Thursday, February 1, 2018

Equity Inquiry- Feb. 6

The Concord Equity Team will be beginning equity
inquiry sessions.

We will model the process on Feb. 6 at our staff meeting/ professional learning.

We will be using the ORID Model for Decision Making.   
Some people refer to it as following the Base paths.

The purpose is to ...


Our Guiding Question is....



How do we handle holidays and celebrations at Concord to include all students?


We will work in vertical teams on each base. 
Choose a..
1.  Note-keeper on Google Doc
2.  Writer on Poster
3. Timekeeper
4. Facilitator






First Base- (15 min.)

Read article  How to handle religious holidays in public school
Watch videos
List facts about holidays in public schools.
Come with observations from students.
Read and bring resources.
Bring examples of what you have done for holidays and celebrations.
Find out who celebrates what in your class to validate them.

Second Base- (10 min.)
Share feelings from

  • you
  • students
  • families
  • the community
  • other perspectives

Third Base (15 min.)
Brainstorm with no judgment options on how Concord can handle holidays and celebrations in the future to include all students?

Home Plate (10 min.)
Gallery Walk with feedback and continued refinement with Equity Team

  1. Read ideas
  2. Write notes
  3. Put a Star if it is something your team agrees with.
  4. Make decisions and actions to share and implement for 2018-19.

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