Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Equitable, Affirming, & Culturally Responsive Learning
District Priority: Equitable, Affirming, & Culturally Responsive Learning
Students will be educated to recognize, reject and stand up to all racism and hate as they learn to support antiracism, diversity, and social justice. We will nurture students as citizens who will be informed, ethical, moral, engaged and active participants in an equitable society.
District Commitment
This graphic has been widely shared as a summary of our commitment to Equitable, Affirming, & Culturally Responsive Learning Environments.
Board of Education Strategic Question 3 - Recently Updated
Shared Language- From the NYSED Culturally Responsive & Sustaining Framework
Diversity: Includes but is not limited to race, color, ethnicity, nationality, religion, socioeconomic status, veteran status, education, marital status, language, age, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, mental or physical ability, genetic information, and learning styles.
Equity: The guarantee of fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all while striving to identify and eliminate barriers that have prevented the full participation of all groups.
Inclusion: Authentically bringing traditionally excluded individuals and/or groups into processes, activities, and decision/policy making in a way that shares power and ensures equal access to opportunities and resources.
Board of Education Goals as Outlined by DEI Resolution
Engage in a comprehensive review and revision of the K-12 curriculum to ensure broad-based instruction on systemic racism in its historical context, its influence on current events, and its impacts on the lives of Black, Indigenous and People of Color,
Ensure that the curriculum addresses racism and the dynamics of intersectionality and its disparate impacts along race, class, gender identity, and other identity markers,
Ensure that classroom practices, activities and assignments are free of racial and cultural bias, whether overt, implicit or unconscious,
Ensure that the curriculum, teaching and learning practices, classroom activities, and interaction among students and teachers, are approached with compassion and recognition of human dignity and mutual respect,
Provide continuous training for all staff on recognizing, identifying and addressing overt, implicit and unconscious racism in our school curriculum, in their own thinking, in classroom practices, and student and staff behavior,
Provide all staff with the tools and necessary knowledge to actively implement strategies to report and eliminate overt, implicit and unconscious racism and racist behavior and attitudes in our schools, and
Work with all segments of the school district community to establish and maintain a school culture and climate that is actively antiracist and upholds dignity and respect for all individuals
Read the full resolution here.
ESSA FUNDED PROGRAMS - COMPLAINT PROCESS
Complaints regarding ESSA Funded programs should be sent to Dr. Adam Pease, adpease@Chappaquaschools.org, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction. If the complaint is not resolved within 30 business days the complaint may then be sent to NYSED. Additional details can be found here: New York State ESSA-Funded Programs Complaint Procedures (https://www.nysed.gov/essa/new-york-state-essa-funded-programs-complaint-procedures)
Christine Ackerman, PhD
Superintendent
CARES, District Equity Team, Insight Liaison
Andrew Corsilia
Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources
Recruitment, Retention, Oversight of Faculty Affinity Groups
Adam Pease, EdD
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction
Curriculum Revisions, DEI Professional Learning
Jamie Edelman
Assistant Superintendent for Pupil Personnel Services
PTA Liaison, Social Emotional Learning, Student Mentoring Program