Equity PD - 4/21 by https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl "Is Your Approach to Continuous Improvement Colorblind?" en-us 2021-04-21 15:06:15 UTC 2026-01-19 18:51:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f951.png laking https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1442973578 STEP 1: Read the article "Is Your Approach to Continuous Improvement Colorblind?".

STEP 2: Follow each direction on the colored columns.

STEP 3: Read your colleagues' comments and respond as you feel so inclined.]]> 2021-04-21 15:06:15 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1442973578 ARGUE something in the text, citing the text (with page numbers, if appropriate) as evidence. Click on the + to post below. laking https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1442973582 2021-04-21 15:06:15 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1442973582 Identify one element of the text that you ASPIRE TO or will ACT UPON, citing the text (with page numbers, if appropriate) as evidence. Click on the + to post below. laking https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1442973599 2021-04-21 15:06:15 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1442973599 Identify something you AGREE with in the text, citing the text (with page numbers, if appropriate) as evidence. Click on the + to post below. laking https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1442973614 2021-04-21 15:06:15 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1442973614 Identify one ASSUMPTION in the text, citing the text (with page numbers, if appropriate) as evidence. Click on the + to post below. laking https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1443640215 2021-04-21 17:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1443640215 It assumes we have adequate time and resources for these kinds of analyses https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444128462 2021-04-21 18:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444128462 White students offered more empathy and second chances https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444130064 2021-04-21 18:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444130064 When it talks about 90% feeling good but the data may say that the 10% are all black females or some other group https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444131479 2021-04-21 18:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444131479 https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444132090 Many educators do not engage, empower, and challenge Black and brown students in the same way they do their white counterparts.]]> 2021-04-21 18:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444132090 https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444132959 One assumption we can identify is in the article it states that We as educators do not challenge other races as we do white students. "many educators do not engage, empower, and challenge Black and brown students in the same way they do their white counterparts. " We think that this is an overall general idea.

]]> 2021-04-21 18:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444132959 Questioning the idea that all students can reach the extremely high standards https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444134774 2021-04-21 18:53:37 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444134774 I dont think we have the ability to give teachers an extra planning period https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444135994 2021-04-21 18:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444135994 https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444136903 Assumption that teachers and leaders have time to add additional meetings to their schedules. ]]> 2021-04-21 18:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444136903 https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444138837 Understanding that bias is often an unconscious process can help reduce the defensiveness that sometimes comes up when educators look at data disaggregated by race.

]]> 2021-04-21 18:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444138837 Many educators blame, and become defensive. https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444139087 2021-04-21 18:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444139087 https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444142020 Assumption ]]> 2021-04-21 18:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444142020 If you can get some common planning at least once every week or two it could help mitigate that issue bbrace https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444142386 2021-04-21 18:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444142386 https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444144159
 A commitment to equity requires ensuring that we as adults adjust our practices to provide children with what they need to thrive in our classrooms and schools.



]]> 2021-04-21 18:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444144159 https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444144940 Assumption that everyone is biased to some extent-- whether intentionalor unintentional (ingrained). ]]> 2021-04-21 18:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444144940 Look more closely at our data https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444146491 2021-04-21 18:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444146491 https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444150300 Continue to identify our own biases because "We can change policies and practices, but unless we simultaneously address the root causes in our own thinking, it's likely new biased policies and practices will crop up to replace them."]]> 2021-04-21 18:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444150300 https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444150306 We need to stray away & not fall into the "If you taught it you caught it" mindset]]> 2021-04-21 18:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444150306 https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444154048 Article presents this as "easy" to make time to create change.]]> 2021-04-21 18:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/laking/pg91hywzqrg4khfl/wish/1444154048