Gallery Walk presenters
Cathy Glover
Murray High School - Diversity Resource Teacher
Student Agency and Voice: A Passion Project
“When students have a chance to narrate their lives, put language to their experience, and process their thinking through discourse they begin to notice and name their own competence.” Zaretta Hammond
The “Passion Project,” began on September 21, 2016, coinciding with The International Day of Peace. Two essential questions initiated the project: What’s wrong with the world and how do we fix it? and What’s worth learning? Students chose which question they wanted to answer based on something authentically important to them. After a month of research, the project culminated in student presentations and individual self-reflective essays evaluating the experience.
Murray High School - Diversity Resource Teacher
Student Agency and Voice: A Passion Project
“When students have a chance to narrate their lives, put language to their experience, and process their thinking through discourse they begin to notice and name their own competence.” Zaretta Hammond
The “Passion Project,” began on September 21, 2016, coinciding with The International Day of Peace. Two essential questions initiated the project: What’s wrong with the world and how do we fix it? and What’s worth learning? Students chose which question they wanted to answer based on something authentically important to them. After a month of research, the project culminated in student presentations and individual self-reflective essays evaluating the experience.
Latishia Wilson
Henley Middle School - Assistant Principal
Embracing Diversity at HMS
An exploration of the work done by the Diversity Resource Team at Henley Middle School this past year to increase tolerance of and respect for diversity as a school community.
Henley Middle School - Assistant Principal
Embracing Diversity at HMS
An exploration of the work done by the Diversity Resource Team at Henley Middle School this past year to increase tolerance of and respect for diversity as a school community.
Destinie Thomas
Meriwether Lewis Elementary School - Diversity Resource Teacher
Fostering A Village: Building Meaningful and Reflective Relationships with Families and Students
“It takes a village” can be an impactful statement to start to the year and development of new relationships with new families and students. Join me as you learn about my quest to fostering strong and reflective relationships with the two of the three culturally responsive teaching characteristics at the forefront. This presentation will include further details about: getting to know your child conferences, quarter check-ins, quarterly student reflections, and student led reflection conferences.
Meriwether Lewis Elementary School - Diversity Resource Teacher
Fostering A Village: Building Meaningful and Reflective Relationships with Families and Students
“It takes a village” can be an impactful statement to start to the year and development of new relationships with new families and students. Join me as you learn about my quest to fostering strong and reflective relationships with the two of the three culturally responsive teaching characteristics at the forefront. This presentation will include further details about: getting to know your child conferences, quarter check-ins, quarterly student reflections, and student led reflection conferences.
Brandon Readus
Woodbrook Elementary School - Diversity Resource Teacher
Building a Diverse Equity Team in order to meet Diverse School-Wide Needs
With the ever-changing needs in our schools expanding, equity teams should evolve to meet those needs. The Woodbrook Equity Team nearly doubled in size to accommodate for these needs. This growth included teachers from each grade-level PLC, specialists, and support staff to ensure equity of voice among all demographics at Woodbrook. Accordingly, the three ACPS characteristics of culturally responsive teaching have manifested in many classrooms and several school-wide examples.
Woodbrook Elementary School - Diversity Resource Teacher
Building a Diverse Equity Team in order to meet Diverse School-Wide Needs
With the ever-changing needs in our schools expanding, equity teams should evolve to meet those needs. The Woodbrook Equity Team nearly doubled in size to accommodate for these needs. This growth included teachers from each grade-level PLC, specialists, and support staff to ensure equity of voice among all demographics at Woodbrook. Accordingly, the three ACPS characteristics of culturally responsive teaching have manifested in many classrooms and several school-wide examples.
Julia Meyer / Greer Equity Team
Greer Elementary School - Diversity Resource Teacher
Student-Led Conferences
During the third quarter at Greer Elementary, Student-Led Conferences are held instead of parent-teacher conferences. Families are invited to attend during the evening. Students are able to have authentic conversations about their school work. This provides students with an opportunity to reflect on their learning and highlight their growth. These conferences incorporate Characteristic #3: Culturally responsive educators build positive relationships with students and families.
Greer Elementary School - Diversity Resource Teacher
Student-Led Conferences
During the third quarter at Greer Elementary, Student-Led Conferences are held instead of parent-teacher conferences. Families are invited to attend during the evening. Students are able to have authentic conversations about their school work. This provides students with an opportunity to reflect on their learning and highlight their growth. These conferences incorporate Characteristic #3: Culturally responsive educators build positive relationships with students and families.
Mara Kuznar
Crozet Elementary School - Diversity Resource Teacher
Community Night
“The brain seeks to minimize social threats and maximize opportunities to connect with others in the community.” Zaretta Hammond This is a one night exhibition to showcase the 7 pathways and we call it “Community Night.”
Crozet Elementary School - Diversity Resource Teacher
Community Night
“The brain seeks to minimize social threats and maximize opportunities to connect with others in the community.” Zaretta Hammond This is a one night exhibition to showcase the 7 pathways and we call it “Community Night.”
Jo Crowder
Red Hill Elementary School - Diversity Resource Teacher
I Am From
Using the framework of poet Hilda Ward's "I Am From" poem, students were asked to participate in a fill-in-the-blank activity to build awareness of diversity in culture and self-reflect on their own cultural traditions. By answering questions tailored to the three levels of culture, such as "What are your favorite foods?" (Surface Culture) and "What do your parents say to you all the time?" (Deep Culture), the students completed "I Am From" statements which revealed cultural archetypes in themselves and effectively strengthening empathy by recognizing the same in their culturally diverse counterparts.
Red Hill Elementary School - Diversity Resource Teacher
I Am From
Using the framework of poet Hilda Ward's "I Am From" poem, students were asked to participate in a fill-in-the-blank activity to build awareness of diversity in culture and self-reflect on their own cultural traditions. By answering questions tailored to the three levels of culture, such as "What are your favorite foods?" (Surface Culture) and "What do your parents say to you all the time?" (Deep Culture), the students completed "I Am From" statements which revealed cultural archetypes in themselves and effectively strengthening empathy by recognizing the same in their culturally diverse counterparts.
Agnor Hurt Elementary School Equity Team
Kim Gibson - Instruction Coach
CRT School-wide PD
“When someone truly cares about you, they make an effort, not an excuse.”Agnor-Hurt is all about truly making the effort to reach students and their families. Their dedication is resulting in school-wide, monthly professional development facilitated by the Agnor-Hurt Equity Team. Courageous conversations and deep dives around definitions of school culture, independent/dependent learners & strategies to move students to more independence that have begun this year are continuing into the 2017-18 school year.
Agnor Hurt Elementary School Equity Team
Kim Gibson - Instruction Coach
CRT School-wide PD
“When someone truly cares about you, they make an effort, not an excuse.”Agnor-Hurt is all about truly making the effort to reach students and their families. Their dedication is resulting in school-wide, monthly professional development facilitated by the Agnor-Hurt Equity Team. Courageous conversations and deep dives around definitions of school culture, independent/dependent learners & strategies to move students to more independence that have begun this year are continuing into the 2017-18 school year.