3 Equity Competencies

1. Understanding One’s Lens and Bias

Sufficient analysis of one’s own race, culture, and gender to understand the lens that one brings to their role; familiarity with one’s biases along with knowledge of where to find compensatory resources; ability to recognize and disrupt the effects of institutional racism and sexism.

2. Cultural, Racial, and Gender Learning/Relationship Building

Ability to build authentic relationships with students, families, and communities to create a learning partnership. Rigorous inquiry and investigation into students’ backgrounds.

3. Racially, Culturally, and Gender Sustaining Practices

Utilizes the cultural knowledge of students, families, and communities to adapt practices, materials and environments to engage, motivate, and facilitate deep learning. Is culturally, racially, and gender sustaining, both validating and connecting to schema to maximize learning opportunities through rigorous instruction and the use of data to reflect and adjust practices.

(More information about the background and development of the Equity Competencies and Attributes can be found here.)

To effectively engage in the complex work of equity, it's important that you're able to identify the depth of your impact and if changes are beginning to emerge. Understanding your equity work through stages can serve as a way for you to set meaningful goals. These stages of equity engagement are based on Kurt Lewin’s model of a three-stage process for organizational change¹.

EQUITY ENGAGEMENT

Resources on August PD: Setting the Foundation for Equity, SEL and RP can be found here.