students to use sentence stems like:
    This is _____ for me because_____.
    This makes me think of bigger problems like______.
    This reminds me of_________.

    Personal

    • Continue to consider how my personal identity impacts how I interact with students and our classroom environment.

    • Begin to have preliminary conversations with those of diverse backgrounds and perspectives about my journey. 

    • Take the FREE Harvard Implicit Bias Assessment

    • Suggested books/articles  to read:

    Courageous Conversations about Race 

    Racial Healing Handbook

    The Cycle of Socialization.pdf

    • Begin to journal your journey  (Youtube Videos):

    Social Conditioning 

    Harro's Cycle of Socialization

    Intention vs. Impact


    Professional

    • I have progressed through the Novice work on my equity journey.

    • Continue to provide opportunities for community and conversation in the classroom-maybe in your SEL community circles.

    • Provide a space where all voices are heard and a space for equitable conversations are created.

    • Use a song to make connections to students, content, and current events.

    • Continue to analyze your classroom library, consider are your students and their experiences represented and shared with the class?


    Ask yourself the following:

    • How do the materials you use support your students?
    • How do your students see themselves?
    • How do your students think the world sees them?
    • Continue to use and allow students to use stems like:
    This is _____ for me because_____.

    This makes me think of bigger problems like______.

    This reminds me of_________.


    Personal

    • I have progressed through the Novice and Intermediate work on my equity journey.

    • I evaluate the people in my “top ten”.

    • I seek out international opportunities to interact with those different from me.

    • I am actively reading and researching books, documentaries, and videos that focus on equity and anti racism

    The Cycle of Liberation.pdf

    Colin in Black and White  (Netflix)

    Cultivating a Culture of Inclusion 


    Begin to journal y
    our journey (Youtube Videos):

    Sometimes You're a Caterpillar

    Microaggressions in the Classroom 

    Intent vs. Impact


    Professional

    • I have progressed through the Novice and Intermediate  work on my equity journey.

    • During current/controversial events, use magazines, videos, and realia. Ask students what they notice, wonder or think about what they have seen.

    • Embed “heart and mind” work when using ANY text. Allow students to see themselves as mirrors, windows, or sliding doors.

    • Students use the stems from the Novice and Intermediate work and are ready to.

    • Become facilitators of their own learning, discussion, and reflection.


    Ask yourself the following:

    • How do the materials you use support your students?
    • How do your students see themselves?
    • How do your students think the world sees them?
    • Continue to use and allow students to use stems like:

    This is _____ for me because_____.

    This makes me think of bigger problems like______.

    This reminds me of_________.


    Personal

    • I have progressed through the Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced work on my equity journey.

    • I am active in my community and involved in changing inequitable or racist practices.

    • I seek out conversations of those who I feel are different from mine relative to equity.

    • I actively work to ensure that staff and students have equitable experiences and I support the hiring and retention practices of those BIPOC (Global Majority)

    • Suggested books/articles  to read

    How to be Antiracist

    Stamped from the Beginning 

    • Begin to journal your journey  (Youtube Videos):

    Are you a nonracist or antiracist? 

    The Risk of Equity 

    PBS Series...What I hear When You Say?



    Professional

    • I have progressed through the Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced  work on my equity journey.

    • Continue to support your students, families, and colleagues with ways you provide culturally responsive and equitable practices.

    • Continue to allow students to support with facilitation of their learning and reflection. 

    • Video record your lessons, use these lessons to support teachers who need a visual of how a culturally responsive and equitable environment looks like.


    Ask yourself the following:

    • How do the materials you use support your students?
    • How do your students see themselves?
    • How do your students think the world sees them?
    • Continue to use and allow students to use stems like:
    This is _____ for me because_____.

    This makes me think of bigger problems like______.

    This reminds me of_________.



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