7.12.13+ELT+Meeting

Equity Leadership Team Meeting: 7/12/13 ELT Members Present: Deborah Dicker, Eileen McMahon, Richenda Peterson, Tyrone Nelson and Brad Swanson

Additional ELT Members: Jose Acosta and Jennifer Firer

Calendar: Tuesday Meetings (attached) All Staff Meetings – 10/9, 12/11, 3/12 & 4/16 - Purpose - Format - Planning - Connection to Dept/CT work

Equity Plan: (attached) - Responsive Teaching - Engagement - Capacity
 * o Responding to the student
 * § create an understanding of his/her students and their skill mastery
 * o Responding to the student’s performance
 * § influence daily classroom instruction
 * § implement classroom interventions
 * § design and deliver future instruction
 * § increase student growth and achievement
 * § eliminate the predictability and disproportionality of which students occupy the highest and lowest achievement groups by race, gender, socio-economics and disability
 * o How do we identify what it really looks like?
 * o What are some exemplars?
 * o All voices are valued and heard
 * o Barriers are identified and removed
 * o Focus on Student Achievement
 * o Value local expertise

Role of ELT: - Establish Clear Targets for ELT for 13-14 - Plan and implement Professional Development focused on creating greater equity at HPHS - Address and process Cultural/Racial Conflicts at HPHS - Address Practices/Procedures/Policies that prove to be barriers of Equity - Examine Data and help staff understanding it - Provide accountability for utilizing an Equity Lens for all school actions, decisions and efforts - Achievement Team Meetings (ATM) and AC Meetings will be P.8 on alternating Weds… need to have a stronger connection between ELT and AC/ATM - Coordinate with ATM – SET – CTs - E-Crew leaders - Understand the Parent Voice and Student Voice - The ELT must help our staff to “Connect the Dots”
 * o All Staff Collaborations
 * o Connect the Dots between All Staff Collaborations and Course Team/Department Work
 * o Student conflicts
 * o Staff issues
 * o Create more opportunities to know and hear it
 * o Focus Groups
 * o All Voices group
 * o Student of Color groups
 * o Equity is what we do on a daily basis
 * o Make connections to
 * § Quality Targets
 * § Formative and Summative Assessment
 * § Engaging Instruction
 * § Relationships
 * § Relevance
 * § Rigor
 * § Reflection
 * § Results
 * § Responsiveness

Measurement of Progress, Growth and Success: - What are our measurements of success? - Create Opportunities to Celebrate Successes
 * o Student Participation Data
 * o Student Performance Data
 * o Staff Survey… IDI
 * o Staff Participation… in P.D. etc.
 * o Staff Practices/Actions… in the classroom…other
 * § Danielson Rubric may be leverage for some

Professional Development: - Audit: - Dept Equity Focused Workshops – AG / AJ / SH - PEG Summit:
 * o Who has participated in What and When?
 * o Those accomplished last year
 * o Those planned for this year
 * o Attended by DCs and ELT… 10/25-30
 * o How to be sure to share with staff?

Professional Development for ELT: - Common Glossary of Terms regarding Equity - Culturally Responsive Instruction - IDI – use this data to inform our work - White Privilege - Change Process - Achievement Gap vs Opportunity Gap… - Better understanding of…
 * o Continuum
 * o Common Language
 * o Next Steps needed for our staff
 * o Beliefs vs Actions of the staff
 * o Leaders, Followers, Confused, Critics and Cynics
 * o Is this issue about the adult or about the student?
 * o 80/20 rule
 * § Where will we spend our time?
 * o Personal Beliefs vs School Beliefs
 * o “I teach this way in order to increase equity.”
 * § Does our staff say/think this way?
 * o which one is most present at HPHS…
 * o an Opportunity should be defined by the student not the adult… it is only an opportunity if the students authentically feels that it is so.
 * o Technical (structure) vs Consciousness (relationships)
 * o Staff, Students and Parents of Color

Building a Common Understanding about Equity: Equity Common Knowledge or Skills - Impact vs Intent - Notice, Intervene, Repair - Cultural Capital - Protocols - Agreements - Case Studies of work - Common Language and understanding - Use of Bullying and NAMES connections - Mindful Inquiry - Action steps/plan for classroom strategies and practices - Racial and Cultural competencies as a skill of the 21st Century Learner - Instructional and Assessment Strategies for greater Equity
 * o Ally – Victim – Bystander – Perpetrator
 * o Where are you in Equity work?
 * o What will it take to move you to become an ally?
 * o What are the actions of allies?

ELT’s use of Data: - Common Demographics for all questions/topics - Two Common Categories of Participation or Enrollment - and - Performance or Achievement - Focus on Disproportionality of the Group to the Student Body - Gather and understand the data as a team - Find ways to meaningful share with staff - Diagonal Movement data and its connection to equity
 * o Race/Gender/IEP/SES
 * o Timeline for ongoing data collection
 * o Topics/Questions/Organization
 * o Keep the data personal and local to HPHS/Dept/Course/Teacher
 * o Helps to create a sense of urgency and personal connection
 * o Use with CTs and Depts
 * o Use with All Staff
 * o Annual Report connections

Possible Future Work: - Book Study Groups - Twitter account focused on Equity at HPHS… to improve communication and be a place for quality resources - CARE = Collaborative Action Research for Equity… study this effort this year and find out who may have this interest… - EDGE = Education Designed for Greater Equity… start this by creating the space and place for staff to share about conferences or about practices that create greater equity
 * o Create a working Bibliography
 * o Professional Development Audit of the Equity Conferences
 * o Sharing Platform
 * o Informal but personal and powerful
 * o Summer Workshops

Next Meeting: - Establish ELT Targets for 13-14 - What do we want to share on Opening Day? - All Staff Collaborations (10/9, 12/11, 3/12 and 4/16)
 * o How to get to know your students…
 * § Personally
 * § Culturally
 * § Academically
 * Learning Process
 * Academic Identity
 * Success/Challenges Last Year
 * o Diagonal Movement
 * 13-14 Goals
 * o Purpose
 * o Themes
 * o Connections
 * o Format