Equity and Justice Feedback by Michael Manderino https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e en-us 2018-07-12 13:02:57 UTC 2025-11-03 13:26:10 UTC hello@padlet.com Special Ed Dept. works very hard at this with each student. https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374160939 2019-08-12 17:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374160939 Special Ed. Dept. does a great job of communicating with families throughout the year. It is difficult when district decisions for classes/students are made without all stakeholders aware of these changes. The case managers are the ones who have to communicate with the parents/guardians/students without a rationale. https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374161036 2019-08-12 17:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374161036 ELL https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374161733 Remove the barrier if forcing ELL students to attend a different campus than their cohorts.]]> 2019-08-12 17:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374161733 GPA/Excellence Award https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374161911 We are concerned about the average student. Students who need a lot of support receive the support. The high achieving students are continuously receiving awards and accolades. Perhaps instead of setting GPA thresholds, we acknowledge students who improved their GPA (by .2 for example) and instead of setting a bar of 2.49 for the Excellence award, perhaps have the requirement be GPA growth over the 4 years. ]]> 2019-08-12 17:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374161911 If we are really committed to this there should be an Ethnic Studies class. https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173128 2019-08-12 18:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173128 First, identifying WHAT the local, state, national, and international barriers that should be dismantled must be discussed and reflected upon. https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173332 2019-08-12 18:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173332 I like the GPA growth idea. I also think the "excellence award" is watered down. Not everyone is excellent and we risk it appearing we're just giving out participation medals. Find a new way to do this. Growth is better. https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173417 2019-08-12 18:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173417 Articulating the barriers https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173509 2019-08-12 18:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173509 A community liaison should be bilingual-bicultural and have shifting hours, so that parents can communicate with an adult after 4 pm or 8 pm, to get authentic connections, not just one weekend, one event. https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173537 2019-08-12 18:53:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173537 AP prep program in the summer does a great job of building student relationships with teachers and fellow peers https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173548 2019-08-12 18:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173548 Good Work https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173634 Giving students access to hot spots that don't have internet access at home.]]> 2019-08-12 18:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173634 Whose "ethnicity" gets studied? What do we study? The most successful "ethnic studies classes" really work to empower students. At Leyden we only want to empower students to do what we want them to do.....our vision of empowerment. BTW we already had versions of that in the past in Social Studies. They exist no more for a reason that has nothing to do with admin or teachers and lots to do with student interest. https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173758 2019-08-12 18:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173758 Through project based learning in co.lab students have the chance to choose their passion and find a way to make a positive change in their community. With this, we take small groups of st https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173768 2019-08-12 18:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173768 Multicultural https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173837 Ensuring that all cultures within the school are valued - through content and activities]]> 2019-08-12 18:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173837 https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173848 We need to continued to develop faculty and staff understanding of our school community. ]]> 2019-08-12 18:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173848 I like the idea of exposing our students to AP and higher GPA! However, I'm a bit confused how we will achieve this simultaneously with looser attendance policies, tardies, and lack of strict deadlines for assignments? I am just not sure how these communicate high expectations. https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173916 2019-08-12 18:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374173916 https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174026 We have to move beyond simply encouraging students to take "harder" classes and do the hard work needed to better ensure their success in these classes.  Those things are curricular alignment, required bridge programs and required formal supports.  

]]> 2019-08-12 18:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174026 Restorative Justice https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174056 I hear a lot of use of the "restorative justice" buzzwords being tossed around in education, especially in the context of recent state legislation; however, I see little real application of it in public schooling. Actual RJ can't merely be limited to preventing students from excessive out of school suspensions, but must involve cultivation in students that they are accountable to their teachers, PEERS, and COMMUNITY for achievement and behavior in the classroom. In addition, the restoration of students to good standing in the school, after failure --behavioral or academic--would go a long way toward fostering better student-faculty, student-student, and student-community behaviors. ]]> 2019-08-12 18:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174056 https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174065 We are providing more opportunities for students to prepare for there post-secondary experience,  through AP courses, dual credit, credentials and industry certificates.]]> 2019-08-12 18:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174065 We should really study our community if we are to help with equity and justice in the lives of our constituents. https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174091 2019-08-12 18:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174091 Expectations https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174107 How do we establish meaningful expectations that are respected and maintained by all faculty members?]]> 2019-08-12 18:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174107 Of the five headings, this one, in my opinion, is the one we are least successful in accomplishing, but it seems to me that it is the linchpin to dismantling barriers. https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174166 2019-08-12 18:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174166 Hearing the barriers from current students and current graduates would be ideal. Also, knowing how our students are fairing post-secondary would be helpful too? What could we, at Leyden, have done differently? What worked well? What could be improved upon? https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174215 2019-08-12 18:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174215 If our mission is to build relationships with students, it is difficult when you finally break that barrier with the student and then https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174298 2019-08-12 18:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174298 strength based approaches https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174459 I have concerns about how we can maintain high expectations, while always focusing on a strength-based approach. I hear that, and initially think that we should not be exposing and pushing students to continue adding to their strengths. There is a necessity for secondary level students to be thrown out of their comfort level in order to grow]]> 2019-08-12 18:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174459 Quiet Spaces https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174521 Many students who live in small houses and apartments don't have quiet study spaces. We've moved away from the media centers being these places, and many students would probably appreciate having a drop in place to complete their homework in comfort and quiet. ]]> 2019-08-12 18:58:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174521 Provide heart rate monitors to all students. https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174732 2019-08-12 18:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374174732 Surrounding Communities https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374177863 It is imperative that all teachers (new and old) have a perspective on the communities in which our students live. This will dismantle the barriers to creating curriculum that is relevant to our students needs]]> 2019-08-12 19:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374177863 https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374184621 I think we need an extensive exploration of the variety of ways in which we can create conditions of learning that are equitable and just.  This discussion should include an examination of the texts we choose to put in front of our students, the behavioral expectations we hold, the ways in which we interact with our students,  how just and equitable our assessment practices are (and more). ]]> 2019-08-12 20:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374184621 Teach https://padlet.com/mmanderino2_1/krfswoy8k75e/wish/374184754 We need to teach students about these barriers and structures that are preventing them from opportunity. Many students have believed that it is their fault for not succeeding but there are forces, policies and practices that they cannot see/name that is preventing them from success. 

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