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Draws from a wide research base documenting best practices for identity safety, including inclusive classroom practices, positive teacher-student relations, diverse and challenging tasks, and the use of student diversity as a resource Includes interactive activities and tools for professional development, linking strategies to theory Offers guiding principles to help leaders stay true to the core values of equity and identify safety, equipping leaders with the adaptive expertise needed to confront evolving challenges Covers professional growth models for teachers, counselors, campus supervisors, and other school staff Tackles the difficult issue of equitable data collection; shares principles, systems, and best practices for assessment that take bias, stakeholder voice, and universal design into account
Coherence and Congruence: Schoolwide Systems and Activities to Support Identity Safety
Coherence and Congruence: Schoolwide Systems and Activities to Support Identity Safety
Introduction
Identity safety is a gestalt that emerges as the components are enacted and consolidated into a way of being that becomes self-perpetuating. A school system, like a natural ecosystem, is more than the sum of its parts. All parts are interconnected and play upon each other. Plants require the nurturing of the sun with enough water and nutrients to thrive. In a school environment, the sun can be likened to the aspect of equity, shining its warmth and inclusion upon every member of the school community. Water can be seen as the flow of communication, the interactions that promote respect and understanding, while ...
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