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Our Team Provides:
Our Team Provides:
- Consulting related to designing equitable learning environments
- Workshops and design sessions on topics related to equity
- Assistance in designing classroom materials to promote equity
- Job-embedded PL and support in designing equitable learning environments
We are the designers of the online ToolKit for Culturally Responsive Teaching in remote learning environments for the state of New York, on behalf of Eastern Suffolk BOCES — eteachny.org
A few ideas . . .
A few ideas . . .
Equity is perhaps the most critical issue of our time. As most would define it, equal means everyone receives the same instruction; equity means everyone receives instruction that meets their needs. At IDE Corp., we look at a learning environment through seven lenses of equity:
Opportunity to learn
Access to appropriate learning activities at needed times
Representation
Empowerment
Relationships with the teacher and other students and adults
Authenticity
Cultural responsiveness
Some resources for you:
Some resources for you:
Blog post — Opportunity and Access in Your Learning Environment
Blog post — Unwrapping Equity vs. Equality
Blog post — IDE Corp.'s Seven Lenses of Equity
Blog post — What Do Equity and Efficacy Have in Common in the Classroom?
Blog post — The Equity Series: Why Representation Matters
The Power of Teacher-Made Videos in Designing Equitable Learning Environments
The Power of Teacher-Made Videos in Designing Equitable Learning Environments
We believe in the power of video to ensure students have equitable opportunity and access to learning. Consider the whole-class, "instructional lesson." If a student is listening to the lesson and a distraction occurs, they may lose critical information. It may be more difficult, too, for students to follow along with a whole-class lesson, particularly if they have any learning difficulties.
If a teacher offers a lesson at 10:00, that is an opportunity to learn. If that 10:00 lesson is only offered then, and a student loses focus or misses it while out of the classroom, they lose out. Instead, imagine if a teacher recorded a video addressing students, demonstrating a skill, having students pause the video to try a problem before restarting the video to watch the teacher then solving it, and so forth. Students would be able to watch the video at a time that works for them, and they could watch the video over and over again to ensure they understood the information. THAT'S EQUITY! (See Five Types of Videos for remote instruction.)
The Importance of PBL in Equity
The Importance of PBL in Equity
Everyone deserves the right to learn to think at high levels. Yes, students need lower-order skills to move to higher-order skills, but problem- and project-based learning provide students with the motivation to tackle the lower-order skills. PBL provides students with a "felt need" to learn skills. Additionally, PBL challenges that address issues of equity and the local community can be powerful in providing authenticity to connect students to the curriculum. Following are sample problems and challenges from MyQPortal that address issues of equity:
Telling Our Story — celebrating the diversity among students in the classroom through a classroom quilt
Mirrors, Windows, and Doors — assessing representation in books in the classroom library
Justice for All — exploring segregation in schools today
Solutions:
Solutions:
Workshops on all aspects of instructional equity, offered both on-site and virtually.
Virtual Support Center (VSC) providing synchronous and asynchronous support to teachers across the school year as they work to implement equitable learning environments; see demo site at vsc.idecorp.com
Virtual Learning Community (VLC) on "The Equity Lens: Reflecting on Your Learning Environment" — an online course in which teachers have flexibility over when they engage while still having access to consultants to help them in designing materials for their classrooms
Self-Paced Professional Learning Experience (PLE) on "The Equity Lens: Reflecting on Your Learning Environment" — an online course without any consultant interaction
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