Equity Information
The documents listed below are for reference only and do not necessarily reflect the views of the school district. Articles are supplied by the BCIU Berks County Equity Committee.
Resources
- Deficit Thinking in Schools is a Social Justice Issue. Here’s why we need to do better.
- We Have a Discipline Problem in Early Ed. What Are We Doing to Help Educators Fix It?
- Go, Engage, Connect: Welcome Student Identity & Improve Equity
- Three Strategies to Help States Elevate Educational Equity
- LGBT Center of Greater Reading December newsletter (attached)
Professional Learning
- A Charge to Become a “Drum Major” for Equity and Justice with Dr. Ronald Whitaker, January 13, 2021, hosted by PaTTAN - Registration is OPEN
- Promoting Social Justice In School: Discipline and Equity Policies Series, March 10, 17, and 24, 2021 – Registration at bit.ly/EquitySpringSeries
Below is a collection of resources that may help guide conversations with your child around the racial issues and violence our nation is currently facing:
The American School Counselor Association
A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice
How to Talk to Kids about Race and Racism
NPR What to Say to Kids When the News is Scary
Helping Children Cope: Talking Tips for Talking About Tragedy
Talking to Children About Tragedies and Other News Events
General Information:
- 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre (5/31/21) Remembering the Tulsa Race Massacre | History | Smithsonian Magazine
- Moving From Bicultural to Transcultural Acculturation - Learning for Justice
- Supporting the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Students in Schools: A Visual Data Tool for Teachers and Administrators - Great Lakes Equity Center
- Transformative SEL as a Lever for Equity & Social Justice (casel.org)
- Why SEL Alone Isn't Enough - Educational Leadership (ascd.org)
- Beware of Equity Traps and Tropes - Educational Leadership (ascd.org)
- No More Dreams Deferred - Public Citizens For Children and Youth (pccy.org)
- LGBTQ: Creating LGBTQ Inclusive Schools - PA.gov
- Gender and Gender Identity: Creating Gender-Inclusive Schools and Classrooms - PA.gov
- Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Students - Learning for Justice
- Juneteenth: A Time of Celebration & Reflection - PA.gov
- ‘Plyler v. Doe’: All Students Deserve an Education - Learning for Justice
- Teaching Stonewall - Learning for Justice
Teacher Resources:
- Japanese-American Experiences During WWII - National Veterans Network
More Information:
- Equitable Practices Hub - PDE - Please visit PDE’s Equitable Practices Hub. The purpose of the Hub is to establish a coherent collection of resources that an educational community may use in promoting intentional equity in their communities.
- Equitable Practices Hub Infographic
- Professional Learning
- Courageous Conversations
- School District/Board/Leadership
- Responding to a Crisis
- Tools
- Articles and General Information
- Gender-Specific
- SEL/Trauma
- Parents and Equity
Professional Learning
- SPED & Inclusion Webinar 3: Using Multiple Sources of Data to Drive Equitable Systems of Support - YouTube
- Significant Disproportionality in Special Education Webinar Serie
- Teaching About Race, Racism and Police Violence - Teaching Tolerance Collection of Articles and Professional Development
- Dismantling Racism Works - Web Workbook
- Intersectionality Matters Cultural and Linguistic Competency Webinar
- Addressing Unconscious Bias to Create an Inclusive System of Care Webinar
- Courageous Conversations
- Don't Say Nothing | Learning for Justice
- Respect: Find Out What It Means to Me...Actually Ask Your Students - pbisapps.org
- Let’s Talk: Facilitating Critical Conversations with Students - Teaching Tolerance
- Talking about Race - Self Guided Professional Development from the National Museum of African American History and Culture
- How To Talk To Kids About The Riots At The U.S. Capitol
- School District/Board/Leadership
- ASCD - Beware of Equity Traps and Tropes - Educational Leadership
- Time to Act: How School Superintendents Keep Equity at the Center of Their Leadership | MAEC, Inc. - Includes a Self-Assessment Tool for Superintendents
- Disciplining Educators: How Schools Should Tackle Conduct Concerns After the Insurrection – Provided by EdWeek
- PaTTANpod: Equity: Taking Action S3- Episode 40 - YouTube - Policies drive practices... Dr. Heather Bennett from PBSA and Dr. Stacy Winslow from the Derry Township School District discuss the what, why, and how of Educational Equity Policies.
