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Institute for Equity in
Education Just Communities' Institute for Equity in Education is a 4.5-day residential, intensive training that provides educators, staff, parents, and community stakeholders with an opportunity to identify constructive strategies for addressing educational inequality through race-conscious examination. Just Communities' Institute for Equity in Education helps participants develop the skills, tools, and resources necessary to create effective learning environments for all students. July 6-10, 2009 La Casa de Maria Retreat Center 800 El Bosque Road, Montecito, CA 93108
Santa Barbara School District: Click here for the SBSD registration packet. Other School Districts: Click here for the general registration packet.
Just Communities' Safe Schools Program is a two-day training (plus follow-up support) open to K-12 teachers, counselors, administrators, and to high school students. The program combines experiential activities and dialogue to help participants explore heterosexism and homophobia and the many forms they take in schools, from individual actions to institutional discrimination. Day two allows participants to address homophobia and heterosexism in their schools by developing concrete action plans for creating safe and inclusive school environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth, staff, and parents.
Designed for middle school and high schools, Talking in Class is a three-day in-school program that empowers a diverse group of students with the awareness, knowledge, and skills they need to promote respect, equity, and inclusion their school community. Talking in Class addresses stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination before they lead to hate and violence. Participants develop a "Building Inclusive School Community Action Plans" that include attainable and measurable goals and timelines.
A bilingual dialogue series for parents and guardians. All across our community, people are concerned about how our children are doing in school. This program brings together a diverse group of parents and guardians who don't often have the chance to collaborate to address issues of academic inequity. The eight-week bilingual (Spanish/English) dialogue program empowers a diverse group of parents and guardians with knowledge about the academic achievement gap in local schools and offer tools and support to become leaders for equity in education. At the close of the program, participants develop and present a concrete Action Plan to school leaders about how parents and guardians can work with the school to promote academic equity and student success.
Just Communities Presents programs use professional theatrical performances as a starting point for dialogue on challenging human relations topics. At every Just Communities Presents performance, audience members participate in a pre-show activity, watch a 40-minute play acted by a single performer, and then participate in a follow-up conversation facilitated by a human relations specialist. Designed primarily for middle and high school audiences, as well as for people who work with youth, current Just Communities Presents productions deal with an array of human relations issues. Strategic Planning for Diversity, Inclusion & Equity
Schools are constantly being bombarded with new demands, programs, and opportunities from the state, the federal government, and from local and national vendors. Through a 5-stage process, Just Communities helps public, private, and parochial schools and districts think and plan strategically in order to maximize the benefits of programs to address issues of diversity, inclusion, equity, violence prevention and reduction, efforts to address academic equity and more. Just Communities process engages teachers, counselors, administrators, students, support staff, parents and other members of the school community in assessing their school community, identifying strategic goals and objectives, and developing concrete plans that unify the school community in efforts to address diversity, equity, and inclusion. |
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