Dr. Victor Vergara, Executive Director of Equity and Student Success, vergarav@edmonds.wednet.edu
Marina Espinoza, M.Ed., Student Success Coordinator, espinozatellom@edmonds.wednet.edu
Maria Garcia, MSW, Latino Outreach Specialist, garciam@edmonds.wednet.edu
Karla Sanchez-Bravo, MSW, Truancy/ DEO Support Specialist, sanchezbravok256@edmonds.wednet.edu
Sally Guzmán, MNPL, Family and Community Engagement Coordinator, guzmanreyess@edmonds.wednet.edu
Elizabeth Puga, Interpretation and Translation Coordinator, pugae761@edmonds.wednet.edu
Introduce Edmonds School District policies, process, and goals around race and equity
Introduction common language around race and equity
Building awareness of the need for racial literacy as an educator
Provide resources and next steps
Click here to view document that has helpful links that will be referred to during the presentation.
Anti-Bias Teaching for Change: Resource for families and staff that provides professional development opportunities and online resources for the purpose of establishing an equitable and multicultural society.
Project Implicit: Non-Profit that highlights hidden biases and allows users to take a Implicit Association Test that helps to measure attitudes and beliefs that people may be unwilling or unable to report (approx. 10-15 minutes to complete)
Teaching Tolerance: Resource center providing free lesson plans, teaching strategies and classroom activities, with an emphasis on using a social justice and anti-bias approach.
TeacherVision: Teaching resource with access to numerous strategies on how to communicate with a diverse classroom, and new ways of empowering those historically underserved and represented populations.
Diversity Resource: Iceberg Activity (Identity) for use in the classroom, it highlights hidden biases and allows users to take an Implicit Association Test that helps to measure attitudes and beliefs that people may be unwilling or unable to report.
Edmonds Equity Learning Suggestions: Padlet that Family Support and Equity teams contribute to on on-going basis with upcomings trainings, book suggestions and other online resources in support of creating an equitable learning environment for all.