Session for faculty and staff. Frameworks for improving your practice. “D” to “E” to “I” to “J” Doing What You Do For Everyone Identifying Your Growth Zone Keep on Keeping On

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Making Progress Wherever You Are
Frameworks for Our Practice
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2. About Seattle Girls’ School
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3. Goals
 “D” to “E” to “I” to “J”
 Doing What You Do For Everyone
 Identifying Your Growth Zone
 Keep on Keeping On
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4. About Seattle Girls’ School
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Basic Definitions
Diversity: Difference, Variety
Diversity is Value Added:
Business Portfolio
Biodiversity
Creativity
Innovation

5. Diversity
This model of identifiers and culture was created by Karen Bradberry and Johnnie Foreman for NAIS Summer Diversity Institute,
adapted from Loden and Rosener’s Workforce America! (1991) and from Diverse Teams at Work, Gardenswartz & Rowe (SHRM 2003).
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6. About Seattle Girls’ School
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Basic Definitions
Inclusion: A sense of belonging,
worthiness, and value one feels in an
organization
Are you an owner or an employee?
Are you “in the family” or are you a guest?

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Inclusion Parable:
The Giraffe
and the Elephant

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Basic Definitions
Equity: providing opportunities and
access to all so that every person can
achieve his/her full potential. Equitable
treatment involves acknowledging
diversity, recognizing and celebrating
our differences, and eliminating the
barriers that prevent the full
participation of all peoples.

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10. About Seattle Girls’ School
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Basic Definitions
Justice: An active and conscious effort
to work against multidimensional
aspects of systems of injustice (racism,
sexism, homophobia, etc.) by
identifying, describing, and dismantling
injustice wherever you find it, including
within yourself.
Derived from Robert J. Patterson, Ibram X. Kendi, and Ijeoma Oluo

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12. Doing What You Do… For Everyone
 CC of Non-Teaching Educator (Staff)
 CC in Athletics (AD and Coaches)
 CC in Finances (Business, HR, Admissions, and Development)
 CC Interview Questions (Hiring Committees and Candidates)
 Cultural Proficiency for Teacher Administrators
(Department Heads, Dean of Faculty)
 Culturally Competent Leaders (Heads and Practitioners)
 Culturally Fluent Organization Development
(Heads and Practitioners)
 Inclusion Planning Tool (Policy, Practice, Event, etc.)
 Inclusive Classroom Practices (Teachers)
 Inclusive Communication Checklist (Communications)
 Librarian Cultural Competency Standards (Librarians)
 Recruitment to Retention (Admissions and Hiring)
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13. Identifying Your Growth Zone
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Status Quo:
Reliance on what you
already know and and do
naturally
Zone of Proximal
Development:
Mindful and intentional
change toward the next
stage of growth
Too Much, Too Fast:
Unrealistic demands on
yourself and others

14. Keeping on Keeping On
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15. Assess and Reassess
 Demographic Trends
– Entrance Numbers
– Attrition Numbers
– Disciplinary Cases
– Academic Cases
– Financial Aid Breakdowns
 Climate Surveys
 Exit Interviews
 Programmatic Surveys
 Pre-Post Assessments
 Every 1-2 Years
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16. Cultural Competency Skillsets
 Identity Development
 Cross Cultural
Communication
 Intercultural Conflict
 Bias, Power, and Systems
 Privilege and Allyship
 School Culture and Change
 Inclusive Curriculum
 Leading and Following
 Cultural Adaptation
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17. Doing It on a Budget
 Free Climate Surveys
 Survey Monkey, Google Forms, etc.
 Word Clouds
 Task Forces
 Online Courses with Cohorts
 Post Conference Share-Outs and
Trainings
 Book Discussion Groups
 Expertise Exchange
 Forming Consortia With Other
Schools
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18. Making Choices, Setting Priorities
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19. Final Questions or Comments?
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20. Presenter Information
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
6th Faculty and
Professional Outreach
Seattle Girls’ School
2706 S Jackson Street
Seattle WA 98144
(206) 805-6562
rlee@seattlegirlsschool.org
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