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Culture & Diversity

Purpose

The purpose of the Culture and Diversity Task Force is to define a body or scope of collective work around cultural proficiency at the teacher, school and district levels that would include:  
  1. Educator learning in terms of social justice, equity, multicultural education
  2. Culturally responsive curriculum and assessment development
  3. School culture that is inclusive
  4. System activities including policies and community development

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Annual WISD Diversity Forum

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County and District work on Culture & Diversity

  • Annual WISD Diversity Forum for high school students 
  • SEED (Students Educating Each Other About Diversity) Program, High School Diversity Councils, A Partnership with the Neutral Zone 
  • The Race Project (Race: Are We So Different? Exhibit and professional development)
  • Creating Culturally Proficient Communities: The Ypsilanti Community Schools Racial and Economic Justice Project 

Those Kids, Our Schools
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Follow Those Kids, Our Schools on facebook for ongoing dialogue and related resources.
Contact Dr. Shayla Griffin

MATT

Multicultural Assessment & Transformation Tool is a research-developed tools designed to help schools assess their efficacy in domains related to culture & diversity. 

Additional Resources

Text: Culturally Responsive Pedagogies by Lisa Delpit
Video: American Kids and the School to Prison Pipeline
Video: Every Kid Needs a Champion 
Video: Teaching Tolerance Award (Lhisa Almashy)
Video: Teaching Tolerance Award (Silvestre Arcos)
Video: Teaching Tolerance Award (Katy LaCroix)


Transgender Task Force

  • Transgender Task Force, a joint project with the Coordinated School Health Network
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