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Reading: The Original Abilities of Equity Literacy
Video Lesson: 5 Abilities of Equity Literacy (28 min.)
Equity Exercise: Applying the Equity Literacy Abilities 2 Qs

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Learning to Be a Threat to Inequity: Intro to Equity Literacy (No Certificate)

In this course you will learn core aspects of the equity literacy framework, including its dimensions, abilities, and principles. This course is designed to take 3-4 hours if you do the reading and engage with the interactive components.

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Learning to Be a Threat to Inequity: Intro to Equity Literacy (No Certificate)

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In this course you will learn core aspects of the equity literacy framework, including its dimensions, abilities, and principles. This course is designed to take 3-4 hours if you do the reading and engage with the interactive components.

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The equity literacy framework  is different from existing equity frameworks because it enables educators to be a threat to inequity and to actively cultivate equity in their systems. 

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The equity literacy framework  is different from existing equity frameworks because it enables educators to be a threat to inequity and to actively cultivate equity in their systems. 

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The Equity Literacy Framework outlines the skills and knowledge necessary for educators to not only promote equity but to also be a threat to inequity. These are skills that take time to develop especially for people who have never experienced inequities. It is important professional learning around these skills and knowledge meets people where they are, but also goes far enough to help people develop an equity lens which can be applied to every decision and policy that effects students. 

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The Equity Literacy Framework outlines the skills and knowledge necessary for educators to not only promote equity but to also be a threat to inequity. These are skills that take time to develop especially for people who have never experienced inequities. It is important professional learning around these skills and knowledge meets people where they are, but also goes far enough to help people develop an equity lens which can be applied to every decision and policy that effects students. 

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As we develop our recommendations for professional learning, we need to consider including content that will develop these skills and knowledge. 

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As we develop our recommendations for professional learning, we need to consider including content that will develop these skills and knowledge. 

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I'll share a practice I witnessed at a school: 

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I'll share a practice I witnessed at a school: 

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An elementary school used their marquee to celebrate kids' birthdays. When I praised the district for this practice, they informed me that each family had to pay $5 to get their name on the marquee. This made me wonder how the students' families who couldn't spare $5 might feel or if some families would choose to go without something in order for their kids to be celebrated on the kiosk.

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I wish I would have asked the school leader some questions about this practice in order to help him see the inequities in this practice. At the time, I did not.

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We need to be more aware of and sensitive to the circumstances of our students living in poverty. Maybe this can be done by helping school leaders "audit" their current practices through a lens of equity with students of poverty in mind. This could also be done with other marginalized student groups.

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It was helpful to see the examples of the knowledge and skills that equity literate educators should possess.

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The breakdown of each of the 5 abilities of Equity Literacy was a great overview on how to be a threat to inequity. I appreciate his comment that all the abilities "are useless if we can not Recognize inequity."

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I think we need to get better at recognizing inequity and having the courage to respond to and redress the concern.

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I acknowledge that I struggle with recognizing inequity and how do teach someone that skill especially when it's not obvious.

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When I was an elementary school principal, the district an alternate lunch policy for students who fell behind on their lunch accounts. Students were served peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in a brown paper bag. I had many students cry when they received the brown bag and received many angry phone calls from parents.

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After much pushback, the district pursued a grant where the entire district qualified for a free lunch.

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Equity literacy prepares us to recognize even the subtlest ways access and opportunity are distributed unfairly across race, class, gender identity, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, language, and other factors.

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The list of the abilities provided in this lesson are very helpful for personal growth as well as a tool when hiring/training educators.

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This lesson gives me an "equity lens" when creating programs, processes, and services to the community. I am better able to see how structures and policies may be crating unnecessary barriers for students and families.