https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan Reflections to School and Classroom Practices - Ministry of Education Equity Action Plan en-us 2019-03-06 02:26:38 UTC 2019-05-08 00:25:59 UTC hello@padlet.com kgraham13 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338214432 2019-03-06 02:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338214432 kgraham13 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338215225 2019-03-06 02:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338215225 kgraham13 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338215327 2019-03-06 02:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338215327 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338575478 The Secondary Program Team uses student-first language when describing pathways and programs. There is no such thing as an Applied student. There is a student in an Applied program. 

]]> 2019-03-06 19:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338575478 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338576342 -supporting creating of and awareness around resources - digital platform provides access and promotion]]> 2019-03-06 19:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338576342 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338576971 Taking additional training in CRRP ]]> 2019-03-06 19:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338576971 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338577394 Supporting teachers with resources and knowing who they can contact in the board]]> 2019-03-06 19:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338577394 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338577614 -exploring ways to communicate with parents and caregivers via digital means]]> 2019-03-06 19:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338577614 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338578108 The secondary program team would benefit from clearly articulated end goals of the plan. What do we do first? What is the progression? The whole plan is too much. Is there a suggestion of where to begin? Knowing where we are headed would help determine where to begin.]]> 2019-03-06 19:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338578108 swaseem https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338578690 RS Team reflecting on the resources used within Comprehensive Literacy-"Are they responsive to the culture of the students we work with.?"]]> 2019-03-06 19:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338578690 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338578972 Knowing the resources available to support us (eg. book lists, teaching ideas, consultants to contact etc)]]> 2019-03-06 19:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338578972 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338579133 Where the document calls on us to create a renewed approach to Grade 9 pathways, what does that look like? What practices are we trying to shift. If I'm working with Grade 8 teachers, Guidance Dept, Student Success, what does the renewed approach look like so I can assist in the transformation. What practices need to change. ]]> 2019-03-06 19:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338579133 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338579408 Meeting with educators as a team, to value all voices within the classroom 
We make a point to refer to all as educators and not to distinguish roles within Board Hierarchy 


]]> 2019-03-06 19:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338579408 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338579717 Time to connect as a multi-disciplinary team to curate lists of resources]]> 2019-03-06 19:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338579717 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338579774 How do I engage parent/guardians in the awareness of programs and pathways? How can I help parent/guardians honour all pathways?]]> 2019-03-06 19:39:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338579774 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338579994 To access training in areas such as CRRP to build on existing practices. ]]> 2019-03-06 19:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338579994 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338580812 Parent/guardians are involved in the school - how to engage them in the learning?

]]> 2019-03-06 19:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338580812 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338580923 What bullet points fall within our circle of influence? For those bullets, how do we make these ideas come alive in our Professional Development sessions? Are there exemplars we can gather/build and use to model practices that align and support the implementation of the Equity Action Plan.

]]> 2019-03-06 19:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338580923 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338581216 How do we define parent/guardian engagement. Is the term "parent" appropriate and inclusive?]]> 2019-03-06 19:41:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338581216 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338581921 Exploring Cultural Safety in HWDSB, how can we begin to shift mindset and practices in all levels of staff at HWDSB 

]]> 2019-03-06 19:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338581921 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338585610 How do we develop resources to teach students about the difference between fair, equitable, equality and sovereignty?]]> 2019-03-06 19:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338585610 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338587329 What does an equity based program look like in...phys ed, arts, french, digital etc...what language are we sharing, how does it link to curriculum naturally and with effort, what impact can we have, should we have etc. 

]]> 2019-03-06 19:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338587329 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338588748 Actively wearing the lens of equity in schools, development of system learning, and supporting community partners to respond to the various needs, awareness of the bigger ideas and how this can and does impact student learning, school culture and learning. ]]> 2019-03-06 19:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338588748 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338589688 Reflecting with Community partners how they can ensure they are supporting students, teachers and schools addressing equitable concerns, programing with this lens, and resources and supports available that they can access]]> 2019-03-06 19:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338589688 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338591349 Find more opportunities to engage in discussions with others to share perspectives and deepen understanding

]]> 2019-03-06 20:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338591349 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338593683 Encourage educators to focus on children from an asset lens and recognize them as individuals who each bring unique gifts, knowledge and experiences with them]]> 2019-03-06 20:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338593683 https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338600111 School and Classroom Practices
Action Item #1: Strengthening inclusive and culturally responsive and relevant teaching, curriculum, assessment and resources:
What are we doing well?
SYSTEMS: Drawing on the work we started last year out of the Indigenous Education Curriculum Roll-out,  ongoing training with HWDSB Social Work Department, and the recent CRRP and Indigenous Cultural Safety training, we have come to know that we have extensive individual and collective knowledge to advance Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing across the system.  We have been working through local Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe models to make learning meaningful, relevant and reflective to local territorial knowledges, and have utilized the Social Work Department to begin to explore how we can make this learning impactful and transformative to inform Social Work practices. The lunch and learns have also been a proven wise practice in that, the Indigenous Education Consultant is able to meet directly with cohorts of educators at schools to create capacity with respect to approaches to Indigenous pedagogies, epistemologies and ontologies to inform teaching practices. The Ministry of ON has selected HWDSB to be part of a cohort to explore CRRP and what Indigenous Cultural Safety is and how it can create meaningful change and transformation across systems of education in Ontario.
What do we need to get support with to continue our learning:
A genuine and authentic commitment from senior administration, Executive Council, and organizational leaders to endorse the work, otherwise, the good work lays dormant without true advancement. Without system support, and when the onus is placed on Indigenous individuals solely to advance the work, it only perpetuates harm to Indigenous staff, partners, students, communities, partners, and stakeholders who dedicate a lot of time and energy into this work, yet lack power to implement real change across the system. 
What are our next steps:
To wait to hear back from the Ministry of Education on our proposal for the Indigenous Cultural Safety pilot, and to engage in ongoing ethical consultation with students, stakeholders and relevant project partners on co-developing the pilot to inform how we approach equity from a local authentic standpoint. Aside from the Pilot, the Indigenous Education Team is working to be as intentional as possible with respect to the work that we are doing at the systems, schools, classroom, staff, student, and community levels, to ensure that we are maximizing our workload and potential to create meaningful change. ]]> 2019-03-06 20:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kgraham13/EquityActionPlan/wish/338600111