SLC: Science Leadership Collaborative

Summer PLC schedule

Every other Thursday: July 9, 23 ... Aug. 6, 20

9:30-10:30 (newsletter / email invite)

“The beauty of anti-racism is that you don’t have to pretend to be free of racism to be an anti-racist. Anti-racism is the commitment to fight racism wherever you find it, including in yourself. And that’s the only way forward.”

-- Ijeoma Oluo, author of So You Want to Talk about Race

July-August PLC

Agenda

- July-Aug Interactive Agenda Document
- Format: Informal sharing + mutual support, especially around emerging plans for Sept. school.

Past PLC Agenda Documents

- June 25 / July 9
- April-May-June

2020-21: Purpose & Plan Document

Draft + Input: June 25 & July 9

Input → SLC 2020-21 Purpose & Plan

- - - (slides) Overview V.1 / V.2, esp. process & sections.
    - Collect input comments on the document itself.

The Science Leadership Collaborative has three kinds of gatherings: Learning Events (2 hours monthly, for 35 school districts in King and Pierce Counties), Translation to Leadership Events (1 hour weekly, in Professional Learning Communities of district science leaders), and Leadership in Action (each district science leader at work in their context).

(SLC structure for 2020-21)

Recent Resource Links

Interesting Resource Links from June 18 STEM Panel (WA-LASER & Washington STEM)

- Atlantic article: How to Be an Antiracist Teacher
- TODOS Math Position Statement
- The Business Case for Racial Equity
- Supporting SEL and valuing diverse strengths: http://stemteachingtools.org/brief/47
- Building a Community of Equity program at WSU Vancouver
- NPR link: 5 Radical Schooling Ideas for an Uncertain Fall and Beyond
- More on Regenerative Economy

Looking for More? >> See the interactive agenda from April-June PLC meetings:

- Standards-Based Assessment and Grading (district partners, et.al.)
- Remote Teaching and Learning (STEM Teaching Tools ... OpenSciEd, et.al.)
- Recovering Forward (National Equity Project, et. al.)

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