The document discusses inclusive classroom practices and strategies to enhance inclusivity at Seattle Girls' School, focusing on various themes such as identity, power dynamics, and responsive teaching methods. It emphasizes the importance of representation, student feedback, and equitable treatment to foster a supportive learning environment. Additionally, the document addresses parental concerns about inclusivity and outlines strategies for effective communication between educators and parents.

1. Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
Seattle Girls’ School
Beyond the Why and Into the How:
Inclusive Classroom Practices
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2. About Seattle Girls’ School
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3. Agenda
 Experience Across Difference
 Increasing Inclusivity in the
Classroom and Beyond
 Developmentally Appropriate Work
 Questions and Answers
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4. Experiences Across Difference
Internalized Oppression/Dominance
Stereotype Threat
Accumulated Impact/
Microaggressions
Code/Mode Switching
Implicit and Unconscious Bias
Fish Seeing the Water
“Normal” versus “Good”
“Intent” versus “Impact”
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5. What Can We Do
to Increase Inclusion and
Responsiveness?
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- Increasing Trust
- Distinguishing
Behaviors
- Overcoming History
and Impact
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6. Do You See Me?
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- Representation on the
Walls
- Representation in the
Curriculum
- Interest in Personal
Story (Sharing of
Personal Story)
- Interactions In and Out
of the Classroom
- Demonstration of Care

7. Do You Hear Me?
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- Incorporation of Prior
Knowledge and Experience
- Seeking and Responding
to Student Feedback
- Student Choice in the
Curriculum
- Empathy Reflex
- Authoritative Discipline

8. Will You Treat Me Fairly?
- Clear and High
Expectations
- Equal Discipline and
Rewards
- Support in Struggle and
Push in Success
- Consistent and
Predictable Assessment
- Different Kinds of
Success
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9. - Understanding of
Identity and Experience
- Interruption of Exclusive
or Oppressive Behavior
- Teaching and
Discussing Cultural and
Power Difference
- Encouragement of and
Practice with
Collaboration
Will You Protect Me?
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10. You Win Some, You Lose Some
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11. Developmentally Appropriate
Diversity Work
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12. The Middle Years
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Theme: Who Am I? How Do I Have Power?
 “Friendship Extinction Event”
 Identity search through grouping
 Good and bad cliques
 Open their horizons about identity
 Be steady through their rollercoaster
 Coach more, teach less

13. In the Later Years
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Theme: My Future Place in the World
 Gender and sexuality stereotypes
 Power play through social status
 The role of inclusivity in their college,
professional, and personal lives
 Charging them to “practice for the real thing”
 Define values and boundaries, then accept
that they will push
 Be their consultant

14. Curricular Approaches
 Experiential And Discovery Base
 Facilitating Questions and Discussions
 Media Literacy
 Patterns and Systems
 Values and Actions
 Autonomy and Choice
 Justice and Activism
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15. Examples
 Products of Puberty
 Barbie Math
 Nacirema
 What’s So Funny?
 Video Documentary Project
 Pay It Forward
 Data Manipulations
 Problem-Solving Through Coding
 The Scholar’s Club
 Teaching Younger Youth
 Correlation versus Causation Reasoning
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16. Parents: Partners or Foes?
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17. What Parents Fear and
What We Can Do About It
 “I don’t have any language around this…”
 “I want to protect their innocence…”
 “Are you teaching my kids values?”
 “I don’t want my kid to feel spotlighted…”
 “How will this get my kid into college?”
 Heads Up Communication
 Resources and Language
 Clear Reiteration of Mission and Values
 Research and Your Expertise
 Explicit Communication of Parents’ Roles
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18. Stretching the Inclusive Boundaries
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19. 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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