Belonging Through Inclusion

August 3, 2022

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Links to Note pages and other resources

Note taking sheet

Guiding Principles

Skill/Will source document

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What is Inclusion?

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Transform to �Create Belonging

“That’s a different paradigm than expecting people to change themselves in order to fit in. Inclusion requires us to let go of who we are so we can become who we need to be. In other words, inclusion requires transformation.”

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Why is a sense �of belonging important?

• Belonging precedes achievement
• “Prioritizing achievement over belonging ends up damaging students’ well-being, overall health, and relationships. It erodes community by elevating individual achievement over human connection” p. 48
• “Belonging, or being fully human, means more than having access. Belonging entails being respected at a basic level that includes the right to both co-create and make demands on society.” John A. Powell

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Turn and Talk

What is preventing teachers from prioritizing belonging for every student?

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Diverse

Environments

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Exclusive Environments

People are outside of the culture, denied access because they are unable to meet the membership standards of belonging.

• Low degree of access despite being diverse
• Students have to “prove their worth” or they are denied opportunities

How have you seen �exclusion in your school systems?

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Segregative Environments

People are in a subordinate culture, separated from the mainstream culture, where they experience a sense of belonging but disproportionately low access.

• Can provide a sense of belonging
• Safe space
• People may self-segregate
• Used to meet diverse needs of learners (Ability Grouping)

How have you seen �segregation in your school systems?

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Integrative Environments

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People are in the dominant culture, having access but belonging remains conditional, based on the degree to which people are able to achieve and conform to academic and social standards of the dominant culture.

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• Provides access and opportunity if in the dominant culture
• Demands compliance, conformity, and assimilation

How have you seen �integration in your school systems?

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Inclusive Environments

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People are of the culture, co-creating and experiencing access and belonging through a process of systemic and cultural transformation.

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The only one of the four quadrants that provides a vision for equity in education.

How have you seen �inclusion in your school systems?

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Guiding Principles of �Cultural Proficiency

• Diversity within cultures is vast and significant.
• Each individual and each group has unique cultural values and needs.
• School systems must recognize that marginalized populations have to be at least bicultural and that this status creates a unique set of issues to which the system must be equipped to respond.
• Inherent in cross-cultural interaction are dynamics that must be acknowledged, adjusted to, and accepted.

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When we don’t keep the guiding principles in mind, we decide who is in vs. who is out, �who belongs vs. who doesn’t.

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Our Professional Support Teams

Each team will provide training, coaching, support, and resources to three designated networks/teams throughout the district.

Each team consists of:

• Academic Coach Trainings to help schools/teachers provide academic supports
• Compliance Coach WIDA screening & ACCESS testing, BLCF
• Refugee Outreach School registration, in school support, family engagement
• Spanish Interpreter Interpretation, newcomer support
• Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Representative
• School Contact (ALP Lead)
• Indigenous Mentor (Title VI) Check-ins with students on assignments, grades

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ELLevation

Live Link

Data at your fingertips: Ellevation is a ML program management platform that organizes all ML student data, supports critical meeting and monitoring processes, enables accurate reporting and supports instructional planning for multilingual students.

Training site: Ellevation Strategies provides sustained, job-embedded professional development to help every educator develop the capacity to support English Learners in their language acquisition and content mastery.

How can this help create belonging?

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Pilot

Do you see a need in your current data for students to improve and practice speaking and writing skills?

Do you need a tool to progress monitor these domains?

Flashlight Learning - West Lake Video

Quick Guide with Links

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This process is represented on the outer circle of the model as:

• Will: The desire to lead and a commitment to achieving equitable outcomes for all students,
• Fill: Gaining cultural knowledge about ourselves and others, and
• Skill: Applying knowledge and leading the change, skillfully putting beliefs and learning into action.

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What �happens�when �dignity

is honored?

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What �happens �when �dignity

is violated?

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Prizes!!!!!!

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