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Pushing the importance of meaningful inclusion with staff members who aren't directly working with certain students

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Pushing the importance of meaningful inclusion with staff members who aren't directly working with certain students

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I really appreciate that we do make the time to share a space on a weekly basis as an entire staff. I think we are good at communicating and collaborating as a whole. I feel supported by members of my team and feel like I am part of a community. 

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I really appreciate that we do make the time to share a space on a weekly basis as an entire staff. I think we are good at communicating and collaborating as a whole. I feel supported by members of my team and feel like I am part of a community. 

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There is still this aroua of "these poor students". We talk about growth mindset and it should be applied in all areas of 

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There is still this aroua of "these poor students". We talk about growth mindset and it should be applied in all areas of 

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I think there is a clear understanding that all of our students are capable of being successful and deserve the resources and support to have that success. I think there are sometimes gaps around what success means for all students.

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I've seen the learning support department start to interrupt patterns of power-holding by more explicitly leveraging staff members to contribute to PD opportunities (& compensate them fairly for this work without it being an additional ask on staff).

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We are not honest enough. For the sake of being polite and normative we allow things to remain one way and that can be very destructive. Diversity of thought, disagreements and even conflict leads to growth. These are not bad words, if we are able to keep an open mind and learn to listen to each other. 

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We are not honest enough. For the sake of being polite and normative we allow things to remain one way and that can be very destructive. Diversity of thought, disagreements and even conflict leads to growth. These are not bad words, if we are able to keep an open mind and learn to listen to each other. 

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I think that there are people that hold more power and take up more space in meetings. I don't think many of us interrupt these patterns in order to avoid conflict.

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I think that there are people that hold more power and take up more space in meetings. I don't think many of us interrupt these patterns in order to avoid conflict.

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For ROSE specifically, I didn't realize how different my experience planning curriculum and materials was from other teachers who collaborate with a GLC, LST, and ELL specialist as they develop their content.

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I think we're often times really reliant on what we've done previously, esp. because in many instances we've seen high student test scores associated with that curriculum/instructional practice. Things like UDL are scary because they're different/new but I think if we're going to continue to make progress serving our most vulnerable students this feels like somewhere we need to be more intentional about going.

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Differentiation seems to start with a text-heavy packet and go from there, getting adapted to meet kids. Inclusion is an add-on rather than the foundation.

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We could collaborate on updating the curriculum to represent the students -- norm the history of the country for what really happened and include more books with BIPOC characters

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We could collaborate on updating the curriculum to represent the students -- norm the history of the country for what really happened and include more books with BIPOC characters

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One thing a program I worked at in CA did that was amazing was spend PD time bringing in the community and discussing the historical and legal developments that led to the  educational systems in Richmond. I feel like I know very little about how East Boston became the community it is

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In some ways it feels like there's still a lot of individualism here, that there are pockets of anti-racism work happening in classrooms but this doesn't happen across the board in every classroom or with every teacher consistently. I do think that there's been a more significant shift this past year to provide students with windows/mirrors but I don't think it's happening everywhere and consistently

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We really  care about the kids, and we are very passionate about our work. We are having and holding these discussions with each other and have been a lot more vulnerable and self-reflective. In turn, influences our work. 

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We really  care about the kids, and we are very passionate about our work. We are having and holding these discussions with each other and have been a lot more vulnerable and self-reflective. In turn, influences our work. 

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I think our biggest strength is how often we talk about diversity and equitabilitly, we don't shy away from the topic

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I think our biggest strength is how often we talk about diversity and equitabilitly, we don't shy away from the topic

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I think we need to continue to think about diversity when we hire new staff. I am sure there is improvement but we have a long way to go.

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I think we need to continue to think about diversity when we hire new staff. I am sure there is improvement but we have a long way to go.

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One of the things I really appreciate about Excel's culture is the open acknowledgement of things that haven't worked. I feel like a lot of NSO talked about decisions that were made by people, rather than systems that just came into existence.

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Excel takes the time to talk about diversity, equity, & inclusion in a way that a lot of other organizations don't. I do think that we have room to grow in this area (i.e. talking about it more, ensuring that DEI is part of all our conversations/decisions being made).

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Coming from a school where there was no diversity, it's amazing to be part of a staff where there is so much diversity. I also think the fact that we have a vision statement around our DEI work, it's at the forefront of all we do, and is something we're continuing to work with and learn about, is so important. 

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Coming from a school where there was no diversity, it's amazing to be part of a staff where there is so much diversity. I also think the fact that we have a vision statement around our DEI work, it's at the forefront of all we do, and is something we're continuing to work with and learn about, is so important. 

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Overall we work to meet our students where they need supports so they can be successful

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Overall we work to meet our students where they need supports so they can be successful

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I think there are a lot of vestiges of "how things were" or how they "used to be" that we don't necessarily take the time to interrogate or push back on. It feels really important that we listen to new staff members who come with a new perspective. 

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I think there are a lot of vestiges of "how things were" or how they "used to be" that we don't necessarily take the time to interrogate or push back on. It feels really important that we listen to new staff members who come with a new perspective. 