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Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice
​Educator & School Supports

Purpose

As part of Washtenaw ISD's commitment to Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice, we have created opportunities for educator learning and growth around issues of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, culture and diversity over the past several years. Our work with educators began with the Understanding Race Project in 2012 and continued in the 2014-2015 school year with the founding of the "Culture & Diversity Task Force" to help create a vision for this work over the next 5-10 years. In the 2016-2017 school year we started the Justice Leaders, multiple, in-depth professional learning series for educators passionate about issues of equity, diversity, inclusion and social justice. 

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Justice Leaders COVID-19  FULL Call to Action Recommendations Letter ​
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*New* Offerings

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​Justice Leaders Presents "True Inclusion is Revolutionary: Practicing Disability Justice" 
Facilitator: Dessa Cosma, Detroit Disability Power

CANCELED 

Justice Leaders Presents "Socially Just Assessment & Grading"
Facilitators: Amy Olmstead-Brayton, Shayla Griffin, Lois Parr

CANCELED 

EJATT Deep Dive 
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CANCELED 

Building and Sustaining Justice Squads and Equity Teams

CANCELED 

*WINTER* 2019-2020 Justice Leader Cohorts
(All cohorts now meeting online)

Justice Leaders: Core Course

The Core Course is open to all school and WISD personnel passionate about issues of equity, inclusion and social justice. Learning will focus on issues of privilege, oppression and inequality along lines of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. Educators will come to understand their own social identities, biases, and prejudices; increase their knowledge about the histories and present realities of various social identity groups; and begin considering how to incorporate this knowledge and awareness into their practice. Participants must be willing to reflect deeply in ways that may challenge previously held assumptions and world views. Homework readings required to prepare for each session. 

Cohort 13 (all 4 dates required, teams of 2-4 highly recommended)
9:00am - 3:00pm, Washtenaw Intermediate School District ​
  • SESSION 1: Tuesday, February 4, 2020
  • SESSION 2: Tuesday, March 3, 2020
  • SESSION 3: Tuesday, April 7, 2020
  • SESSION 4: Tuesday, May 5, 2020


Registration Link: https://forms.gle/t4Fw2yxEQyQxdjY59

Cohort 14  (all dates required, teams of 2-4 highly recommended) 
9:00am - 3:00pm, Washtenaw Intermediate School District 
  • SESSION 1: Thursday, February 6, 2020
  • SESSION 2: Thursday, March 5, 2020
  • SESSION 3: Thursday, April 9, 2020
  • SESSION 4: Thursday, May 7, 2020


Registration Link: https://forms.gle/J23BMLqPs6kbbxqK8 


Cohort 15  (all dates required, teams of 2-4 highly recommended) 
9:00am - 3:00pm, Washtenaw Intermediate School District 
  • SESSION 1: Tuesday, February 25, 2020
  • SESSION 2: Tuesday, March 24, 2020
  • SESSION 3: Tuesday, April 28, 2020
  • SESSION 4: Tuesday, May 26, 2020​

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/6ABsYmfwsNoyZKdq8​

For more information please contact Dr. Shayla Griffin.

​Justice Leaders: Advanced Course

The Justice Leaders Advanced Course is for educators who have **already completed the Core Course** and would like to continue learning and growing personally and professionally when it comes to issues of equity, inclusion and social justice. Participants will continue deepening their personal learning about EISJ issues and will use the Education Justice Assessment and Transformation Tool (EJATT) to enhance their practice around teaching and learning, relationships and school climate, behavior and discipline, images and celebrations, and/or policies and procedures. In addition, educators will improve their skills engaging in difficult conversations about social justice in formal and informal settings with students and colleagues.  

Cohort 6 (all dates required, teams of 2-4 highly recommended)
9:00am - 3:00pm, Washtenaw Intermediate School District ​

 SESSION 1: Tuesday, February 11, 2020
 SESSION 2: Tuesday, March 10, 2020
 SESSION 3: Tuesday, April 14, 2020
 SESSION 4: Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/JD9JnxAe3T9HqGYv8 


For more information please contact Dr. Shayla Griffin.

Justice Leaders: Systems Course

The Justice Leaders: Systems Course is for educators who have *completed the Advanced Course* and want to understand and advocate for education justice beyond the classroom. How are schools funded? Why do they remain so racially and economically segregated? What would it look like to change the system? Who is advocating for such change? Are you concerned about the big picture of education justice in America? Join us! 

Cohort 1 (all dates required, teams of 2-4 highly recommended)

9:00am - 3:00pm, Washtenaw Intermediate School District ​

SESSION 1: Tuesday, February 18, 2020
SESSION 2: Tuesday, March 17, 2020
SESSION 3: Tuesday, April 21, 2020
SESSION 4: Tuesday, May 19, 2020


​Registration Link: https://forms.gle/p5tTs8bb38DJg3yh6

Justice Leaders: Youth/Adult Coalition 
CANCELED

​Designed for students of all area high schools and their supportive school adults to participate in learning and dialogue in small and large groups about key issues of diversity and social justice. Completion of the Justice Leaders: Core Course *mandatory* for adult participants. Offered in conjunction with Neutral Zone.

For more information please contact Dr. Shayla Griffin.
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Justice Leaders Summer Camp 2020

Day 1: EJATT Deep Dive

Do you keep writing on your Justice Leaders evaluations “I want more tools!” “Give me more resources to take back to my school!” “What do I do next?” “Help me change my classroom and school!” “What is the EJATT? I never found it.” Do you secretly want a check-list of “How to Be A Socially Just Educator?” Then THIS is what you’ve been asking for! Join us for a deep dive into the Education Justice Assessment and Transformation Tool. Spend a day intentionally going through each section with guidance from Justice Leaders facilitators and feedback from like-minded colleagues. Our goal is for you to leave with a deeper understanding of what Social Justice looks like in schools and more clarity about where you can personally make change in your own practice.
 
*Prerequisite:* Completion of the Justice Leaders: Core Course  


Day 2: Interrupting Bias & Bigotry 
TBD 


Join us for a day of practicing interrupting microaggressions and biased and bigoted comments. We will use the LARA,  Speak Up, and PALS methods to increase our comfort and skill in showing up for justice!  
 
*Prerequisite:* Completion of the Justice Leaders: Core Course

Note: Feel free to join us for both days or only one! 


 


EJATT
Education Justice Assessment & Transformation Tool: 
A Vision for Classrooms, Schools & Districts 


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The Education Justice Assessment & Transformation Tool is designed to help educators, schools and districts assess and improve efficacy in six areas of practice related to equity, inclusion and social justice. Revised and updated in August 2019. 

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​For more information please contact Dr. Shayla Griffin.

Transgender Task Force

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

Publications ​

Follow Those Kids, Our Schools: Race and Reform in an American High School on facebook for ongoing dialogue and related resources.
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