NOVICE

GROWING

PRACTICED

EXPERIENCED

Personal

I am just beginning my equity journey,  interested in short, practical steps. I would like to become an ally but, I don’t know where to start.

Professional

I have rarely or never incorporated equity work in my instructional/SEL practices, but I want to learn more!

Personal

I have some experience in equity, and I am interested in advancing my understanding in this work. I know what it means to be an ally, but I am not yet one.

Professional

I incorporate equity work somewhat in my instructional/SEL practices.

Personal

I have been on the equity journey for a while. I am an active reader on equitable practices and a participant in the work. I am an ally to colleagues

Professional

I incorporate equity work in every layer of my classroom environment: behavioral and instructional.

Personal

I have progressed through each of the previous categories. I  lead professional development, am an active reader on equitable practices, support others in the implementation of this work and am taking action in my community in the area of equity.

Professional

I incorporate equity work in every layer of my classroom environment, including families and community.  In addition,  I support other staff members in this area.

Steps I Can Take...

Steps I Can Take...

Steps I Can Take...

Steps I Can Take...

• Consider and reflect on my personal identity.

• Create an identity map. What do you notice about yourself and how does this impact the work you do with students?

• What implications did it give you personally? Professionally?

• Begin to read a book focused on Equity.

• Suggested books to read: 

Waking Up White

• Begin to journal your journey  (Youtube Videos):

Blind Spots:  Challenging Assumptions

Halo, Horns, and Confirmation Bias

Professional

• Provide opportunities for community and discussion in the classroom.

• Consider ways that you develop community with your students.

• Use a video recording of your lesson, watch it and complete this: Equitable Classroom Practices Observation Checklist.

Personal

• Continue to consider how my personal identity impacts how I interact with students and our classroom environment.

• Begin to have preliminary conversations with those of diverse backgrounds and perspectives about my journey. 

• Take the FREE Harvard Implicit Bias Assessment

• Suggested books/articles  to read:

Courageous Conversations about Race 

Racial Healing Handbook

The Cycle of Socialization.pdf

• Begin to journal your journey  (Youtube Videos):

Social Conditioning 

Harro's Cycle of Socialization

Intention vs. Impact

Professional

• I have progressed through the Novice work on my equity journey.

• Continue to provide opportunities for community and conversation in the classroom-maybe in your SEL community circles.

• Provide a space where all voices are heard and a space for equitable conversations are created.

• Use a song to make connections to students, content, and current events.

• Continue to analyze your classroom library, consider are your students and their experiences represented and shared with the class?

Ask yourself the following:

• How do the materials you use support your students?

• How do your students see themselves?

• How do your students think the world sees them?

• Continue to use and allow students to use stems like:

This makes me think of bigger problems like______.

This reminds me of_________.

Personal

• I have progressed through the Novice and Intermediate work on my equity journey.

• I evaluate the people in my “top ten”.

• I seek out international opportunities to interact with those different from me.

• I am actively reading and researching books, documentaries, and videos that focus on equity and anti racism

Colin in Black and White  (Netflix)

Cultivating a Culture of Inclusion 

Begin to journal your journey (Youtube Videos):

Sometimes You're a Caterpillar

Microaggressions in the Classroom 

Intent vs. Impact

Professional

• I have progressed through the Novice and Intermediate  work on my equity journey.

• During current/controversial events, use magazines, videos, and realia. Ask students what they notice, wonder or think about what they have seen.

• Use a critical literacy protocol to support students with viewing multiple perspectives.

• Embed “heart and mind” work when using ANY text. Allow students to see themselves as mirrors, windows, or sliding doors.

• Students use the stems from the Novice and Intermediate work and are ready to.

• Become facilitators of their own learning, discussion, and reflection.

Ask yourself the following:

• How do the materials you use support your students?

• How do your students see themselves?

• How do your students think the world sees them?

• Continue to use and allow students to use stems like:

This is _____ for me because_____.

This makes me think of bigger problems like______.

This reminds me of_________.

Professional Resources

Professional Resources

Professional Resources

Professional Resources