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2022-08-23T00:00:00
2022-08-23T00:00:00
Equity Ambassador Positions Rate of Pay: $2,500/yearAnticipated Program Dates: September 2022 - June 2023(anticipated meeting dates are: 10 sessions of 3 hours for a total of 30 hours; meetings held on Tuesdays: September to May; Thursday, September 27, Thursday, October 25, Thursday, November 15, Thursday, December 13, Thursday, January 10, Thursday, January 24, Thursday, February 7, Thursday, March 14, Thursday, April 11, Thursday, May 9; with *SNOW DAYS - February 14, February 28, April 25. Plus additional duties as assigned).All current Hudson City School District employees are eligible to apply.The Hudson City School District offers employment and educational opportunities, including vocational education opportunities without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, or handicap.We welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity.Equity AmbassadorThe Hudson City School District Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity (DEI) office is committed to helping educators create student-centered learning environments and experiences that affirm linguistic and cultural identities and prepare students for rigorous academic learning opportunities.The Equity Ambassador’s responsibilities will include but are not limited to:Attend the National SEED project workshops.Attend monthly DEI meetings.Present at in-house conferences and workshopsServe in an advisory capacityComplete DEI monthly logUtilize the Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework provided by NYSED to implement the action steps outlined by the DEI office.Assist the DEI manager to provide professional development to faculty, staff, students and families.Facilitate focus groups (as needed)Assist the DEI manager to create school-wide surveys for staff, students and families.Assist the DEI manager to promote effective instructional strategies that validate and affirm diversity, equity and inclusivity across content areas and grade levels.Strong collaboration, interpersonal, and communication skills required.Reports to: DEI manager and/or Superintendent of schools.SEED is a national peer-led professional development program that creates conversational communities to drive personal, organizational, and societal change toward greater equity and diversity. We seek to increase awareness of the challenges and advantages of the many kinds of diversity in our lives and their impact on school culture. As educators, it is imperative to be aware of our own biases, to self-monitor our prejudices and to become proactive in our dealings with students to promote a culture of understanding and respect. The course is open to all educational professionals who seek to promote equity and achievement in their school setting. Participants will engage in interactive activities and read or view materials relating to gender, race, class, privilege, and other systems of oppression. Literature, music, videos, games, and personal stories will be used as the basis for group discussions on these topics.Throughout the seminars, emphasis will be placed on listening closely to different perspectives for an increased understanding of issues related to diversity and education. Difficult topics will be discussed, and participants might not always be in their “comfort zone,” but it will be a safe space for all. Participants will learn some classroom strategies experientially, but the emphasis of the course will be on self-reflection.Course Objectives:To raise participants' awareness of the impact of discrimination due to race, gender, age, class, and sexual orientation.To expose participants to their own biases about race, gender, age, class, and sexual orientation.To explore the dynamics of the concepts of voice, otherness, identity, and oppression as they relate to life inside and outside the school setting.To recognize the concept of "privilege'.To explore how we can address these issues in a positive way in our school setting.How will this workshop benefit students?We will discuss social issues that affect our students daily, including, but not limited to gender, class, race, sexuality, and ethnicity.As educators, it is imperative to be aware of our own biases, to self-monitor our prejudices and to become proactive in our dealings with students to promote a culture of understanding and respect.When we are put at the center of our own growth process, we are better able to tune into the growth and development of young people in our classrooms, communities, and workplaces.Readings, videos, poems, and other resources shared at our workshop will be an impetus for our discussions. Our goal is to influence and positively impact our perspective on our lessons, assignments, and homework. The discussions willencourage us to think about our students’ lives outside of school and how this affects their performance.It will increase critical thinking and bring new perspectives into our classrooms.What are some goals of this workshop?To introduce, highlight and model practices that are gender fair, multiculturally equitable, socioeconomically aware, and globally informed to create the most effective environments for all people to learn and flourish. We will be better able to create these environments if we examine how we ourselves were schooled to deal with difference and connection.For SEED participants to be able to embrace with more confidence and competence the challenges and joys of the diversity found in our own lives, our school, and communities.To bring awareness to the new changes for ELLs as per the154 regulations: seeking and ensuring equal educational opportunities for English Language Learners and to apply our ideas and practices to our ELL students.For our participants to accumulate resources including a reading list, music, videos and activities for their personal growth and to use in the classroom.Materials – All materials will be provided.The Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska Seeding the Process of Multicultural Education - Edited by Cathy I. Nelson & Kim A. WilsonWhy Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Tatum The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
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