Although issues of equity have been conversations in RCSD in recent years, opportunities to reimagine education in RCSD through an equity consciousness lens took on more urgency as the Covid Pandemic highlighted inequities across the district. The RCSD Leadership adopted an Equity Policy and committed to work with the larger Redwood City community to develop Administrative Regulations for specific actions toward more equitable practices. The Committee includes District Leadership, teachers, staff, parents, and community partners.
Yvette Jackson facilitated the first and second of the initial three sessions with the group of sixty community members forming Redwood City Equity Committee. The videos of the first three sessions are below, beginning with Session 1.
NUA RCSD Equity Committee – Session 1 – January 22, 2021
See subsequent sessions below the first session
NUA RCSD Equity Committee January 22, 2021 – Video 1 of 4
Cultivating Equity Consciousness
Yvette Jackson – Pedagogy of Confidence
Cultivating Equity Consciousness
Equity Consciousness – Mindfulness
NUA RCSD Equity Committee January 22, 2021 – Video 2 of 4
The Neuroscience – The Cognitive Science
Yvette Jackson – Pedagogy of Confidence
The Neuroscience – The Cognitive Science
Equity Consciousness – Mindfulness
NUA RCSD Equity Committee January 22 2021 – Video 3 of 4
Strengths – Schema – Beliefs
Yvette Jackson – Pedagogy of Confidence
Strengths – Schema – Beliefs
Equity Consciousness -Mindfulness
NUA RCSD Equity Committee January 22, 2021 – Video 4 of 4
Cultural Frame of Reference – How Race Impacts Children and Youth – History of Race
Yvette Jackson – Pedagogy of Confidence
Cultural Frame of Reference – How Race Impacts Children and Youth – History of Race
Equity Consciousness – Mindfulness
NUA RCSD Equity Committee January 22, 2021 – Video for Next Week
Tethered See-Perceptions
The Equity Committee – Session 2 – January 29, 2021
NUA RCSD Equity Committee – Session 3 – February 9, 2021
The third session with The RCSD Equity Committee included a presentation by California
State Board of Education President Dr. Linda Darling Hammond. Dr. Darling-Hammond provided an overview of the Districts Advancing Racial Equity (DARE) Tool as part of The Equity Committee process. Linda Darling-Hammond is President and CEO of the Learning Policy Instituteand the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University. She is author or editor of a number of award-winning books and more than 500 publications on education policy and practice. Her work focuses on achieving equitable and empowering education for all children through a focus on meaningful learning, educator quality, and adequate resources.
In this post below:
- Linda Darling-Hammond Video from Session Three
- Dare Tool Visual
- Session Three the Whole Session
Linda Darling-Hammond Presents the Districts Advancing Racial Equity (DARE) Tool
Districts Advancing Racial Equity (DARE) Tool Visual
The RCSD Equity Committee Session Three Video (Complete Session)