October 27, 2020 Coalition Meeting Update:
- Members of the Coalition were presented with a draft of the Vision statement, developed based on input from all participating stakeholders:
VISION STATEMENT:
The Coalition for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is dedicated to creating an equitable, accepting, transparent and inclusive culture for ALL students, staff, families, and community members. Further, it is aimed at establishing a culture that embraces diversity, strengthens relationships among ALL students within our community, and adopting culturally responsive practices and curricula that promote student voice and acknowledges current issues. Lastly, this Coalition will create a framework for equity, diversity, and inclusion that will be used to evaluate current and future policies, programs, practices and procedures.
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- At
the meeting, Coalition members unpacked a “Building Equity Taxonomy” from the
text, Fisher, D., Frey, N., Pumpian, I., & Smith, D. (2017). Building
equity: Policies and practices that empower all learners.

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Physical Integration Question/Statement: “Classroom placement and student schedules ensure that diversity exists in all learning environments.”
Group Notice: “We notice some of the discrepancies between subgroups in terms of graduation outcomes.”
Group Wonder: “What are the breakdowns for participation and acceleration/advancement by subgroups (e.g. gender, race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, disability, English New Language Learners, etc.)
Essential Question: “How are we using data-inquiry processes and teams to evaluate outcomes among all students and subgroups to ensure diversity exists in all learning environments?”
Sample Data Sources Investigated:
https://data.nysed.gov/essa.php?year=2019&instid=800000034077 NYS “Report Card” for each School and District; link to West Irondequoit Central School District
https://www.westirondequoit.org/district/school_based_planning West Irondequoit CSD School Website, Annual School Based Plans
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