Exploring Equity within Accomplished Teaching
How is equity, diversity, and fairness addressed within the National Board standards? How can accomplished teachers expand their cultural lens in order to reach all students? These questions and much more were discussed at our seminar on equity and diversity.
Watch our recording of opening session
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Board Member and California Teaching Commission member Haydee Rodriguez, NBCT, delivered the opening remarks.
Boston University associate professor Dr. Travis Bristol, spoke about gender equity and lead a session on how white teachers and teachers of color can support and learn from each other.
Resource for Dr. Bristol's talk:
. Also watch this short video about the importance of Black male teachers.
Visiting professor Dr. Michael Sadowski and Stanford doctoral candidate Karoline Trepper wl co-lead a session on how accomplished teaching requires doing more than making schools safe for LGBTQ students.
Watch the recording of our closing session 3:30-4:00.
Enjoy these interesting readings:
With Washington Taking a Step Back on Transgender Students, Schools Need to Step Up Harvard Ed blog post by visiting professor Michael Sadowski
In the Classroom: Pedagogy to Activate Student Voices by José Luis Vilson
How Privatization and Public Investment Influence Education Outcomes by Frank Adamson, Bjorn, and Linda Darling-Hammond. Check out the video!
Teaching in a Time of Upheaval blog post by Karoline Trepper
The Boy Who was Raised as a Dog What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. and Maia Szalavitz- Dr. Jeff Duncan-Andrade urged all of us to read this in order to appreciate the impact of trauma on our urban youth.
Here is a wealth of resources from the Education Equity part of our May, 2016 Exploring Teacher Leadership day.
Download your Standards!
In preparation for the seminar, we asked participants to download/print the National Board standards for your certificate area (or the area in which you wish to work on Saturday.) You can find all standards here: http://boardcertifiedteachers.org/certificate-areas. Go to your certificate area and download the standards which are hyperlinked in the far right column. In the chart below you'll find the page numbers to read that deal with the equity standard. We read the equity standard together and discussed in small groups.
| Certficate | Ethics Standard Number and Title | Page Numbers |
| Art Middle/High school | 3. Equity and Diversity | 35-39 |
| Art Elem | 3. Equity and Diversity | 30-33 |
| Career & Tech Ed | 2. Responding to Diversity | 25-28 |
| Eng. Lang. Arts | 2. Fairness, Equity, Diversity | 26-32 |
| Health | 8. Equity, Fairness, Diversity | 38-40 |
| Math | 1. Commitment to Mathematics Learning for all Students | 18-20 |
| Science | 8.Diversity, Fairness, Equity, and Ethics | 67-71 |
| Social Studies/ History | 5. Diversity | 51-54 |
| Eng. New Language | 2. Knowledge of Culture and Diversity | 25-29 |
| Exceptional Needs Specialist (Special Ed) | 2. Knowledge of Philosophy, History, Law 3. Diversity | 23-25, 26 |
| Literacy-Tk-6 | 2. Equity, Fairness, Diversity | 23-27 |
| Music | 6. Valuing Diversity | 37-40 |
| PE | 6. Diversity and Inclusion | 38-40 |
| School Counselor | 5. Equity, Fairness, Diversity | 35-39 |
| World Language- Spanish, French | 5. Fair and Equitable Learning Environment | 31-34 |
| Library Media | 7. Access, Equity, and Diversity | 42-44 |
| Early Childhood Generalist Grades TK-3 | 3. Fostering Equity, Fairness, and Appreciation of Diversity | 34-38 |
| Middle Childhood Generalist Grades 3-6 | 2. Respect for Diversity |
22-24 |