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Learn core concepts and tools for increasing cultural competency
Learn how to analyze and plan for an equity culture that increases students’ sense of belonging, inclusion, and academic performance
Equity Proficiency Training
Cost: $
Timeframe: 1 Day
Audience: All Stakeholders, All Levels
What’s Included: Exposure to cultural issues that affect learning; Exploration of how to create school and society culture that impact performance
Outcomes: Participants gain awareness into their personal level of equity development; Participants gain awareness of how organizational issues impact equity
Managing Culture with an Equity Lens
Cost: $$
Timeframe: 2 Days (Minimum)
Audience: District Leaders, Building Leaders, Team Leaders
What’s Included: Real-time organizational assessment on degree to which schools support student feelings of belonging, systemic obstacles to inclusion, and academic performance
Outcomes: Participants gain tools to analyze culture and plan responses for ways in which schools undermine student performance; Participants have foundation to form internal task groups dedicated on increasing equity in their school/district
Post-Workshop Resources & Tools: Coaching is warranted to continue team development and use of Equity Progress Assessment for diagnostic and planning purposes
Develop strategies for advancing equity and increasing school performance
Build a cadre of equity trainers within your system
Strategic Planning with an Equity Lens
Cost: $$$
Timeframe: 3 Days (Equivalent)
Audience: District Leaders, Building Leaders, Team Leaders (recommended for intact teams)
What’s Included: Real-time organizational assessment on transforming schools to become high performing cultures that center equity
Outcomes: Participants are prepared to develop comprehensive strategic plans for advancing, managing, and monitoring equity
Post-Workshop Resources & Tools: Monthly coaching for teams/leaders is recommended to complete their plan and begin implementation
Training Certification
Cost: $$$$
Timeframe: 6-12 months (training); 12 months (supervision)
Audience: All Stakeholders, All Levels
Outcomes: Participants are certified to deliver the Equity Proficiency Training or Equity in the Classroom Workshop
Post-Workshop Resources & Tools: Ongoing trainer refresher activities; Workshop materials are available to support trainers and participants
Increase teachers’ capacity to meet the needs of struggling learners and students with specialized learning needs
Increase teachers’ competence to bring culturally relevant instruction into their classrooms
Strategic Planning with an Equity Lens
Cost: $
Timeframe: 12 months
What’s Included: Ongoing support for strategic plan implementation; ongoing refreshers and coaching for internal trainers; additional trainings for new staff as needed
Outcomes: Strategic plan implementation coaching and support; Trainers are supported for ongoing quality control
Equity in the Classroom
Cost: $$
Timeframe: 3 Days
Audience: Teachers, Team Leaders, Building Leaders
What’s Included: Learn the elements of equitable classrooms; Explore aspects of equitable classrooms including culturally responsive instruction; Assessment of classrooms for equity; Designing equitable classrooms
Outcomes: Participants gain an understanding of culturally responsive pedagogy, critical race theory, and mindset management
Provide teachers a framework for building student confidence, engagement, and effectiveness
Provide teachers with an intensive, scenario-based series of workshops focused on building lesson plans that meet the varied needs of of students in the classroom using the latest pedagogy
Building Confidence in the Classroom
Cost: $$
Timeframe: 2 Days
Audience: Teachers, Team Leaders
What’s Included: Challenge Cycle; Confidence constellation toolkit
Outcomes: Participants understand the ways in which confidence informs Social Emotional Learning (SEL) developmental learning cycles of students; The ways in which confidence increases a students’ capacity to be life-long learners
Post-Workshop Resources & Tools: Activities for building students confidence toolkit
Differentiation with an Equity Lens
Cost: $$$
Timeframe: 5 days (30 hours)
Audience: Teachers
What’s Included: Real-time development of differentiated lesson plans; Exposure to and experience of differentiated learning environments
Outcomes: Participants are able to set up classrooms that enable students with a variety of learning needs to be successful
Engage parents in learning approaches for carrying equity-based and confidence-focused initiatives from the classroom into home
Create dialogue for business, faith and other community leaders to engage with district stakeholders in review of community needs and school district plans
Equity Proficiency Training
Cost: $
Timeframe: 1 Day
Audience: All Stakeholders, All Levels
What’s Included: Exposure to cultural issues that affect learning; Exploration of how to create school and society culture that impact performance
Outcomes: Participants gain awareness into their personal level of equity development; Participants gain awareness of how organizational issues impact equity
Supporting Equity in the Classroom
Cost: $
Timeframe: 1 Day
Audience: Parents and Community Members
What’s Included: Learn the elements of equitable classrooms; Explore aspects of equitable classrooms including culturally responsive instruction; Assessment of classrooms for equity; Designing equitable classrooms
Outcomes: Participants gain an understanding of culturally responsive pedagogy, critical race theory, and mindset management
Support student equity learning groups that meet over breakfast or lunch to engage in strategic dialogue about equity in their schools, to react to district planning, or proactively sponsor student initiated equity initiatives
Inform and engage parents and community members in district strategic planning efforts
Building Confidence for Parents
Cost: $$
Timeframe: 1 Day
Audience: Parents and Community Members
What’s Included: Challenge Cycle; Confidence constellation toolkit
Outcomes: Participants understand the ways in which confidence informs Social Emotional Learning (SEL) developmental learning cycles of students; The ways in which confidence increases a students’ capacity to be life-long learners
Post-Workshop Resources & Tools: Activities for building students confidence toolkit
Community Overview for Equity and Strategic Planning
Cost: $$
Timeframe: 2 Days (equivalent)
Audience: District Leaders with Parents and Community Members
What’s Included: Overview of district equity planning and analysis; Discussion of organizational assessment of district functions
Outcomes: Participants are prepared to develop comprehensive strategic plans for advancing, managing, and monitoring equity
Track Two relies on the strategic plan done in Track One.
Certification training requires a second trainer for a group of trainees greater than 6.
Maximum number of participants in each training session is 30 participants.
Materials for participants in workshops offered by certified trainers will be provided by CLS at a standard cost.
