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- 2. Equity. Student achievement belongs to each student and will not be predicted by race, ethnicity, family economics, mobility, gender, disability, or initial proficiencies. Core Values
- 3. Diversity. An essential asset of our community and a source of learning and opportunity in our schools.
- 4. District Goal All students will show continuous progress toward their personal learning goals, developed in collaboration with teachers and parents, and will be prepared for post-secondary education and career success.
- 6. The Power of the “And”
- 8. Beaverton Today: 92 Languages
- 10. Our Families Come from India
- 11. Our Families Come from Korea
- 12. Our Families Come from Somalia
- 13. Our Families Come from Pakistan
- 14. Our Families Come from El Salvador
- 15. Acceptance
- 16. We Have Work to Do
- 17. We Need to Use our Best Minds
- 18. Hire, develop and retain qualified, committed and diverse staff throughout the district.
- 19. Respect for Human Rights. Maintain a safe and caring learning environment for students and staff.
- 20. Equity in Student Outcomes. Develop a customized learning plan for every student that is relevant, current and challenging.
- 21. Can You Predict Test Scores by Race? 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 ? ? ? ? Math Reading Writing
- 22. Current Scores by Race 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Asian Black Hispanic White Math Reading Writing
- 23. We Must! 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Asian Black Hispanic White Math Reading Writing
Editor's Notes
- Beaverton School District has a new strategic plan for 2010-15. Equity is woven through all components of the plan to address the achievement gap that exists between our white and Asian students and our black and brown students.
- This is the equity vision of our Strategic plan. Equity means equitable outcomes for all students regardless of how they come to us.
- We find strength in our diversity and know it will prepare our students for the world after high school.
- This is a personalized education for every student to be prepared for college AND work.
- The first two words in our district goal are All Students. We believe all students will have the choice of going to college upon graduation, and will not be denied the opportunity by default. All students will complete course work required for entering college, and all students will take the ACT college entry exam in 11th grade.
- The district goal ends with: will be prepare for post-secondary education AND career success. It does not say “or”. One simple word change in our goal means we believe all students will be prepared for college entry upon graduation.
- The district was formed in 1960 about the time that President Kennedy was elected into office. It was a suburb of Portland, and was primarily white, middle class. Third generation Beavertonians still perceive Beaverton as a white, middle class community.
- Over the last fifty years, student demographics have changed significantly. There are 92 languages and dialects spoken by our students and their families.
- Our district’s minority population has been growing significantly over the past decade, and soon white students will be a minority. Having the Nike Global Headquarters and large Intel campuses in our community brings families from around the world. Some stay for a year or two for training, and return to their home country. They bring their children with them to our community.
- There are many Intel programmers in our community who bring their families from India. They are some of our highest performing students.
- Nike has a large Korean workforce.
- Several churches in our area have brought in whole villages from refugee camps in Somalia. Some of these students have never worn a pair of shoes before arriving to Oregon let alone attend a school with electricity and indoor plumbing.
- Schools create a safe environment for all families which leads to individual student success. Students may enter school with very traditional values from their homeland, and are welcomed in our schools.
- Migrant families that follow the agricultural trade across the state are mixed with families that are now second generation Oregonians.
- Our message is acceptance. No matter how a child enters school, we accept them with what they bring with them. English language learners, no prior school experience or high achieving, our schools work with each individual child to ensure annual growth in achievement.
- With so many varied needs, we have our work cut out for us. We want all students to have high annual growth based on their individual needs and goals.
- We need to grow our own, so our staff demographics equal our student demographics.
- If we grow our own, we are more likely to retain them, and they are committed to our community.
- Hand in hand, students and staff working together to close the achievement gap.
- Every student will have success.
- As you look at our current state test scores broken down by race, can you tell which set of scores belongs to which group of students?
- Right now we can predict which scores belong to our black and brown kids.
- In the future – it won’t be predictable – we have work to do!