Launch Pad

We invite educators at all levels and in both formal and informal/non-formal spaces to engage with and even adapt this resource for use in your context. We encourage you to review these tools and invite you to think about how these resources can support your practice. This toolkit is meant to be a launch point for your equity literacy journey.

Feel free to expand and add additional sources as you enagage!

Orientation to the Toolkit

Each section is comprised by the following components:

  • Quote or Poem - feel free to use quotes and/poems as an initial reflection point for the section. Feel free to write about or discuss the quote or poem.

  • Knowledge, Skills, Actions - these relate directly to each of the abilities. Feel free to consider these as a starting point. You might consider additional knowledge, skills, and actions.

  • Readings - articles that relate to knowledge, skills, and actions. Select one or more to review as you think about your own practice.

  • Activities - engage with aligned with tools and resources that support implementation at the personal, classroom, school, district, community levels. Actionable activities.

  • Reflection/Discussion - questions that are meant to capture your thinking. Discuss with your group, or reflect on your own.

  • Additional Resources- dig deeper with additional resources.

  • References- list of citations related to the section. Some are additional sources for you to check out!

Setting Intention

As you engage with these tools and resources it is important to take a moment to consider how you will engage. Here are some questions to consider:

  • What intentions you will set for yourself as you enter the work?

  • What commitments will I make as I engage with the resources?

  • What agreements do we want to honor as a group or community engaged in this learning?

Start by reading this piece by Equity Lab on Agreements and Paul Gorski’s Article on Ground Rules. If you are engaging in this work individually, consider the agreements you would like to hold yourself to as you move through the resources. If you are working with a group, consider what your agreements will be, and then discuss as a group what agreements you would like to put in place.

  1. Review the REDI Agreements, and consider which ones you or the group you are working with would like to uphold. Feel free to create your own.

  2. Consider starting a journal (analog or virtual) to keep track of your reflections or discussions. Consider starting the journal with a letter to your "future" self, stating your intention and commitments to becoming an equity-literate educator. Revisit that letter often.

  3. Revisit your agreements and intention, each time you dive into the resource.