Educational Equity Solutions

​In order to close equity gaps seen in schools, it is essential that educational leaders build capacity and shift the paradigm of a school system that was not designed to yield successful outcomes for all students.

We have designed a rich and comprehensive program for teams and individual educational leaders to effectively implement and sustain equity driven work. Whether you are a School Board Member, Superintendent, Principal, Executive Cabinet Member, Instructional Coach, Teacher, Classified Leader, Parent Leader, or just passionate about educational equity ......we have a plan for you!

Our overarching focus is on teaching and supporting the development of deep belief systems and the understanding of diversity that empowers educational leaders to be proactive and responsive to the unique and diverse needs of the communities they serve.

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Services

• Executive and site leadership coaching
• School board workshops/coaching
• ​Professional learning (workshops, retreats, keynotes, conferences, etc)
• Virtual coaching, workshops, conferences
  
• Equity visits/walks/audits
  
• Book Studies
• Strategic planning
• Organizational development
• Technical assistance, LCFF/LCAP support

Products

• Equity resources, research/data
• Online equity modules
• Workbooks/Guides
• Webinars
• Action plan templates, frameworks, assessments

Advocacy

• Strategic Partnerships
• Career resources and development
• Professional networking
• Women’s Empowerment Retreats

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Equity Leadership Framework Overview

6 Phases of Equity Leadership: A Blended Framework grounded in Practical and Theoretical Equity Focused Concepts to impact Decision-Making
Nicole Anderson Consulting 2018

The Equity Leadership Framework includes 6 phases of leadership that educators can use to guide equity driven decisions. The framework embodies a sequential, yet ongoing journey that is grounded in an inside-out approach to addressing equity challenges. These Include the following:

1. Deepen Belief Systems: Reflect upon one’s own social-cultural identity including beliefs and biases that impact mindset
2. Understand Diversity: Seek to understand and value other cultures through storytelling and relationship building in order to expand equity lens in personal and professional life
3. Empower Oneself: Become familiar with research based strategies, language, and concepts to deepen awareness in order to interrupt inequities. This includes building capacity of others through ongoing professional learning as well as leveraging of alliances to lead collective work and create a cultural shift.
4. Be Proactive and Responsive: Develop an equity impact action plan as well as examine current policy, practice, and data that reveal stakeholders who are not being served well in the educational system. During this phase, begin to utilize strategies learned with an anticipation of the barriers to equity.
5. Serve Diverse Needs of the Community: Strategically implement equity impact action plan steps which can include the development or revision of policy, innovative allocation of resources, as well as a complete shift in practice.
6. Close Equity Gaps: Celebrate growth as well as monitor and adjust equity impact action plan as diverse needs evolve in order to sustain gap closure.

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Nicole Anderson
2018 Humboldt Equity Summit Keynote Speaker

​-Interview Highlight-
“How do you strategically lead equity work?”

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Reflective Question for Equity Leaders:
“How does the intersection of your personal and professional identity impact how you lead for educational equity?”

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Equity Leadership Framework inspired by and/or adapted from the following research and practice:
GlennE.Singleton&CurtisLinton,CourageousConversationsaboutRace: AFieldGuide for Achieving Equity in Schools. 2006. pp.58­65. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin
Preparing and Supporting Diverse, Culturally Competent Leaders: Practice and Policy Considerations; Institute for Educational Leadership
The Inclusive Education Checklist: A Self-Assessment of Best Practices; Dr. Richard A. Villa and Dr. Jacqueline S. Thousand
Cultural Proficiency: Manual for School Leaders: Dr. Randall B. Lindsey, Kikanza Nuri Robins, Raymond D. Terrell
Equity Progress Rubric: Transformative Change for Equitable Schools; Educational Equity Organizing Collaborative
Triangulated Data Sets: Community Responsive Educators, Teaching Excellence Network, Dr. Jeff Duncan Andrade
Unrealized Impact: The Case for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Xiomara Paramsee and Becky Crowe
Double-Check: A framework of cultural responsiveness applied to classroom behavior: TECPlus
Equity Framework: Elk Grove USD Office of Educational Equity
A Social Justice Checklist: BCTF Social Justice Lens Booklet
Equity Walk Tool: Des Moines Public Schools
Carnegie Foundation: Improvement Science
Equity Walk Protocol: Ed Equity
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
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