- RFA – Teacher Diversity in Pennsylvania from 2013-14 to 2019-20 – Released December 2020
- Why School Board Diversity Matters - Education Week
- Leading for Equity- The Aspen Institute and CCSO
- PSBA Webinar Series - The Intersection: Racism, Protests, and Schools - Recording are accessed through myPSBA
- Morning Call Editorial by Bethlehem SD Superintendent - How We Will Teach Students to be Anti-Racist
- US Department of Ed Infographic - A More Diverse Teaching Force May Improve Educational Outcomes
- Responding to a Crisis
- Pennsylvania Equity & Inclusion Toolkit - A tool to support LEAs in prevention, response and recovery
- Ensuring Student Well-Being in the Context of the 2020 Election - National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
- Teaching Resources for the 2020 US Election - Facing History and Ourselves
- Teaching Tolerance Guide for Administrators, Counselors and Teachers - Responding to Hate and Bias at School
- Equity Tooklit - PDE Guide to Responding Before, During, and After a Crisis
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Tools
- NYC Leadership Academy Self-Assessment Tool
- Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium Audit Tool - complete tool
- MAEC's Equity Audit | MAEC, Inc. - 2021 version
- Teaching Tolerance – Social Justice Standards
- Returning to School: Considerations for Students With the Most Intensive Behavioral Needs, A Guide to Supporting Students with Disabilities, Their Families, and Educators During the 2020-2021 School Year - PBIS Practice Guide
Articles and General Information
- Juneteenth: A Time of Celebration & Reflection - PA.gov
- ‘Plyler v. Doe’: All Students Deserve an Education - Learning for Justice
- Teaching Stonewall - Learning for Justice
- Community Engagement for Student Success - MAEC
- Racial Justice | Sesame Workshop
- What Anti-racism Really Means for Educators - Teaching Tolerance
- Becoming AntiRacist Flowchart - PA Human Relations Commission
- Racial Equity Flowchart - PA Human Relations Commission
- ASCD Collection - Building Racial Justice and Equity
- ASCD – How to be an Antiracist Educator
- 4 Ways Racial Inequity Harms American Schoolchildren - NPR
- Race and Equity Resources - American School Counselor Association
- Equity and Inclusion - PDE Resources
- Center for Anti-racist Research - Boston University
- The Racial Empowerment Collaborative - University of Pennsylvania
- Hub for Equity, Anti-Oppression, Research, and Development - Penn GSE
- Hutchins Center for African and African American Research - Harvard University
- How Racism Makes us Sick - TED Talk by David R. Williams
- Anti-Racist Work in Schools: Are You in it for the Long Haul? - Teaching Tolerance
- Avoiding Anti-Racial Equity Detours - Paul Gorski
- Seven Harmful Racial Discourse Practices to Avoid - NEA
- The Power of Protocols for Equity - Zaretta Hammond in ASCD
- Specific Group Topics
- Addressing Anti-Asian Bias - Learning for Justice
- The State of Education for Asian American Students: Equity Considerations - Great Lakes Equity Center
- Curriculum / Lesson Plans | Asian Americans Advancing Justice - advancingjustice-la.org
- LGBTQ: Creating LGBTQ Inclusive Schools - PA.gov
- Gender and Gender Identity: Creating Gender-Inclusive Schools and Classrooms - PA.gov
- Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Students - Learning for Justice
- Understanding LGBTQ+ Identity: A Toolkit for Educators Collection - BOOST Cafe
- Building Learning Environments to Foster Belonging: Supporting LGBTQIA+ Youth – PDE Blog released 4/23/21
- Pronouns: A Resource Supporting Transgender and Gender Nonconforming (GNC) Educators and Students
- Advocating for LGBTQ Students with Disabilities
- Critical Colonial Consciousness through Queer Pedagogy
- Gender: Your Guide is a phenomenal introduction.
- A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns
- Pronouns: A Resource for Educators
- Ms., Mr. or Mx.? Nonbinary Teachers Embrace Gender-Neutral Honorific
SEL/Trauma
- Bullying Prevention in 3 Tiers
- CASEL - Transformative SEL as a Lever for Equity & Social Justice
- ASCD - Why SEL Alone Isn't Enough - Educational Leadership
- SEL & Racial Equity Policy Brief
- How Trauma-Informed Are We, Really?
- Building Racial Equity Through Trauma-Responsive Discipline
- CASEL - SEL as a Lever for Equity and Social Justice Series Recommended Resources
- CASEL - Reunite, Renew, and Thrive: SEL Roadmap for Reopening School
- NYU’s Guidance on Culturally Responsive-Sustaining School Reopenings
- How Trauma-Informed Are We, Really?
- Building Racial Equity Through Trauma-Responsive Discipline
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