Post date: Mar 25, 2021 3:8:33 PM
Thank you to those who attended the Building Equity Meeting yesterday. Please find attached the PowerPoint with the Agenda items for the meeting if you could nor make it.
Thank you, Ms. Fowler and Mr. Smith for the presentation and the resources you shared on racial awareness during the presentation.
Things to note from the Meeting discussion :
Considering that at these meetings students have said that microaggressions in classrooms or on campus do not get reported by students for a variety of reasons, to provide a safe environment at this time for our students of Asian origin, we request you to encourage students to report microaggressions in classrooms and address reported microaggressions as a class to send a message to all students that such behavior does not go unnoticed.
To support students in being heard, teacher could :
provide an Anonymous Tip Box in our physical classrooms
create and share teacher-owned MS forms with students to collect data and recognize trends
have whole class conversations about DEI and ask students for thought and opinions
use Canvas home page creatively as a tool to share information, statistics, and positive DEI graphics.
Ms. Bice shared this excellent opportunity for students of color. Thanks Ms. Bacon for sharing it through Canvas!
It would be great if you could share it with our students :
On the concluding slide is a list of possible action items to make DEI more visible in our building. In the upcoming meetings, we will be brainstorming ways to implement a few next year. If you have any more ideas, experience in organizing activities or you wish like to contribute to one on the list, we look forward to seeing you at the next meeting.