Equity Resources Padlet
A List of Resources for Educators
Modules
The following modules and workshops are designed to be done either as a team or individually.
How to Talk About Race
How to Be An Antiracist and Antiracist Educator
In this self-paced online module, individuals will develop an understanding of the differences between diversity, inclusion, equity and antiracism. Learn what it means to be antiracist through actions that interrupt beliefs, practices, and policies perpetuating institutional racism in our school system.
Planning and Leading Effective and Culturally Responsive Meetings
It is not enough to have passion around equity. Leaders need to organize meetings that make the most of their time and support staff to address root issues.
This is an interactive module that provides an overview of what effective meetings look like, explains key concepts, gives you a planning worksheet and specific tools.
Cycle of Socialization
This is a great module to do with your staff. It includes an activity where everyone writes their own cycle of socialization.
Have your team get into small groups (using breakout rooms) to share their stories. This is a wonderful team-building activity while also developing important knowledge about culture.
Tools and Resources
Below are tools and resources that will help you operate with an equitable or antiracist lens. Use them to plan and to evaluate your work.
Holidays and Observances
Click here for a calendar of religious and cultural holidays to help plan for the year. You will find dates, videos, classroom resources and personal essays about the different events.
Planning Effective Meetings
Teams that want to be effective need to lead meetings that keep race and equity at the forefront. This planning document provides guiding questions and specific tools for planning and leading effective meetings.
Courageous Conversations Compass and Dialogue Sheet
These two resources (Compass & Dialogue Sheet) provide a structure for productive Conversations.
First watch the short video to learn how to use both tools and then click here to download the document.
Tips for Facilitating Conversations About Race With Students or Staff
Even with the best preparation, issues and dynamics will come up that may be challenging. The following are questions that educators have asked us in the past, along with suggestions on how to handle the challenge.
Culturally Responsive Family Engagement
Schools and offices need to plan for the families we often struggle to engage. Typically, thinking about these families is an afterthought. The following resources will help you pland and evaluate all of your family engagement from large meetings to creating communication and PowerPoints.
Considerations for Writing to a Diverse Community
This document provides simple ideas on how to make your communication effective for a diverse parent community.
Culturally Responsive PowerPoint
Click this link for suggestions on how to make your slides accessible to all parents.
Culturally Responsive Family Engagement Planning Tool
This step-by-step guide is based on thousands of hours of dialogue with diverse leaders, teachers, and families from various organizations and schools. It offers school and district leaders reflective questions and thoughtful considerations.
Resources to Engage Students in Dialogue about Racism and Other Important Issues
High School Student Dialogue Lesson 1
The goal of this lesson is to provide students and staff with the structures and tools to help them navigate conversations about current events mroe effectively and to support the district's Be Well 365 program at the student level. Students will have the opportunity to reflect and share their perspectives and experiences. This lesson will provide an overview of the four skills of emotional intelligence (self awareness, social awareness, self management and relationship management) and focus engagement on the skills of self awareness and social awareness.
High School Student Dialogue Lesson 2
The goal of this lesson is to provide students and staff with the structures and tools to help them navigate conversations about current events more effectively and to support the district’s Be Well 365 program at the student level. Students will have the opportunity to reflect and share their perspectives and experiences. This lesson will provide an overview of the four skills of emotional intelligence (self awareness, social awareness, self management and relationship management) and focus engagement on the skills of self management and relationship management.
Additional Resources
Resources and materials to meet your equity needs. Contact the Equity Initiatives Unit if you can not find what you need.
- Calendar and resources for religious and cultural holidays
- Essays from MCPS Students and Staff -- A series of short essays written by Montgomery County students and staff about their identity. These are great conversation starters to engage colleagues or students.
- Resources to Talk to Your Children about Race and Culture
- EIU recommendations for books, TV shows and movies
- Culturally Responsive Family Engagement -- Tools for creating more effective parent engagement strategies and events
- Understanding LGBTQ+
- Change the Discourse: Tools for leading and addressing challenging conversations in class and meetings
- Dr. Joan’s Gems simple, specific resources (articles, strategies, videos, techniques, activators) that can be used at meetings, in planning, and in the classroom
- "I’ve Got a Podcast for That" -- Each month we highlight different podcasts to help bring a different lens to our understanding of equity.
- Leading for Equity
- Immigration -- Resources to understand the changing immigration policies and the impact on MCPS families. Also resources to support families.