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 Core Course, an in-depth professional learning series for educators passionate about issues of equity, inclusion and social justice. In addition, we offered the "How To" series that gave educators practical tools for making their classrooms more inclusive.
This year, 2018-19, we will continue existing supports, like the Diversity Forum, Diversity Council Support for high school teams, and the Justice Leaders Core and Advanced Courses, and expand our professional development options to include the Justice Leaders Trainers Course, Justice Leaders for WISD Cabinet, and the Justice League which will meet bi-monthly afters school to provide ongoing support to those educators who have completed the Advanced Course.
Email Dr. Shayla Griffin
This year, 2018-19, we will continue existing supports, like the Diversity Forum, Diversity Council Support for high school teams, and the Justice Leaders Core and Advanced Courses, and expand our professional development options to include the Justice Leaders Trainers Course, Justice Leaders for WISD Cabinet, and the Justice League which will meet bi-monthly afters school to provide ongoing support to those educators who have completed the Advanced Course.
Email Dr. Shayla Griffin
2018-2019
Justice Leaders: Core Course, Cohort 7
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 7 (all 4 dates required, teams of 2-4 highly recommended)
9:00am - 3:00pm, Location TBD
Session 1: Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Session 2: Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Session 3: Thursday, December 20, 2018
Session 4: Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Registration Link: https://goo.gl/forms/8J2L25biZnsBbMaO2
For more information please contact Dr. Shayla Griffin.
Cohort 7 (all 4 dates required, teams of 2-4 highly recommended)
9:00am - 3:00pm, Location TBD
Session 1: Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Session 2: Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Session 3: Thursday, December 20, 2018
Session 4: Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Registration Link: https://goo.gl/forms/8J2L25biZnsBbMaO2
For more information please contact Dr. Shayla Griffin.
Justice Leaders: Advanced Course, Cohort 3
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 3 (all 4 dates required, teams of 2-4 highly recommended)
9:00am - 3:00pm, Location TBD
Session 1: Thursday, October 18, 2018
Session 2: Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Session 3: Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Session 4: Thursday, January 17, 2019
Registration Link: https://goo.gl/forms/dUFI04p1qXBAeQ1f2
For more information please contact Dr. Shayla Griffin.
Cohort 3 (all 4 dates required, teams of 2-4 highly recommended)
9:00am - 3:00pm, Location TBD
Session 1: Thursday, October 18, 2018
Session 2: Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Session 3: Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Session 4: Thursday, January 17, 2019
Registration Link: https://goo.gl/forms/dUFI04p1qXBAeQ1f2
For more information please contact Dr. Shayla Griffin.
Justice Leaders: Trainers Course, Cohort 1
The Justice Leaders: Trainers Course is for educators who have **already completed the Advanced Course** and would like to continue learning and growing personally and professionally when it comes to *facilitating* conversations about issues of equity, inclusion and social justice with colleagues. Participants will continue deepening their personal learning about EISJ issues, will learn concrete skills for facilitating difficult conversations, and will facilitate segments of the training sessions.
This course is limited to 15 people in order to make sure participants can practice facilitating.
Cohort 1 (all 4 dates required, teams of 2-4 highly recommended)
9:00am - 3:00pm, Location TBD
Session 1 of 3: Monday, November 12, 2018
Session 2 of 3: Monday, December 17, 2018
Session 3 of 3: Monday, January 14, 2019
Registration Link: https://goo.gl/forms/OmK8MB0Se8XhwKLF3
For more information please contact Dr. Shayla Griffin.
This course is limited to 15 people in order to make sure participants can practice facilitating.
Cohort 1 (all 4 dates required, teams of 2-4 highly recommended)
9:00am - 3:00pm, Location TBD
Session 1 of 3: Monday, November 12, 2018
Session 2 of 3: Monday, December 17, 2018
Session 3 of 3: Monday, January 14, 2019
Registration Link: https://goo.gl/forms/OmK8MB0Se8XhwKLF3
For more information please contact Dr. Shayla Griffin.
7th Annual WISD Youth Diversity Forum
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2018 9am-2pm
LOCATION: Washtenaw ISD
All WISD High School Programs are Invited to Participate
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. Offered in conjunction with Neutral Zone.
For more information please contact Dr. Shayla Griffin.
For more information please contact Dr. Shayla Griffin.
Student Diversity Councils
Designed for high school teams ready to grow and sustain teams of students working on issues of diversity in their schools. Offered in conjunction with Neutral Zone.
For more information please contact Dr. Shayla Griffin.
The Education Justice Assessment & Transformation Tool is designed to help schools assess and improve their efficacy in six areas of practice related to equity, inclusion and social justice. Revised and updated in August of 2016.
For more information please contact Dr. Shayla Griffin.
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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