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Racial Equity Tools supports everyone working to achieve racial equity.

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"The ability to read, write and analyze; the confidence to stand up and demand justice and equality; the qualifications and connections to get your foot in that door and take your seat at that table − all of that starts with education."

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The education system in the United States is not just inequitable, but racist in design, which has resulted in vastly different learning experiences for students of color. As a result of a system tied to local tax bases, schools in communities of color continue to be overcrowded, under-funded, and less-resourced with a lower percentage of teachers who have advanced degrees.

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Programs Supporting Efforts for Diversifying the Educator Workforce 

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Programs Supporting Efforts for Diversifying the Educator Workforce 

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- Affinity Group Scholarships to retain and recruit within schools
- Pathways for Para > Teacher > Admin > District Level Admin
- Parent events and coalitions to better understand education

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- Financial stipends at the state level
- Multilingual teachers (Level 1 ACTFL Cert) mid+ = more $
- Level 2: Bilingual/ESL endorsement = $
- Male elem. teachers: bonuses or scholarships
- Financial assistance for Paraprofessionals
- Scholarships for TEP
- Money for housing, gas, childcare (5-year commitment)
- Earn while you learn/Grow Your Own
- Monthly salary while student teaching (3-year commit)
- Stipend for dual language teachers and TOSAs
- $10,000
- 5-year commitment with min teacher evaluation
- Paid Internships
- During residency/practicum
- Para wages/benefits
- Loan reimbursement
- Scholarships through grant funding
- Childcare support voucher
- At participating providers
- Business discounts and benefits packages

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- Funding*
- Facilitators
- Professional Development* (clock hours, CEC, etc.)
- Scholarships*
- Partner universities
- More details about language classes
- Add a step in the professional pathway for early learning and CTE students

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- A baseline to know where teachers are at how to support them

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- Inclusion**: ALL voices are valued
- BIPOC mentors
- PD on Culturally responsive teaching
- Consistent training* (train the trainer work)

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- Scholarships to recruit and retain educators for leadership roles
- Co-designed work

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- Have a district focused-lens with a regional consortium
- Toolkits and PD Resources
- Equity-focused PD
- Shared resource bank
- Regional Equity Network
- Perform cultural audits
- Skill building
- Co-designed solutions (grassroots)
- Funding for:
- "the work"
- Broker
- Working group stipends

- At the High School level:
- Mentors for ALL students who see you/cast a vision of the future (significant, intentional)
- Mentors trained in intentionally coaching
- PD for mentors leadership credentials (DEI specific)
- Arrange students in groups designed for long-term investment
- Recruit students for programs/higher ed (Gear Up, Upward Bound, College Success, Link Crew, field trips, etc)
** Students and families need to be the foundation holding up the vision of a school's culture/climate

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- Paid Internships** (relives the stress of having to give up income for an internship)
- Paid internships for high school and college students
- Incentivized stipends**
- Extra help for paras (housing, childcare*, gas)
- Loan forgiveness for paras
- 3 or 5-year commitment to gain reimbursement

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Projects: PD and Leadership
- How do we create ongoing PD instead of one-off events?
- Can this become a common professional development in our region where the majority of students are Hispanic and multilingual?
- Will scholarships also cover travel, registration, and membership fees?
- Can PD be offered with mentor teachers to encourage implementation?
- How do we help people of color acquire and advance in leadership roles to expand the number of leaders represented in this work?**
- What PD will be offered and for whom?
- How much funding and what activities other than PD will be funded?

Projects: Affinity Groups
- What are affinity groups?
- What is a community of belonging and how does it look when recruiting BIPOC educators?
- Who will create the process to recruit members for the community of belonging?
How do we identify who qualifies for affinity groups?
- What are the roles of facilitators?

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- Equity-focused PD (especially if they are paid for)
- Use of an equity lens rubric
- The "facilitator process" how trainees are matched with facilitators
- Regional Equity Network**
- Upward Bound at the High School level
- Co-designed work
- PD resource Hub*

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- What is the business benefits/benefits package?
- What do TEP and GYO mean?
- How much will reimbursements be for 3 or 5-year commitments?
- What incentives are in place for teachers seeking an Ed leadership degree?
- What does "connected to employment" look like?
- Do these benefits apply to all district employees not just teachers?
- Would the stipend go to dual-language paras too or just TOSAS?

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- The work needs to come from the ground up, let educators tell you what they want and support THEIR solutions NOT YOURS
- A better understanding of what is happening on the ground. Regional-level work still feels too far above
- We need BIPOC mentors and admin who can support affinity groups
- Money hasn't been enough for affinity groups - there needs to be a way to make them more powerful (fellowships, career advancement, powerful outcomes)
- Adequate funding $5,000 is not enough

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Process/Definitions:
- What does trustworthy look like?
- What is a funding broker?
- What is our timeline?
- What do we prioritize first?
- How will the community be involved in the decision-making process?
- How do we monitor/assess cultural audits?
- Who will be invited to working groups?

Resource Hub:
- What will be included in the shared resource hub?
- How do we ensure toolkits are used appropriately?

Mentors:
- Who will train mentor teachers/admin?
- Who will assign mentors in a high school with 2,000+ students?
- How will mentors be matched with students?
- What does it mean to arrange by student groups?
- Will this be broken down by grade (K-5, 6-8, 9-12)?
- Who will facilitate within the system? Outside but specifically trained

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- Need to include connection to the community especially cultural connections
- FREE education for ALL teacher candidates

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- This work has to be reflected in documented policies to operationalize equity, culture, and belonging
- Mentors need to be trained so they can be intentional
- Mentors need to be compensated (stipend)
- Matching mentor teachers based on senior projects or providing courses through running start for students interested in teaching
- We need a clear definition of what equity and belonging look like - then we can plan specific steps
- Book recommendation: Belonging Through a Culture of Dignity by Floyd Cobb and John Krownapple

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Resourced shared by Yakima School District by contact Marcello Sgambelluri,
sgambelluri.marcello@ysd7.org