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Making Connections:
Making Connections:
Working towards equity in schools involves:
Working towards equity in schools involves:
Ensuring equally high outcomes for all participants in our educational system; removing the predictability of success or failures that currently correlates with any social or cultural factor;
Interrupting inequitable practices, examining biases, and creating inclusive multicultural school environments for adults and children; and
Discovering and cultivating the unique gifts, talents and interests that every human possesses.
From the National Equity Project
How do we start?
How do we start?
Educate ourselves as adults. Find and plan for opportunities to learn and discuss topics around equity and racial justice with colleagues. Think of adult SEL as an opportunity to make systemic shifts to fight racism and bias:
11 Ways Schools can Help Students Feel Safe in Challenging Times- ADL
A More Equitable Future: Combatting Unconscious Bias and Systemic Racism in Schools- from Panorama
What Teachers Should Know About Implicit Bias Right Now -Education Week
A Guide to Equity and Antiracism and for Educators- Edutopia
Racial Justice Resources for Educators by The Ebenezer Project
Liberatory Design Cards (PD tools for Adults)- from National Equity Project
34 Questions for Staff and Educators about Equity, Inclusion and Cultural-Competency Panorama
Deepen our understanding of the intersection between social emotional learning and equity:
SEL can be a powerful lever for Equity- Learn more here from CASEL
SEL as a Lever for Equity and Justice-5 part Webinar
Equip educators to have conversations about race with students. See recommended resources below:
Cultural Competence:
Cultural Competence:
Resources and Support for Addressing Cultural Competency:
Resources and Support for Addressing Cultural Competency:
Darial Sterling
Darial Sterling
Behavioral Health Equity Consultant for The SOURCE
Contact Darial for local support and expertise in Cultural and Linguistic Competency.
More info below:
Contact: darial.sterling@oaklawn.org
Darial Sterling is the Behavioral Health Equity Consultant for The SOURCE, Elkhart County’s System of Care. Darial’s current role as a BHE Consultant is to collaborate with service providers, leaders and stakeholders to help put systems and programs in place to reduce disparities among minority youth who struggle with mental and/or behavioral health challenges. With the help of his System of Care partners, Darial gathers data from Elkhart County’s systems, e.g. Juvenile Justice, Mental Health Centers, Early Childhood Education, Elkhart County Schools to analyze for disparities and disproportionalities and develops CLC plans, provides trainings and consultations to help reduce these disparities and disproportionate numbers.
Darial graduated from Ball State University with a Bachelor’s in psychology. With over 12 years of mental and behavioral health experience, Darial brings a unique set of skills to help build equitable and culturally responsive dynamics into infrastructures.
LOCAL Cultural Competency Support Services provided through The SOURCE
Cultural Competency Assessment Tool for Organizations: How culturally competent is your organization or school?
Strategies for Affirming Cultural Identity
For Counselors
For Counselors
For Schools
For Schools
Equity Audit tool -designed to help us to start looking critically and historically at our equity work in school. Created by Vincent Perez, an equity consultant with Rethink Manhood.
For Educators (please be sure to check district expectations and review content for age appropriate materials ahead of any use!)
For Educators (please be sure to check district expectations and review content for age appropriate materials ahead of any use!)
Talking about Race and Racism
Talking about Race and Racism
Guidance for Facilitating Classroom Meetings on Race- IDOE recommended
Speaking Up about Racism around the Coronavirus -Teaching Tolerance
Race Talk: Engaging Young People in Conversations About Race and Racism- ADL: Fighting Hate for Good
Resources for Talking about Race, Racism and Radicalized Violence with Kids Center for Racial Justice in Education
Race Conversations in the Classroom-Future of Learning
Talking to Children After Racial Incidents -Medium--Lion's Story
Talking to Kids About Race -National Geographic
Talking About Race -National Museum of African American History & Culture
Talking About Race -NEA Ed Justice
10 Ways to Start a Conversation About Race-Race Forward
Inclusion Tiles game -Special Olympics
Discussing Race, Racism and Other Difficult Topics with Students--Teaching Tolerance
Facilitating Critical Conversations with Students -Teaching Tolerance
Framing Brave Conversations about Race and Ethnicity from the Leading Equity Center
Understanding Diversity:
Understanding Diversity:
20 Face to Face Advisories (Middle School)
Searchable Resources for Educators:
Searchable Resources for Educators:
Social Justice Resources for K-12 Educators- Interdisciplinary tools for supporting social Justice. (Search by topic, level or resource type.) From Iowa College of Education
Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators—teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners—who work with children from kindergarten through high school. Educators use our materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants.
Facing History (Secondary resources)
Facing History (Secondary resources)
Facing our collective history and how it informs our attitudes and behaviors allows us to choose a world of equity and justice. Facing History’s resources address racism, antisemitism, and prejudice at pivotal moments in history; we help students connect choices made in the past to those they will confront in their own lives.
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