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Module Four Review
Module four has challenged you to reflect critically upon how race, power, privilege, and oppression shape education and shared experiences of families in the school system. This module encouraged educators to take accountability for fostering equitable, inclusive environments and acknowledging discomfort as part of a greater learning process. Emphasizing CRT, the module encouraged a shift from intentional to meaningful action in your community. To support your ongoing action, we have included a Padlet discussion board, where you can engage in questions about the modules with other educators.
The assignment for this taking action is: Writing Vision Statements
Reading for Continued Learning
Module Four_ Reading Reccommendations (1).pdfWriting Vision Statements
Writing Vision Statements
(~60-90 minutes)
Using the link below, take a look on the Tacoma Public Schools' website and find your school's site. Once you do, find the vision statement for your school, as applicable, and begin rewriting or writing to reflect priorities your school upholds/you look to them to uphold.
District Webpage > Schools > Your School > About
This is a great exercise in assessing how your school supports their own imagining of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Once you've taken time to rewrite the school's statement in your own words, feel free to submit for credit below.
Things to consider as you do this exercise:
Identifying core values for yourself: How do you expect an institution to treat you? How do you intend to treat your learning community?
Reminder-- Remember to distinguish mission from vision: Mission statements tend to be 1-2 sentence statements that establish the general how and why of an organization/school. Vision statements ask you to think and elaborate upon those ideas while aspiring towards a shared goal or impact.
Collaborating with others: Two minds are always better than one! This is a great exercise to consider doing with other educators within your school or general area, finding shared areas of growth or values to work upon in a vision statement of your own.
**File Name: First initial, Last name_VisionStatement_ModuleFour
Please submit files in .pdf format.
Note: You may need to sign into Microsoft/TPS accounts to submit work through the form.
Norms for Padlet Engagement
Respond directly to the question prompts provided.
Note: Some questions may be in the description of the Padlet due to their length.
Communicate with respect between yourself and others who have posted/will post onto the discussion board.
Remember Intent versus Impact: Review your writing ahead of creating a new post or responding to another-- Did you convey the message you were looking to emphasize ahead of publishing? Does it create room for engagement? How would someone outside of your view perceive what you contribute?
Review what has already been posted ahead of writing a new post -- This is a great opportunity to engage with another's response without creating repetition on the comments board.
This discussion board has been created for the sole intent of engaging with community utilizing the questions from the CCDEI Modules. CCDEI Site Moderators have the discretion to remove comments that are irrelevant/inappropriate to the threads below.
Discussion Guide
Discussion Guide
After you finish the modules, please use this guide as a way to navigate conversation between yourself and others who have completed these modules. These questions were made to prompt further thinking and discourse surrounding the specific standards and how you or those around you fit into them.
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