November 30, 2023

On Wednesday, November 22nd the Head of School, Mr. Steve Razidlo and Director of Teaching & Learning, Dr. Heather Vlach hosted a parent coffee morning to share the commitment and ongoing work related to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice (DEIJ). 

The learning of this session had five primary goals:

1. To show and share how/where our ASD goals and initiatives have direct alignment with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice (DEIJ). 

2. Share the data that has been collected. ASD spent the 2022-23 school year determining what data to collect, how to collect it and when to collect it. We have since analyzed the data and determined the themes, categories, areas of celebration and areas for improvement. You can find this data HERE. 

3. Remind our community what we mean when we say “DEIJ” (specifically how ASD defines each of these words and what they mean in our context)

4. Engage in DEIJ experiences. As part of the theme “accountability”, ASD provides three mandatory learning modules required of all incoming faculty and staff. Our parent community in attendance engaged in an immersive experience of what a small element of this learning looks and feels like. 

5. Begin to consider our individual “why” for continuing to do this work and what we, as community members, might do to support this work within the areas of our control. 

We invite you to view the slides from this November 22nd experience.