Challenge
" Equity is a difficult ideal to maintain and many strategies to maintain it have fallen far short in the implementation. To maintain equity, if it is ever achieved, school systems need to have an approach for analyzing findings about recommended shifts in learning approaches and objectives. These approaches should be designed to help teachers and administrators understand not what they have to avoid, but also what it is that they can do to achieve optimal equity moving forward" (Lynch, 2016).
" Equity is a difficult ideal to maintain and many strategies to maintain it have fallen far short in the implementation. To maintain equity, if it is ever achieved, school systems need to have an approach for analyzing findings about recommended shifts in learning approaches and objectives. These approaches should be designed to help teachers and administrators understand not what they have to avoid, but also what it is that they can do to achieve optimal equity moving forward" (Lynch, 2016).
Before you begin, determine how you will take notes and respond to prompts as you work through the module. Choose the tool that works best for you. This could be a Google document or paper and pencil.
Before you begin, determine how you will take notes and respond to prompts as you work through the module. Choose the tool that works best for you. This could be a Google document or paper and pencil.
Consider the following scenario in terms of developing an equity mindset among faculty and staff. Click on the link below to access the article.
Consider the following scenario in terms of developing an equity mindset among faculty and staff. Click on the link below to access the article.
Challenge Questions:
Challenge Questions:
1. Is it important to acknowledge the difference between equality and equity? Why or why not?
2. What are the conditions that support equity? What are the barriers to equity?
3. What leadership practices create the conditions for equity?
Think about these challenge questions as you proceed through this Professional Learning Module. You will return to these questions at the end of the module to reflect on your learning. Continue to record any thoughts related to the challenge questions as you progress through the module.
Think about these challenge questions as you proceed through this Professional Learning Module. You will return to these questions at the end of the module to reflect on your learning. Continue to record any thoughts related to the challenge questions as you progress through the module.