Equity-Focused Professional Development Fay Alexander, CCSC Humanities Teacher & Equity PD Co-Leader Becki Norris, CCSC Middle School Principal March 27th, 2019

Icebreaker / Share-Out Instructions [3] Icebreaker: Quiz-Quiz-Pass [12] Share out: What did you think of this activity? Can you see ways you might use it in your school / institution? [5] FA explains & facilitates

Agenda Icebreaker / sample activity [20] Introductions / Agenda Review [1] Intro to CCSC [4] Framing & Key Questions [5] Equity PD: Design Principles [10] Q&A / Discussion [20] 1 minute FA, BN introduce selves BN walks through agenda

CCSC at a Glance Founded 2005 Grades 6-12 Max student enrollment of 420 (growing) Structure, Support, Love 95+% students of color 49% faculty of color, 57% admin, 46% overall faculty + staff To and through college Roundtables and Internships 3 minutes BN walks through this slide

Why is Equity PD important? 4 minutes FA owns this Why is Equity PD important?

Key Questions How can schools effectively build an equity-focused adult culture? How can equity PD help adults to embrace and plan for change, both individually and institutionally? *disclaimer 1 minute BN walks through this slide Disclaimer: We don’t have all the answers. 2 steps forward and 1 back is a common trend. Excited to learn from others today, too

Equity Professional Development: Design Principles History of this work at CCSC Current model: Internal and external facilitation Focus on individuals and institution Substantive time (20% of yearly PD) Equity Professional Development: Design Principles 3 minutes BN * Now in year 6. * Push was from small group of teachers. Started with small # of externally facilitated sessions. Then, faculty working group in Year 2. Year 3, external facilitation (poorly done). Year 4, External facilitation (done effectively) * Years 5-6: Internal/external hybrid. Focus on individual journey and institutional analysis

Equity Professional Development: Design Principles Key Ideas Push forward (don’t repeat too much; don’t start over) 2 key elements to growth, individually & institutionally: Acceptance / embracing of discomfort Accountability Equity Professional Development: Design Principles 2 minutes BN

Equity Professional Development: Design Principles Key Ideas, cont’d Remember benefits Focus on group & individual analysis, goals: Individual reflection, data analysis, reading 🡪 goals; accountability in small, heterogeneous “N&S” groups Working groups (grade level teams, staff teams, admin) 🡪 goals; accountability to each other & whole faculty/staff Equity Professional Development: Design Principles 5 minutes FA Benefits: Hearts & minds Increased individual capacity & comfort re: talking about equity This leads to more ability to analyze data, make goals, address own biases & institutional ones More culturally relevant / responsive curricula 🡪 better learning for diverse student body Recruitment & retaining of diverse staff “hearts & minds” work helps to create more equitable school climate Research shows a more diverse faculty/staff leads to better learning outcomes What happens in Equity PD See slide Goals/commitments

Wrapping Up Contact Info falexander@ccscambridge.org bnorris@ccscambridge.org Resources www.ccscambridge.org we share everything Discussion / Q&A Thanks! BN