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Department of Equity Board Presentation by: Shomari Jones Director, Equity and Graduation Success Krischanna Roberson Supervisor, Equity and Student Success The Bellevue School District Mission: 1  To provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career and life.

Agenda • Meet the team • Purpose • Background / Research • Courageous Conversations • Equity Working in the BSD • Equity Goals • E ‐ Teams 2 • Questions / Comments

Department of Equity Nikum Pon Silvia Honores Ramika Toms Coordinator, Equity, Coordinator, Equity, Administrative Engagement, and Data Engagement, and Secretary, Equity Opportunity 3 David Richardson Donna Mattison Progress Monitor, Progress Monitor, Interlake HS and Sammamish HS and Highland MS Odle MS

Purpose Why Examine and Address Race? Race matters – in society and in our schools. It is critical for educators to address racial issues in order to uncover personal and institutional biases that prevent all students, and especially students of color, from reaching their fullest potential. COURAGEOUS CONVERSATION serves as the essential strategy for school systems and other educational organizations to address racial disparities through safe, authentic, and effective cross ‐ racial dialogue.  Align policies and practices with our mission of achievement for each and every student.  Identify and examine critical disparities in our educational system to ensure that opportunities and supports exist for high achievement by each and every student regardless of special needs, race, ethnicity, or financial status.  Provide a rigorous (challenging academic environment) education 4 for each and every student.  Expect and support relevant, culturally competent learning environments .

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Equity 2015‐2016 Goals Equity Goals Aligned with BSD Initiatives College & Career Academic Success Positive & Productive Life 8 Academic Success Positive & Productive Life College & Career

Alignment to the 2015‐16 Goals • Academic Success • Panorama Survey for Equity • Equity Team Support and development • Equity Council Development • College & Career • Graduation Alliance • Progress Monitor Senior Transition • Inclusion of Student Services and Special Ed Depts in PEG Equity training • Positive & Productive Life • Action Teams for Partnerships (ATP) • Student lead affinity groups at middle & high schools 9 • BOOM Experience

Where Are We Doing the Work • Human Resources Department  HR is transforming their hiring practices to incorporate the utilization of the framework and protocols from the equity training • Curriculum And Instruction Department  As a department, C and I has commissioned the expertise of PEG to support their developers in creating culturally relevant and more equitable curriculum across all grade levels. • District Leadership Team (DLT)  Uses protocols in facilitations of meetings and to work with individual teams across the district 10

What Does An E‐Team Do? 11

Which Schools Have E‐Teams 2014 ‐ 15 2015 ‐ 16 Elementary – Elementary – • Medina Ardmore • • Newport Heights • Bennett • Phantom Lake Cherry Crest • • Spiritridge • Clyde Hill • Woodridge • Eastgate Enatai • Secondary – • Jing Mei • BHS Lake Hills • • IHS • Puesta del Sol • SHS • Sherwood Forest • Highland Somerset • • Tyee • Stevenson • Chinook • International • Secondary – • Odle • Tillicum 12 Big Picture • • NHS

What Equity Training participants are saying about their involvement . . . “Five tenets, continue to use the lens of equity in everything that I do, the social construct of race and whiteness in our society, if we don’t change our school system to meet “Continuing to confront whiteness in everything! the needs of our kids, we will Who I am, how I’ve profited and what I do in my continue to perpetuate the gap.” BSD/SpEd work to either sustain or disrupt whiteness as properly because it is so pervasive ‐ and, as a white “I’m emerging in my person, has been accepted by me as the norm.” consciousness as a racial being, beneficiary of white privilege and “As a white male, I am most challenged to stay cognizant of dominant 13 engaged. This scares me as I don’t know whether my culture (personal). As I lack of understanding is related to authentic work through this I can questions or a subconscious desire to not change.” better apply it professionally.“

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Questions / Comments / Feedback For additional information regarding this presentation contact: Shomari Jones: Director, Equity and Graduation Success Email: joness@bsd405.org Phone: 425 ‐ 456 ‐ 4027 Krischanna Roberson: Supervisor, Equity and Student Success Email: robersonk@bsd405.org Phone: 425 ‐ 456 ‐ 4124 The Bellevue School District Mission:  To provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory 15 education so they can succeed in college, career and life.