Phone: (413) 529-1500 FAX: (413) 529-1567
The K-8 Equity Steering Committee Update:
The Equity Steering Committee is comprised of students, teachers, administrators, and parents from the Easthampton elementary and middle schools. We’ve been tasked to envision our new preK-8 community.
This envisioning process asks us to consider all facets of a truly inclusive school community.
Collaboratively, we have utilized a framework that requires us to:
- Design at the margins- to ensure access to learning and success of all members of our community by planning for marginalized groups (students of color, individuals with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, students of poverty, English learners, and other protected group members) thus benefitting all
- Start with yourself- to consider our own implicit bias, recognizing how bias impacts student learning and outcomes
- Cede power- to ensure that all voices are heard, especially student voice, so that power is held by all
- Make the invisible visible- to know and understand the historical narrative (story) and the design of our systems as well as the intentional and/or unintentional impact of those systems
- Speak to the future- to engage and invest in the ongoing process of envisioning, this being the culture of a community that values equity
OUR GROUP’S RESOURCES:
RESOURCES FOR BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS & WORKING WITH CONFLICT:
- Courageous Conversations Protocol (From Soul Fire Farm)
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY RESOURCES:
- Teaching Tolerance Social Justice Standards Website with PD modules
A GREAT PLACE TO LEARN AND GROW
The Easthampton Public Schools are located in the heart of the Pioneer Valley in Western Massachusetts, in a community that offer a range of industries, a beautiful boardwalk surrounding Nashawannuck Pond, and an active rail trail.
Easthampton Public Schools
50 Payson Ave
Easthampton, MA 01027
(413) 529-1500 phone
(413) 529-1567 fax
The Easthampton Public Schools, an affirmative action employer, are committed to ensuring that all of its programs and facilities are accessible to all members of the public. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation. Inquiries concerning the District’s compliance with Title IX and other civil rights laws may be directed to the Title IX/Civil Rights Coordinator Sarah Mochak, 50 Payson Avenue 2nd Floor, Easthampton, MA 01027, phone: 413.529.1500. Resolving grievances relating to employment at the District will be under the Direction of the City of Easthampton’s Director of Human Resources. Other grievances will be referred to the District’s Title IX/Civil Rights Coordinator for resolution. Information about the federal civil rights laws that apply to Easthampton Public Schools and other educational institutions is available on the website of the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education at Office for Civil Rights. Inquiries about Title IX and other federal civil rights laws may be directed to the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, 33 Arch Street, Suite 900, Boston, MA 02110-1491 (phone number: 617-223-9662).
