University Prep Inclusive Classroom Practices

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Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
Seattle Girls’ School
Beyond the Why and Into the How:
Stretching the Inclusive Boundaries
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About Seattle Girls’ School

Agenda
 Experience Across Difference
 Increasing Inclusivity
 Classroom and Beyond
 Questions and Answers

Dimensions of Identity and Culture
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).

The Jones Model of Cultural Competence
Cultural Self-
Awareness
Cultural
Intelligence
Cross-Cultural
Effectiveness
Skills
Countering
Oppression
through
Inclusion

Identifiers, Power, and Communication
Internalized Oppression/Dominance
Stereotype Threat
Accumulated Impact/
Microaggressions
Implicit Bias
Code/Mode Switching
Fish Seeing the Water
“Normal” versus “Good”
“Intent” versus “Impact”

Reflection
What is new,
interesting, thought
provoking about what
you have heard so far?
In what ways do you
observe experience of
difference show up at
the school?

Break

What Can We Do
to Increase Inclusion and
Responsiveness?
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://sites.google.com/site/sgsprofessionaloutreach/)
- Increasing Trust
- Distinguishing
Behaviors
- Overcoming History
and Impact

Do You See Me?
- 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

Reflection
What is new,
interesting, thought
provoking about what
you have heard so far?
What do you already
do, and what could you
do more of or
differently?

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

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

- 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?

You Win Some, You Lose Some

Developmentally Appropriate
Diversity Work

The Middle Years
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

In the High School Years
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

Curricular Approaches
 Experiential And Discovery Base
 Facilitating Questions and Discussions
 Media Literacy
 Patterns and Systems
 Values and Actions
 Autonomy and Choice
 Justice and Activism

MS Examples
 Nacirema
 What’s So Funny?
 Video Documentary Project
 Pay It Forward
 Data Manipulations
 The Scholar’s Club
 Teaching Younger Youth
 Correlation versus Causation

HS Examples
 Teaching “The Classics”
 AP and SAT Prep
 Supergraphics and Data Manipulations
 Problem-Solving Through Coding
 The Scholar’s Club
 Mentoring Younger Youth
 Correlation versus Causation Mathematics
 Advertising Psychology

Parents and Guardians:
Partners or Foes?

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

Developmental Model of Intercultural
Sensitivity (DMIS) Schematic

Stretching the Inclusive Boundaries

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
http://tiny.cc/rosettalee

Resources
 Joshua M. Aronson, Ph.D., “Improving Achievement &
Narrowing the Gap,” Learning and the Brain
Conference, Cambridge, MA, November 2003
 Allan G. Johnson, Privilege, Power, and Difference.
 Miss Representation, documentary film on media and
women
 United Nations Population Fund Statistics on Gender
Equality as of 2005
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2005/presskit/factsheets/facts
_gender.htm
 Learning to be critically literate of mass media
http://www.medialit.org/
 Media Guide for Parents and Educators
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/

Resources
• Karen Bradberry and Johnnie Foreman, “Privilege and
Power,” Summer Diversity Institute, National Association
of Independent Schools, 2009
• Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, Nurture Shock
• Kevin Jennings, GLSEN (Gay Lesbian and Straight Education
Network) www.glsen.org
Johnnie McKinley, “Leveling the Playing Field and Raising
African American Students’ Achievement in Twenty-nine
Urban Classrooms,” New Horizons for Learning,
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/differentiated/
mckinley.htm
Michael J Nakkula and Eric Toshalis, Understanding Youth.

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