Purpose, Goals, and Objectives
Purpose:
Purpose:
* To make leaders aware of the importance of promoting equity in educational settings;
* To make leaders aware of the importance of promoting equity in educational settings;
* To assist leaders in using equity to improve school environments and positively impact all teachers and students.
* To assist leaders in using equity to improve school environments and positively impact all teachers and students.
Goals:
Goals:
- participants will be able to define equity and its importance in educational settings;
- participants will be able to explain the difference between equity and equality;
- participants will be able to understand conditions for and barriers to equity;
- participants will be able to explain the growth framework for equity
- participants will increase their understanding of how to create equitable environments within their buildings through implementing 10 High-leverage practices for equity;
- participants will be inspired to adjust their methods of equity implementation based on research on equity
Objectives:
Objectives:
- to understand and identify the differences between Equality and Equity;
- to identify strategies for embracing, developing, articulating, and modeling the equity vision;
- to list ways in which educational leaders can create conditions for equity in their schools;
- to identify three critical elements of equity