Equity Audit - Eurocentric Curriculum

This is the fourth section of the Full SEAT found on page 8.

Context and Connections

Challenging Eurocentric written curriculum from K-12 as well as racism, colonialism and the processes that silence and erase Black, African, and Caribbean peoples, their identities and experiences. For instance, History and English, and Social Sciences departments might plan to review the Eurocentricity of the curriculum in each subject area at grade 10 and grade 12. A similar approach can be taken across K - 8 classrooms. The idea is to have classroom teachers working to collaboratively moderate and monitor change in practice as they pay attention to the instructional actions taken to implement culturally relevant pedagogy.
Black students will see themselves reflected within the curriculum and through educational pedagogies that are anti-oppressive, anti-racist, and culturally relevant and responsive, such that their identities are affirmed by their schooling experience, resulting in improved outcomes and reduced disparities. We are committed to making these changes by engaging in critical dialogue to centre Black lived experiences in all curricular areas. - We Rise 2.0
The Equity Audit data will assist your site in continuing the development of the School Improvement Equity Plan by providing the data needed to understand what aspects of your curriculum require growth. Through the reflective questions, course and grade teams can identify Eurocentric practices and through your SIEP you can create a plan to address them.
All learners need freedom and autonomy to understand themselves as learners and embrace their identity as they explore and inquire during the learning process. The Six Innovative elements in the The EML Addendum provide us with baseline of expectations to foster student agency in the learning process. When engaging with the reflective questions of the Equity Audit, consider how decentering your curriculum will foster full expression of learners.

Learning Links

Learning links is a resource page where you can extend your learning about critical concepts in this section of the Equity Audit. As your team deepens their understanding of how schools can manifest a culture that challenges systemic racism, you can begin to reflect on the success criteria outlined in the audit.

Reflective Questions

- How do my beliefs about race, anti racism and racial equity shape my understanding about the instructional program content, its responsiveness and relevance and the learning resource that supports it? (equity audit tool)
- What opportunities do learners have to express aspects and authentically explore aspects of their identities in my curriculum?
- In what ways can identity be used to provoke or invite learning as it relates to curriculum expectations and social contexts?
- How is equitable access to digital resources and diverse cultural networks reflective of the intersectionality of the students we serve and the world in which they live?
- How might we need to decentre Whiteness in our curriculum?
- How do my beliefs about race, anti racism and racial equity shape my understanding about the instructional program content, its responsiveness and relevance and the learning resource that supports it?

School Improvement and Equity Planning

How can we center student identity and community funds of knowledge in our practice so that students can see themselves reflected in the curriculum they are learning?
What conditions should we, as culturally responsive educators, create for our marginalized students to develop their sense of agency as literate and numerate learners?

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