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Our Vision
Our Vision
A statewide network that connects and supports PreK-12 equity leaders at the district, state and regional levels.
A statewide network that connects and supports PreK-12 equity leaders at the district, state and regional levels.
Our Mission
Our Mission
To work toward systemic equity in all Illinois school districts by mobilizing our collective commitment to every student's success.
To work toward systemic equity in all Illinois school districts by mobilizing our collective commitment to every student's success.
Our Values
Our Values
1. All students deserve to be engaged in rigorous learning opportunities that lead to student achievement.
1. All students deserve to be engaged in rigorous learning opportunities that lead to student achievement.
2. The examination of race and its intersections with other identities is an essential component of equity work in PreK-12 settings and that this work is relevant to all students.
2. The examination of race and its intersections with other identities is an essential component of equity work in PreK-12 settings and that this work is relevant to all students.
3. Interrupting systems of oppression and privilege and building structures for effective systemic equity practice are essential to achieving educational equity in schools.
3. Interrupting systems of oppression and privilege and building structures for effective systemic equity practice are essential to achieving educational equity in schools.
4. Curriculum should provide opportunities for all students to see the multiple identities of themselves and others.
4. Curriculum should provide opportunities for all students to see the multiple identities of themselves and others.
5. Achievement debts are reflective of opportunity and expectations gaps.
5. Achievement debts are reflective of opportunity and expectations gaps.
6. It is our responsibility to provide all students with skills to understand, navigate and positively impact the diverse communities in which they may live and work.
6. It is our responsibility to provide all students with skills to understand, navigate and positively impact the diverse communities in which they may live and work.
Our History
Our History
MEETING NOTES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST TO APPROVED MEMBERS
April 2014
Illinois Educational Equity Leaders Network Symposium for first collaborative discussion across districts on equity work.
Summer 2015
Meeting members expand, collaboration continues and the need to establish specific goals expected.
November 2015
Group determines name, values, mission and goal statements.
April 2016
ISBE continues to join our meetings. Group decides to reconvene after individual districts visits or research with each other.
February 2017
Continued collaboration, administrative and student panelists, and local ROE support.
November 2017
Learn about ISBE IL-Empower and IL-NAME Chapter, engage through topic discussion groups and student panelists.
April 2018
Presentation on Affirming LGBTQ+, dress code discussions, HR panelists on hiring diverse staff.
November 2018
Racial equity, research-based discussion, panelists from docuseries, America to Me.
April 2019
World Café-style dialogue based on systemic themes to advance equity in respective organizations.
June 2019
Designed to review and consider district BOE policies, value statements, strategic plans and/or implementation plans on equity.
November 2019
Legal implications and protections for schools and districts on equity issues were shared by an expert attorney.
July 2020
Social-emotional and equity centering as a result of the increased awareness to the criticalness of BLM and Covid-19 pandemic.
November 2020
Significance on BOE policies and district statements on equity was the focus, as well as legal framing and support for Black Lives Matter discussion and learning in schools.
April 2021
Illinois State Board of Education, State Superintendent, Dr. Carmen Ayala, shared ISBE equity-focused strategic plans and guidance.
November 2021
Facilitators from the Western States Center, a national civil rights organization, share the history and strategies to fight white nationalism.
May 2022
Confronting Conspiracies and Organized Bigotry at Home: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers by Christine Saxman
November 2022
Legal updates to race-conscious initiatives in Supreme Court Oral Arguments and local district shares their equity journey offering several takeaways.
May 2023
TeachPlus provides grant information about ISBE-sponsored affinity groups, and we learn ABAR efforts for athletes and athletic departments.
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