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Defining an Equity Defining an Equity Leadership Agenda in Leadership Agenda in the Midst of COVID-19 the Midst of COVID-19 Erica Jordan-Thomas Founder & Principal, EJT Consulting, LLC. www.ericajordanthomas.com @e_jordanthomas @e_jordanthomas EJT Consulting LLC

A LITTLE ABOUT ME

A LITTLE ABOUT ME

Our Agenda ● Framing ● Defining Key Terms www.ericajordanthomas.com ● Break ● Seeing the System ● Break ● Levers of Leadership ● Break ● Strategies To Defining Your Equity Agenda ● Q&A & Closing

Objectives Participants will be able to: www.ericajordanthomas.com 1. Define equity, equality and their relationship 2. Use the levers of system-leadership, as defined by the PELP framework, to identify a leadership priority for their own context in order to lead for equity

FRAMING

FRAMING

FRAMING

COMPLEX SOLUTIONS

As leaders, we must push from chaotic CORE CORE decision-making to complex decision-making. IDEA IDEA Complex decision is grounded in discovering the answers to new unforseen questions.

EQUITY VS. EQUALITY

Equality is about ensuring that every individual has an equal opportunity to make the most of their lives and talents. Source: Understanding equality | Equality and Human Rights Commission. (n.d.). Retrieved September 8, 2019, from https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/secondary-education-resources/useful-information/understanding-equality EQUITY VS. EQUALITY

EQUITY VS. EQUALITY

Equity is each of us getting what we need to survive or succeed—access to opportunity, networks, resources, and supports—based on where we are and where we want to go. Source: What the Heck Does ‘Equity’ Mean? (SSIR). (n.d.). Retrieved September 8, 2019, from https://ssir.org/articles/entry/what_the_heck_does_equity_mean EQUITY VS. EQUALITY

EQUITY VS. EQUALITY

There is a CORE CORE relationship that exists between equity IDEA & equality. IDEA Equity CREATES equality.

SEEING THE SYSTEM

CORE CORE In order to lead for equity, we IDEA IDEA must acknowledge inequity.

Inequity is the opposite of equity and is defined as a lack of justice or fairness. Inequities cause difgerences in outcomes and experiences across particular subgroups. DEFINING INEQUITY

“Racial inequity exists when the pattern of inequity is across racial subgroups, therefore two or more racial groups are not standing on approximately equal footing (Kendi, 2019).” DEFINING RACIAL INEQUITY

Source: Dooling, S. (n.d.). Racial Disparities Continue Among Boston’s Reported COVID-19 Cases . Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/04/25/racial-disparities-among-bostons-reported-covid-19-cases RACIAL INEQUITY & COVID-19

Racial Inequity & COVID-19 Source: Dooling, S. (n.d.). Racial Disparities Continue Among Boston’s Reported COVID-19 Cases . Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/04/25/racial-disp arities-among-bostons-reported-covid-19-cases

Addressing inequities requires CORE CORE moving beyond acknowledging gaps between subgroups IDEA IDEA to creating a deliberate and intentional equity strategy (Singleton, 2015).

“The performance of any system, a school or any other organization, is the product of interactions among the people engaged with it, the tools and materials they have at their disposal, and the processes through which these people and resources come together to do work. (Bryk, Gomez, Grunow, LeMahieu, 2015, pg. 58)” SEEING THE SYSTEM

Source: National Equity Project (n.d.). The lens of systemic oppression . Retrieved from https://nationalequityproject.org/wp-content/uploads/Lens-of-Systemic-Oppression.pdf LENS OF OPPRESSION

LEVERS OF LEADERSHIP

PELP Coherence Framework “ We developed the PELP Coherence Framework to help leaders recognize the interdependence of various aspects of their school district – its culture, systems and structures, resources, stakeholder relationships, and environment – and to understand how they reinforce one another to support the implementation of an improvement strategy.” Source: Coherence Framework . (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

PELP Coherence Framework Source: Coherence Framework . (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

PELP Coherence Framework Source: Coherence Framework . (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

PELP Coherence Framework Source: Coherence Framework . (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

PELP Coherence Framework Source: Coherence Framework . (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

PELP Coherence Framework Source: Coherence Framework . (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

PELP Coherence Framework Source: Coherence Framework . (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

PELP Coherence Framework Source: Coherence Framework . (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

COMPLEX SOLUTIONS

CORE CORE Leading for equity IDEA IDEA requires listening.

Two Types of Listening Deep Listening “The kind of listening that can help relieve the sufgering of the other person….compassionate listening. You listen with only one purpose: help the other person empty their heart.” (Shafir, 2017, pg. 109)

Two Types of Listening Strategic Listening “Supports us to influence a person’s thinking or behavior.” (Shafir, 2017, pg. 109) Source: Coherence Framework . (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

Leading for equity CORE CORE in the midst of COVID-19 will IDEA IDEA require both types of listening with an overreliance on deep listening.

Strategies to Build your Equity Leadership Agenda Strategy #1 - Consult History ● What has been the history of inequity within your community? ● Review your school/system’s current and past data. Who has experienced inequity?

Strategies to Build your Equity Leadership Agenda Strategy #2 - Focus groups/empathy interviews centering deep listening with those closest to the harm of inequity. ● How are they experiencing COVID-19? ● What are their greatest needs? ● What support have they received during COVID-19 that has been most meaningful? ● What do they think the school/system should do to best support them next school year?

Strategies to Build your Equity Leadership Agenda Strategy #3 - Become accountable to marginalized communities through centering the path forward around their ideas and co-constructing the road map together. ● Organize a collaborative work group ● Incorporate meaningful feedback loops

PELP Coherence Framework Source: Coherence Framework . (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

CLOSING - LIBERATORY MINDSET CARDS

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